Temps in the forties the last two days and this morning I wake up to this?!
I thought we were done with the snow!
Again? Really…?
Category Archives: garden
New 2012 Plant List is Up!
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| last years seedling ~ Tommy Toe cherry |
Not in alphabetical order:
Tomatoes:
Lemony
Vintage Wine
Italian Giant Beefsteak
Earliana
Brandywine
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom
Martino’s Roma
Rutger’s Improved
Black Cherry
Kellogg’s Breakfast
Marianna’s Peace
North Dakota Earliana
Cuore De Toro (bulls heart)
Tommy Toe (Cherry)
Tiny Tin ( Dwarf cherry)
Sun Sugar Hybrid (cherry)
Peppers:
Anaheim Chili- hot
Early Jalapeno- hot
California Wonder -bell
King of the North- bell
King of the North- bell
Gypsy Hybrid (sweet Italian)- non bell
Sweet Banana –non bell
Golden Treasure (sweet) non bell
For details and printable lists go to www.LilsGarden.net
Snow Covered
Dust of Snow
Robert Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I rued.
Okay, I’ve had enough already! Bring back the warm!January Birch
January 6th and still no significant snow. Temperature was 55 ~ I actually left my coat behind today.
I really don’t mind. I got to go outside and mess around in my garden a little~ picked some kale and looked at my new perennial bed. The lavender and wormwood are still looking good and the penstemon seems impervious to the little cold spurts and frosts we did have. My butterfly bush still has green leaves on it! I do live in North Central Illinois right? Average January temps around 10 ~ 20 degrees… with windchill….
Well Worth the Wait…
Finally, the tomatoes are starting to ripen!
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| Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom, Vintage Wine, Cuore De Toro, Martino’s Roma |
Despite my garden’s late start- end of June-
all the extra nurturing and care
all the extra nurturing and care
(and the new dog proof fence) is finally starting to pay off!
Here’s today’s bounty. In a few days there will be more.
These are heirloom and open pollinated. Very sweet and yummy~
though a little cracked here and there but that was due to the hot dry weather and
my uneven watering.
And here’s the second crop of red raspberries.
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| heritage raspberries ~ everberring |
And my August Lily Hosta is right on cue
and my Zinnias are in full bloom~ this is the first time I’ve planted Zinnias from plants from the Garden Center and not seed. Not bad I think.
and finally, Daisy, waiting for me to drop some more grapes and raspberries.
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| No… I’m not begging…. |
Night Lights
Come sit with me on the back porch,
Come listen to the crickets chirp and the tree frogs play.
Hear the quiet of the evening slowly turn into night,
and shed the hassles of the day. ~LM Davis
Greeting Cards
Introducing Greeting Cards at my Etsy shop
They are blank inside and professionally printed on high quailty cardstock
with my some of my favorite photographs.
Hope you enjoy them!
Getting Excited!
Green tomatoes everywhere!
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| Vintage Wine |
I can hardly wait until they turn red!
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| Cuore De Toro |
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| Martino’s Roma |
It’s been so long since I’ve had fresh tomatoes out of my garden….
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| Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom |
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| Vintage Wine |
Thanks to to my new welded wire Annie Repellant!
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| My Vegetable Garden Early On… right after the attack. Everything’s bigger now |
For the last two years, no matter how I try to protect the garden,
this dog, as innocent as she tries to appear,
has bulldozed through all barriers and ate her self silly.
she’s eaten everything I’ve planted~
tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery, strawberries, lettuce…
the list goes on.
the list goes on.
the only thing I found she doesn’t like is Swiss Chard and Kale.
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| The Devourer of Gardens and Fresh Produce~ AKA Annie |
Early Light
Early morning is one of my favorite times for taking pictures…
Lazy Sunday
I’m going to be lazy today and just post some blooms and plants without too many comments.
We finally got the rain we were waiting for
and it has cooled off a bit,
and it has cooled off a bit,
so rather than sit here and do a lot of writing,
I’m going to go out and enjoy the rest of the day….
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| Self sown Echinacea or Coneflower |
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| Blackberry Lily finally bloomed |
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| More self sown coneflowers ( I’ve got these everywhere) |
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| Diablo Ninebark ~ Physocarpus opulifolius ~ newer leaves on stem tips |
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| older leaves |
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| Gazania Daisy |
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| Blanket Flower ~ Gaillardia |
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| new buds on blanket flower |
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| Portulaca grandiflora |
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| Honeysuckle reblooming ~ Dropmore Scarlet |
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| Wormwood ~ Artemisia absinthum |
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| ARTEMISIA ‘SILVER BROCADE’ |
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| Lambs ear doing well |
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| second round on the Kmart rose |
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| Wha’cha doing mom? |
Lil's Garden Tour 