Duering the holiday lull I have put together my orders for perennials.
I will use Santa Rosa, Bluestone is just too expensive not to mention the coir pot thing.
Name: Mike Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a) "Have no patience for bare ground"
Jo Ann, before you know it winter will be over. So far from all the catalogues I have seen the prices have increased exponentially for this coming season. I am aware that everything is going up which necessitate some of the increase. I will be working with my seeds this year along with the ones I got from elsewhere. My Delphinium seeds that I got from a special friend from Europe will be a priority also.
Catalogs are arriving daily. It is always so enjoyable to look through them and think about the possibilities for the next gardening season. I usually find myself ordering things off and on over the winter, not actually thinking about the cumulative volume until everything starts arriving at once in the spring. Then I SWEAR to myself I'll show restraint next winter... and the cycle repeats LOL.
Lovely Christmas decoration photos. Wishing you all the best this new year!
Name: Mike Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a) "Have no patience for bare ground"
Ginny, Ginny, those tree rats will drive us mad if we let them. I thought I got rid of one that ate through my gazebo screen last winter and made a nest. This past summer we rescreened it and much to my chagrin I discovered that they have taken up residence again a few weeks ago. We will see
I took the first of the year Deck Shots yesterday as we are having a snow storm today.
It looks pretty bare and I have to say my garden helpers did a great job of cleaning and weeding even there were a couple of casualties.
Jan 23 2017
she did good 
