JULY ALREADY?!?!?!?!

SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE JUNE WENT--EXCEPT THAT I SPENT A LOT OF IT OUTDOORS WITH MY HANDS IN DIRT...YES!! HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE FRUITS OF MY LABORS...AND, I KNOW, THERE'S STILL LOTS TO BE DONE!!

IRIS TIME

NOW THE IRIS ARE IN FULL BLOOM--ACTUALLY SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY DONE. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN BLOOM...THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DISGUISE THEM WHEN THEY'RE DONE!!

So I go to a nursery on Monday--ostensibly looking for a patchouli...and find this awesome different kind of centaurea montana (perennial cornflower) called Amethyst in Snow...which I just HAD to have. So I justified the purchase by giving it to Dave as part of his birthday the next day. He was too smart for me...he figured out that it was mostly for me, but he graciously accepted it and we planted it today. I love it!!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Just an offering of shady plants in bloom in my garden right now. Don't you just love the month of May?

It's Spring...He Shouted!!

Finally!! Many days of rainy, cool temps. A true spring, I guess. But today was awesome. My little perennials from winter sowing are getting bigger every day and some have had to be repotted, and I'm still waiting on some...meantime, I've been very busy trying to get annuals going. I LOVE SPRING!!! Those on the right are still waiting to come to life...

TA DAAAHHH!!!

So now you can finally tell it's a rose. It's enjoying 24 hour a day fake lighting while waiting for spring to arrive. The other picture is of my new crop of clematis (I killed the first ones by removing the tent too quickly so I'm trying to be more patient with these). Hopefully, they'll make it...

Happy New Year

Yeah! It's a New Year and MY mind naturally turns to a million different projects I want to accomplish in my garden this year (just kidding hubby!). Fortunately, it's freezing around here so no outdoor chores for a while yet (I can hear him breathing a sign of relief).

But inside, winter sowing is STILL going on--had a slight delay for another bag of dirt (thanks Sam's Club for whisking away your Christmas leftovers so quickly and putting back out the spring stuff).

Now these photos don't look like much now, but (hopefully) come March, I'll be able to show you little green seedlings in all these containers.

I have a walk-out basement with stairs going up to the back yard so it's the perfect place for my winter sowing--doesn't get direct sun and I just have to step outside quickly to access them.