I walked the garden this morning. The canna are blooming. I love the leaves, but the flowers are not such a great thing to look at. Daylilies are still blooming. The coneflowers are blooming. These have a little white in them which is really cool. Like a candy striper. You can really see new growth on the azaleas, too.
One of the hydrangea (can't remember the name) is forming a new mophead flower. It is cool because it is really too late in the season for that to supposed to be happening for a non-rebloomer. There are two paniculatas in the back bed that have blooms. They are super duper small, but at least I can see them coming. I will be able to identify them once they bloom which is great.
In the herb bed, the monarda finally bloomed. In its third year. The flowers are so beautiful - purple. In the front bed, the veronica and the penstemon are blooming. Or at least trying to. That place may be too shady. The balloon flowers look amazing. The H. s. Moonlight is growing rampantly. On the other side, the 'Hortensis' is about to bust open. That is my favorite of all of them.
Last weekend we edged the bed on the other side of the driveway. It has needed that for a long time. We are almost done putting new mulch on it. Previously I put pinestraw. This time I put pinebark mulch down. Very thickly. I hope it looks good for longer. I also moved 3 Oakleaf Hydrangeas into that bed.
Even more good things happening in the veggie garden. The tomato plants are pretty big now and they all have fruit. Just waiting for it to ripen. The leaf edges are still yellow and brown on some of them. Not sure what this is - hope it is not a disease cuz I would hate to see it spread. Squash of all kinds are growing. Got some off the vine for Bill and Susan the other day. One of them I grew in a cage like the tomatoes. That has really worked out well. I'm going to do that with all of them next year. There are lots of peppers on the vine. I will keep them there until the tomatoes are ready. I need to finish harvesting the yukon gold potatoes. We have really enjoyed having fresh potatoes. I want to grow more of them next year. Of course, you know about the corn and bean problem. Dan shot one of the rabbits so maybe that will help, but I have to re-plant those. Cantaloupes are forming and there are hundreds of flowers on the pumpkin and watermelon. The onions and garlic and carrots are still growing - too early for them.
I got a few blueberries off the bush this morning - they were yummy. The raspberries are almost more invasive than kudzu - and they are a little gross right now because the japanese beetles have taken them over. OH! I found a fig tree in the yard today. There is fruit on it but it is not ripe yet. That is so awesome.
I will take some pictures of these things this weekend.
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June 2005 entries
June 30, 2005
General Comments
June 21, 2005
New Flowers
New flowers in bloom right now - cool daylilies. See pictures on site: http://thefarm.typepad.com/photos/june_21_2005/
June 18, 2005
June 15, 2005
Outer Banks Vacation
Just posted some mid-vacation pictures from our camera and from George's camera
June 10, 2005
Vacation
We are heading on vacation day after tomorrow. Here are a few pictures of plants that the rain has not yet destroyed...
June 07, 2005
Rain, Rain Go Away
The rain is literally beating the new flowers to death. I have tried to take some pictures of what is surviving. A great new daylily came up yesterday but it was beaten to a pulp - there are some other blooms opening soon so I hope to get a picture of those before the rain hits them - it is either Vanilla Fluff or Jean Swann.....I didn't need the Jean Swann, but it has a name that reminds me of mom. Anyway, check out the new pictures, there are just a few.
June 06, 2005
New Bed
We added garden soil to the new flower bed. I think it will work out much better. I did run out of mulch though, so only part of the bed is mulched. The hydrangeas all seem to be doing well - except one. The large one. I think I just didn't get enogh of the root ball. I think I may cut it way back and see if it comes back next summer. I also made name tags for all the hydrangea. 101 nametags. It kinda looks like the botanical gardens because the name tags are about 3" square but the shrubs are all small right now. The will grow to about 5 feet eventually so the size is right, it just looks comical now.
This crazy bunny keeps eating all the leaves off the bean plants. I am going to try brid netting on top of them and see if that helps any. He has eaten an entire row. And some lettuce, but it is the beans I care more about. We harvested some more potatoes this weekend. Mostly red, but a few yukon gold. The tomatoes and peppers have flowers on them (I was kind of afraid the hard rain would cause them to fall off, but it didn't). There is even a flower on the squash. It is so strange to have everything blooming so late. 2 new daylilies opened this morning. A red one and a yellow one - first time they opened - I need to get the camera out. The lilies are very very tall and I did not stake them, so a few or more have broken off. But plenty are still out there.
In the new bed, I noticed it gets more sun than the others, so I moved the geraniums there. And most of the daylilies. I should be getting new iris in a few weeks too and they can go there. But the hosta can't. I am really struggling with what to do in that back yard area. It will be years before the Acuba and Mahonia are big enough to make a difference back there. And then, will that look silly too? Do I just let it be a natural area? I put so much work into that path area and all for not. It just stinks that that area is the main one you see from the living and dining room windows, and it is the ugliest section of all. Maybe I can put tons and tons of birdhouses back there. I dunno. It is just icky looking now.