Lots of Rain, Little Sun

Aerial View of Garden, June 25 '09

Flora in Ptown!

Ladyslippers all over the Provincelands...

And scotch broom (with Connie)

Clematis on a fence.

Golden Chain tree as trellis.

Looking down toward the bay.

Other areas, late May

How does your garden grow--late May '09

Other Areas in Early May

Close-up of white bleeding heart and Jacob's ladder by back door.
Violets under trellis.
White violets by back door.
Wild columbie
Bleeding heart and Jacob's ladder.

This is the area we call "Astilbe Hill."
Flame andromeda.
Phlox doing great this year with more sunlight.
Pink tulips to match the magnolia--except we only got one magnolia flower.  Can't figure out what that tree needs.
Two late daffs are growing through the bleeding heart by the front door.

Asparagus Oblivious

We are getting some asparagus shoots.  Guess they do not have traumatic stress disorder from how they were planted.

Further Progress on the Raised Beds

Bean Pole.  

Asparagus replanted.

Connie with her new toy--a really powerful cordless drill.

 The roots sticking up are the upside down asparagus crowns.  Any child could see that the roots were in the air.  Unfortunately, we had no child around and I did not get it.   Did replant correctly however.
Here I am planting strawberries.  Seascape, Jewel and Earlyglow.   We have a net to put over them so the birds and chipmunks do not get the berries.  We have more systems in place than Homeland Security.  In fact, Janet Napolitano is scheduled to visit next week...
Putting together a 2x8 bed.  The inside piece was tricky.

Amazing Daffs This Year

Constructing the Raised Beds

The packages arrived today from Square Foot Gardening--wooden pieces to construct 7 raised beds. It was a warm sunny day and AFTER going to the farmer's market, working out at the gym, and going to the library, we came home to find that FedEx had delivered the beds. Spent all afternoon in the hot sun working on them. Of course the 12 foot one had to be taken apart and done twice, since there were no instructions and it was not clear how to connect the pieces. I guess the tree work really worked--there was not one bit of shade!

Mid-April

More daffs.

Forsythia almost in full bloom.

Early April

First daffodil in the bed.


The first haze of yellow on the forsythia.

The white flower is bloodroot, a native wildflower which I dug up from a hill down the road. Sanguinaria has a root that is red and was used as a dye. The leaf is first wrapped around the flower stem. Deer resistant and shade loving!

Purple Haze

This has been a fabulous Spring for purple flowers. The crocuses are gorgeous, and here they are on the path up the hill. The glories of the snow that Anne posted the other day have spread so much from last year that they give the entire front yard a "purple haze" - Jimi Hendrix would be proud!