Friday, July 22, 2011

The heated garden...




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.
Posted by Picasa

30 comments:

  1. Love your garden. Are those vining flowers the ones you can suck the nectar out of?

    I'm curious as to where you got those spherical stones.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I love your garden. It looks like you...

    ReplyDelete
  3. P.S I was able to snag a bag of TWENTY premium hosta at Costco (four varieties.) My hosta collection grows.

    ReplyDelete
  4. All you need is a jar of Mystic Monk sun tea. :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous7:31 AM

    You've made me sin, and it is a deadly one, too. I envy you and covet your garden.

    What a lovely spot! I hope you enjoy many moments in it.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Austringer9:08 AM

    It is a marvelous garden, Terry -- you are an artist!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I see a couple weeds. Back there by the hedge.


    :-)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Thanks every one.

    Paul - the orbs came from a garden center several years ago - they are cast stone I think. Very heavy.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anonymous9:57 AM

    The garden is BEAUTIFUL!!! A paradise on earth!!! Oh, how I wish my garden were so lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Lovely garden..thanks for sharing.

    Sara

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous10:41 AM

    What a beautiful garden, Terry. If you're ever in NYC, perhaps you could design something for my "terrace", er...I mean fire escape.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Fr. Z has the niche on fanciful cooking... why don;t you feature fanciful gardening. You can use the Latin genus names for extra Zing.

    Seriously 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.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Beautiful, Terry.

    ReplyDelete
  14. +JMJ+

    Terry, 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.

    ReplyDelete
  15. 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.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Just lovely. Are we having tea outside when the heat wave passes?

    ReplyDelete
  17. 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

    ReplyDelete
  18. Enbrethiliel's idea is genius.

    Oh yes. Have your Brit-Com tea party and blog about it.

    ReplyDelete
  19. My Terry, what big balls you have.


    Ok. I'm done.

    word verification: madwomn

    ReplyDelete
  20. Cat--LOLzzzz, as my sons say.

    Beautiful Terry--exquisite.

    Ace

    ReplyDelete
  21. No, no, bad kitty Kat, bad. :)

    ReplyDelete
  22. Kimvandapool3:14 PM

    Woooow!! Terry, that garden should be in a magazine, I love it! I envy people like you, all green-thumby.

    More pics!!

    ReplyDelete
  23. 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 ...

    ReplyDelete
  24. 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.

    ReplyDelete
  25. 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..

    Sara

    ReplyDelete
  26. 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.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Perhaps "the Heated Garden" would've been a better title for the previous post, considering the com box.

    I 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.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Thanks everyone - Kat LOL! - there is severe weather forcast today so it all may get swept away.

    ReplyDelete
  29. 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.

    And daylilies do GREAT here..have a ton of them.

    Sara

    ReplyDelete
  30. 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.

    ReplyDelete


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.