Hmm..

Well, obviously this blog didn't work this last year! We had a WONDERFUL September. The baby frogs we had are now making lots of noises! I got the garden more or less cleaned up yesterday, I was hoping to do a last mow today but an afternoon with Erika came first! Not sure if I'll be able to get another mow in. I guess time will tell! I'll try and post now and again. Maybe we'll get some snow so I can post some snow pictures!

Rain, Rain go away!

I start a blog and then up and then take forever to post. It has been a horrible year for warmth. There's been some nice days here and there. I think there was 5 days in a row week before last that were really nice. The flowers are doing well. The grass is still green with only 2 waterings done on it ALL YEAR! And it's mid July, what's wrong with this picture??? :)  Today it rained pretty heavily for 2 hours straight. I do believe we set a record for how much rain fell for the day. Probably somewhere around .75" and was 62* at 1pm. I think it did manage 66* F or 67* F by then end of the afternoon though. It's suppose to be SUMMER not Spring or Fall!! Deep Breath ;) Rant over, for now anyway!! :)

My peas are thriving in mid July, it really should be too warm for them! My tomatoes have a few tomatoes set but not near what I'm use to. But the bee balm is doing really well and the humming birds are loving it. :) Next time I need to get some pictures posted. And raspberries, lots and lots of raspberries. I had enough from my small patch to make a batch of jam from each of the pickings 2 days apart this last week. Christina and I dug up the garlic last week. There's some really nice heads of garlic! Can't wait to use it!

Tadpole update: There's a few left in the pond but most have lost their tail and have hopped their way away. It was a very cool process to watch. The frogs are so tiny when they lose their tail. I have fairly small hands and they were no bigger then my little fingers fingernail. So cute and tiny. Here's hoping for warm weather soon!! Have a wonderful week everyone!!

REAL warmth!!!

The first true day of warmth....Well second I guess yesterday wasn't too bad!! First over 80* day of the year anyway. I got some more flowers planted in the ground and in pots. I kind of want to finish planting before I take pictures though. The couple of pots I planted last month are really starting to look nice, finally! So guess this weeks stuff will take a couple of weeks... then picture time. :)  I read today that this is the coldest Jan 1 to May 31st in 130 years! The average was 59.5*.  Enjoy the Sun!!!

Attempt pictures....

Bleeding hearts in early April....

Bleeding Hearts the middle of May.. Such pretty flowers!

Our little Tulip patch last month...These are perennial tulips that have been there for about 10 or 11 years now.

 Our walking onion patch last month (above) and last week (left). What a difference a month makes! These are pretty cool onion plants. I'll post an updated picture next month.

My garden plot.












Raspberry plot.... Yumm!! Lots of flowers that will hopefully turn into raspberries if the weather ever decides to turn nice!

Other then the tiny bits of pink from the bleeding hearts, not much blooming in this area yet... This is where a lot of my spring bulbs were so we're in transition here!









There's a little bit of my garden. Not a lot going on now but we're just beginning! :)

Rain?? Really??

It was so nice to have a whole 3, or was it 4?, days that were very nice! But now back to the gunk, although I think I think I'll take this over what happen in tornado alley this evening!! My heart goes out to those people in Joplin, MO! The yard/garden is basically weeded except for right in front of the house! Yea!! Now I just have to do something with the piles of weeds that are everywhere! I wanted to get some plants planted Saturday but ended up weeding instead. There's just something about those weeds being gone. :)  Maybe Tuesday I can get some stuff planted since it's supposedly suppose to be a nice day!
Oh, and that garden lettuce sure makes a tasty salad! Ever tried Lemon Balm tea? That's pretty tasty too, especially using the leaves straight from the plant!! I also have some mint that I got from somebody a few weeks ago (it's in a pot that's NOT going in the ground!!) and spearmint that I have yet to plant... Lots of yummy tea coming up... I'm hoping to get some pictures up next post! I do believe i found where I can upload them....

Finally some warmth!

Pea's are popping up, transplanted spinach is growing good and spinach planted in the garden is coming up, potatoes... they'll be a while coming up. Things got planted much later this year due to the awful Spring we've had! I've also got onions, some I planted this spring and then some "walking onions" that I grew last year and planted the bulbs from the top of them last fall. Those ones are getting pretty tall! There's also garlic that I planted last fall from what I grew last year, those are also getting nice and tall. I'll have to get some pictures up... if I can figure out how to get them into the blog! Everything is looking so pretty with the Rhodies finally blooming everywhere and my yellow daisy flowers in full bloom!

We're keeping an eye on tadpoles in our little pond. I saw a little green frog on the daylily next to the pond so maybe that's what these babies will be! The size of tadpoles range from still in egg stage although it looks like they could come out soon?, to fairly large. I've never observed the whole series of watching them get bigger in the egg (not sure that's what it's called) to actually developing into frogs. Pretty cool! Yesterday I saw a Western Tanger bird. They are so bright and pretty!

Here's to lots of weeding and planting this week! There's a little spot on Cleveland and Division that had some wonderful bargains because of "frost damage", getting to far along in the season to sale and too "floppy" looking. Pineapple Sage (yummy smell) and coreopsis and nice fuchsia starts and ornamental grass  for .25 a container! The fuchsia starts were in the 2" containers but everything else was 4" containers. That's a deal a budget strapped person that loves gardening can afford!!