First it was very rainy, then very hot, and so I haven't been able to do much yard work. The hedges are overgrown, as is the grass - I need to be outside today. Notice how the heat fried the nasturtiums.
It's boootiful Terry, you need a little garden gnome to live there.
Do you have garden gnomes in America? They're very sweet and no trouble at all as long as you don't get one who likes to drink. They have been known to end up in ponds or cause trouble with the neighbour's gnomes.
Your a gifted gardener. It's a lovely place. I couldn't grow anything and even if my life depended upon it.
I really like those giant rock balls. I like tacky glass ones on pedastles too. I would guess that you rolled them into place but they look too heavy to lift. (There were no jokes in that paragraph- None)
When I go out into my yard, I'm the best looking thing out there. hahahahahaaha JK
Love the hedge around the perimeter; it's like a "secret garden." And I don't believe I've ever seen hostas (as much as I love them and have a number myself) ever look so ethereal.
Do you have any religious statues in your garden? I'd love to see more pix if you do (and have the time to post). Thanks for making the photos clickable, Terry ... so pretty ...
There is no place like a garden and yours C'est vraiment magnifique! But where are your daylilies? A garden without daylilies is like cake without frosting. I know you have them tucked in somewhere trumpeting the glory of God.
I have tow sad little hostas that just BARELY made it through the past brutal winter..
Any good recommendations for soil/fertilizer?? I know the dirt I have is not the greatest..but its amply fertilized by the neighborhood feral kitties..
We had a high of 103* today. Your garden is just lovely Terry, serene. I particularly like how you placed your potted topiary trees (is the small one rosemary?) at different heights, gradating upwards, while the stone spheres do the opposite, leading the eye to follow around the corner. You really do have a small piece of Paradise.
Julie--I have AMPLE access to horse manure..I know some plants you have to be careful with it since it will burn..
I canget swawdust form the woodshp on the military base where I work...will give it a try..
Am also slowly working in good topsoil....the developers left either clay or sand, didn't scrape it off and put downgood topsoil...that's asking alot I guess..
Oh yes my Easter Lillies I put in the garden from a year ago Easter are blooming NOW..they DID survive the winter..I had totally forgot about them.
Sara- I'll be brief, as I don't want to hijack the com box for a discussion of the merits of horse poop. Don't put raw sawdust on your plants as it'll suck all the nitrogen out of the soil. Mix it in with um, your party favors from the stable and let it sit in a pile for a couple of months. By fall, you'll have something marvelous to put some zing in your flower beds.
Please comment with charity and avoid ad hominem attacks. I exercise the right to delete comments I find inappropriate. If you use your real name there is a better chance your comment will stay put.
Love your garden. Are those vining flowers the ones you can suck the nectar out of?
ReplyDeleteI'm curious as to where you got those spherical stones.
I love your garden. It looks like you...
ReplyDeleteP.S I was able to snag a bag of TWENTY premium hosta at Costco (four varieties.) My hosta collection grows.
ReplyDeleteAll you need is a jar of Mystic Monk sun tea. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've made me sin, and it is a deadly one, too. I envy you and covet your garden.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely spot! I hope you enjoy many moments in it.
It is a marvelous garden, Terry -- you are an artist!
ReplyDeleteI see a couple weeds. Back there by the hedge.
ReplyDelete:-)
Thanks every one.
ReplyDeletePaul - the orbs came from a garden center several years ago - they are cast stone I think. Very heavy.
The garden is BEAUTIFUL!!! A paradise on earth!!! Oh, how I wish my garden were so lovely.
ReplyDeleteLovely garden..thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSara
What a beautiful garden, Terry. If you're ever in NYC, perhaps you could design something for my "terrace", er...I mean fire escape.
ReplyDeleteFr. Z has the niche on fanciful cooking... why don;t you feature fanciful gardening. You can use the Latin genus names for extra Zing.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I would love to read gardening tips and posts about the your flowers, fav flowers and how to care for them.
I promises it wouldn;t be a bore ZZzzzzz.
Beautiful, Terry.
ReplyDelete+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteTerry, I'd donate money on a regular basis if you said it was for fertiliser for your flowers or something.
Seriously, your garden is beautiful.
It's boootiful Terry, you need a little garden gnome to live there.
ReplyDeleteDo you have garden gnomes in America? They're very sweet and no trouble at all as long as you don't get one who likes to drink. They have been known to end up in ponds or cause trouble with the neighbour's gnomes.
Just lovely. Are we having tea outside when the heat wave passes?
ReplyDeleteYour a gifted gardener. It's a lovely place. I couldn't grow anything and even if my life depended upon it.
ReplyDeleteI really like those giant rock balls. I like tacky glass ones on pedastles too. I would guess that you rolled them into place but they look too heavy to lift. (There were no jokes in that paragraph- None)
When I go out into my yard, I'm the best looking thing out there. hahahahahaaha JK
Enbrethiliel's idea is genius.
ReplyDeleteOh yes. Have your Brit-Com tea party and blog about it.
My Terry, what big balls you have.
ReplyDeleteOk. I'm done.
word verification: madwomn
Cat--LOLzzzz, as my sons say.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Terry--exquisite.
Ace
No, no, bad kitty Kat, bad. :)
ReplyDeleteWoooow!! Terry, that garden should be in a magazine, I love it! I envy people like you, all green-thumby.
ReplyDeleteMore pics!!
Love the hedge around the perimeter; it's like a "secret garden." And I don't believe I've ever seen hostas (as much as I love them and have a number myself) ever look so ethereal.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any religious statues in your garden? I'd love to see more pix if you do (and have the time to post). Thanks for making the photos clickable, Terry ... so pretty ...
There is no place like a garden and yours C'est vraiment magnifique! But where are your daylilies? A garden without daylilies is like cake without frosting. I know you have them tucked in somewhere trumpeting the glory of God.
ReplyDeleteI have tow sad little hostas that just BARELY made it through the past brutal winter..
ReplyDeleteAny good recommendations for soil/fertilizer?? I know the dirt I have is not the greatest..but its amply fertilized by the neighborhood feral kitties..
Sara
We had a high of 103* today.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is just lovely Terry, serene. I particularly like how you placed your potted topiary trees (is the small one rosemary?) at different heights, gradating upwards, while the stone spheres do the opposite, leading the eye to follow around the corner.
You really do have a small piece of Paradise.
Perhaps "the Heated Garden" would've been a better title for the previous post, considering the com box.
ReplyDeleteI love the standards! Are they rosemary or boxwood?
Sara-horse manure+sawdust is the best
fertilizer in the world.
Believe me, I know my fertilizers.
Thanks everyone - Kat LOL! - there is severe weather forcast today so it all may get swept away.
ReplyDeleteJulie--I have AMPLE access to horse manure..I know some plants you have to be careful with it since it will burn..
ReplyDeleteI canget swawdust form the woodshp on the military base where I work...will give it a try..
Am also slowly working in good topsoil....the developers left either clay or sand, didn't scrape it off and put downgood topsoil...that's asking alot I guess..
Oh yes my Easter Lillies I put in the garden from a year ago Easter are blooming NOW..they DID survive the winter..I had totally forgot about them.
And daylilies do GREAT here..have a ton of them.
Sara
Sara-
ReplyDeleteI'll be brief, as I don't want to hijack the com box for a discussion of the merits of horse poop.
Don't put raw sawdust on your plants as it'll suck all the nitrogen out of the soil. Mix it in with um, your party favors from the stable and let it sit in a pile for a couple of months. By fall, you'll have something marvelous to put some zing in your flower beds.