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Ensuring that your landscape has an adequate supply of water is essential for keeping it green and healthy. Properly installed lawn sprinklers enable you to cut down on the amount of time and money that you need to keep your lawn healthy. Along with other …
How many of you are into gardening? For those of you who are…do you enjoy flower gardens, vegetable gardens or both? I’m a gardening fanatic now that we have our own home and I’ve been really educating myself on flowers, bushes, trees, veggies and fruits. …
How many of you enjoy gardening? I know I do! About 4 1/2 years ago I planted a slew of Bearded Iris flower bulbs around our property. Some of them will bloom purple, blue/purple, peach or orange. I love the colors that you can find them in and they’re super easy to grow!
This past spring (2016) we have had a lot of rainy weather, cooler than normal temps and tons of cloudy days. Sigh…usually by now we are heating up around here, but not this year! I think Mother Nature forgot that we are now almost into the official start of Summer!
This gardening season my Bearded Iris’ all bloomed almost 3 weeks late. Usually they bloom for me in late April or very early May. This year though…it was May 18th until we saw the first bloom and then by the end of the month…they were all done.
On one particular morning on a cloudy day we had some rain showers move through the area. I love looking at my flowers after we have had a rain shower and I particularly love seeing the rain drops sitting on the velvety petals of the flowers. Most of the time I have a hard time capturing it with my camera, but thankfully my Samsung picked up those water droplets pretty good this time.
How are your late spring flower gardens doing this year? Do you grow any Bearded Iris’ and do you have a favorite color or variety that you like to grow?
I live in the northeast and I’m always looking for flowers and plants that will grow well in planting zone 4. Our winters can get bone-chilling cold and our summers can be blistering hot. We have a few shady areas on our property and I …
I’m not a fan of winter at all and always find that season of the year depressing. Matter of fact, as soon as winter starts, I start counting down to the first day of Spring! Spring has finally arrived here on the northeast coast and …
A few months ago I shared a few pictures from my best friend’s yard. He has very eclectic tastes when it comes to art. He loves color and faces so walking through his home and garden is always a delight. You never know what you will find. Pops of color here and there are blended in with garden. Hundreds of pots and plants hide interesting statues and pieces of art.
I wanted to share a cool picture of a bust that is hidden in the yard that is unique and colorful. I love the deep blue mixing with the green. It is fun to wander through his yard and find a treasure peeking out. Enjoy!
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My husband and I are avid gardeners. We have 2 vegetable gardens and 6 flower gardens here on our property. Gardening is a lot of hard work but it’s something that we both enjoy doing. It gets us outside in the fresh air and it’s …
I love blooming plants and one of the first plants I added to my yard was a mini rose plant a friend gave me for our housewarming so many years ago. It still blooms and grows but the one that has really taken off and …