I took photos when I first went out to work, so the ones that look damp are from my morning photo shoot. I also took some photos late in the afternoon just before I came in for the day.
I'll add some of these photos and more during the winter to the database.
As of today, I am putting away my old camera and will be working with the newer one so that I become far more comfortable with it and can take sharper photos.
I'd rather weed than dust ... the weeds stay gone longer.
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!
So here it is in November, when normally there is No Color At All in the Minnesota landscape, but I have a bright pink First Love dianthus blooming its food head off in my front yard. (I am NOT complaining, mind you.)
And even after a few frosts and at least one hard freeze, I still have some containers providing color, as well as a few random blooms here and there. I can't bring myself to dump the containers if there's anything still blooming...I may well have to do so in the snow if this goes on much longer. (Still NOT complaining.)
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
Your containers are lovely. I don't do container gardening up here because it is just too difficult to keep them moist. I know there are things I can do, but I already have plenty to do ...
I'd rather weed than dust ... the weeds stay gone longer.
Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!
Thanks, Lyn. Containers can be a challenge here also, though this year was spectacular weather. But when it gets hot and dry, they like to just turn into crispy critters! I am all about the moisture control potting soil and I try to use self-watering containers if the pots are in a sunny location. That helps some.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.
When I look at the photos of your garden, which are beautiful, I realize how young my garden still is at this time. I've got the roses in and am adding other plants, but have a long way to go to have the texture and form you have created.
A couple of my "good-bye" photos of part of the house pad garden:
Smiles,
Lyn
I'd rather weed than dust ... the weeds stay gone longer.
Such nice photos, Lynn. The garden in the photos is only three years old. Previously it had been our vegetable garden. I had the old path removed and a new one installed and later in 2013 had all the old post and rail fencing removed and I had the garden extended three feet, all new black metal poles and deer fencing installed.
You're right, Jeanie. Today I was fine with a light jacket. When it was 4 PM I felt cool and had to come in at 4:30. I was really cold by then.
Arlene - What kind of deer fencing did you install and are you happy with it? I think I have to bite the bullet and enclose my garden - seeing that the deer wiped out my dahlias, hibiscus, and raspberries. I'm afraid they'll taste-test my iris next.
Darcy - We opted to get the 7' high deer fencing, plastic coated, over wire. The rabbits can chew right through it (and do) but the roses, tomatoes and dahlias are safe from the dreaded deer. A local friend had the same fencing and the deer smashed through it so she recommends 8' high livestock wire fencing attached to the thick wood posts.
We have raspberries and a few blueberry bushes going down the outside of the garden and the deer never touch them, just as they never used to eat my dahlias but always ate the dahlias my friend had and she was just a mile away. They began eating mine in 2013 so now I have them in total safety...unless the rabbits decide to change their menu.
Thanks Arlene...
Our poor front yard looks like it has stripes...everything is bare from the ground up to where the rabbits can reach and then in the middle area where the deer browse. I have a little bit of leaves left where the deer don't want to bend that far (heaven forbid they strain themselves) and then where they can't reach on top.
Last question...did you install it yourself or did you have someone do it?
We had the garden with dahlias done by the pro's and I did three others.
In early spring, as soon as the lily foliage comes up an inch, use the hose to wet down all lilies and use a lot of blood meal. It really saves my lilies and we've had two litters of rabbits just this year.
Regular "bird mesh" will not work with deer. They rip through it to get to anything they want. They do not seem to be very bright!
