In the garden

Is there anything more boring then others peoples plants, veggies and flowers?

I just had to take some shots of the yard in its summer splendor, because when it is about january 15th and I have ceased to believe that there was ever actually anything green growing around us, I will scroll through my blog and have hope that summer and green growth will come again.

Happy Tuesday

Summer things

My family will tell you that ALL we've been doing  so far this summer is gardening, and they would be partially right...I have undertaken the landscaping of the very barren front yard.
Some back sorry on our house: apparently one of the original families who owned it had the most enviable garden on the block, it then passed into the hands of a single man who died, and left his girlfriend and her teenage daughters here. They neglected and devastated most of the yard and house before it went into foreclosure, can we say two whole years without watering? yes we can. The yard was one giant patch of thistles. Not much survived them.
I am busy amending all the soil, re-seeding the grass, and adding as many perennials as I can.
Here: snap dragons

Hosta's for shade

Delphiniums and Phlox

roses where here

made these beds

since it is summer break, and little people are the B word, bored, a pre-assembled art project in a box, fun!

new plants=new babies

the rose garden by the pool, Imani was awed

farmers market succulents, I too have joined the craze

In fact i had hubby build me this shelf right outside our front door to house them all

making fresh tea from our bushy thriving mint plants

I have callused hands and a tired back, but I am glad to be working this earth, this yard that finally belongs to us, and coaxing it into something beautiful, 

As the saying goes: "the best time to plant a tree was yesterday,the second best time is today" 

Happy gardening, happy wednesday

To plant a tree

 At this point in our polluted existence it is almost our civic duty to plant a tree,
here are two we have recently put in our yard, a little Stanley plum on the left, already covered in tiny green plum balls, and a dwarf pear tree on the right.

Have a lovely memorial day

THIS happened yesterday

I came out to the garage, to find my husband had assembled a motley crue to help him paint it.

Pretty much the cutest thing ever, they were all  dressed in his oversized paint shirts, with earnest little looks on their faces and putting in a valiant effort .

Not pictured here is their father sitting back doing absolutely nothing (aah, supervising, he called it)

can you spot the littlest painter?

 

They worked really hard, it was adorable, Steve will have to go back over everything,

 but we are so proud of them.

Have a great monday!

the best you can have,

 it is monday after all....