Sunday, June 24, 2012

TORRID JUNE

sorry for not adding descriptions last week... busy...
this is an allium emerging, from my brother's friend...

another allium...

little bee on a marguerite daisy...

the blue container on the deck, with which i'm pleased...

carrots from the potager... i'm also harvesting lettuce, radish, and sugar snaps...

everyone's favorite weed to photograph...

the 3 below are bronze fennel, looking alien....



variegated dwarf japanese maple, which does well in a vase...

moth inside a steel mesh lamp shade...

potager entrance...


the rock wall hubs built earlier this year, with clary sage in front, and various sempervivum here and there. clary sage is biennial, and a truly sweat-stinky plant that should keep the deer away. It has large spikes of delicate pink flowers, which should do nice in arrangements, but smell pretty bad.

COLTON FETCHING

colton loves to fetch...

and fetch

and fetch

etc.
he weighs about 35 lbs now

Sunday, June 10, 2012

POODLE ECLIPSES WHIPPET

colton finally outweighs luna... 

awww....

see, i'm bigger...

the blue planter...

salvia 'hot lips' on the right, my favorite annual... 
it's already attracting hummingbirds...

clematis 'julia correvon' in the sun....

arisaema always impresses me...

astilbe...

the potager, finally mulched and clean up (whew!)

haricots vert looking good...

the hydrangea in the front has both pink

and blue flowers this year.

Sunday, June 03, 2012

HELLO, JUNE

colton update: 30 pounds, adult teeth coming in.

and have i been digging?

you bet, puppy see, puppy do!

rose 'heritage' is blooming profusely, where the deer haven't eaten it

little vase my hubs gave me a while back

clematis 'julia correvon' has skinny petals this year

between the roses, foxglove and chamomile, enough flowers to cut!

clematis 'king fisher' continues to bloom strongly

california poppy

ok, i really have to watch verbena bonariensis, as it has self sown everywhere!

white iris my brother gave me

the potager... tomatoes are in, everything is up. today i was spreading the sweet peet, but had to stop due to rain. ergo, colton's digging.