so pretty!

Today I did 2 more beds and some pots are ready for planting... irises doing ok... some are buried so deep. I don't remember planting them that deep so I just cleaned up and uncover a bit... so many are soft and yacky... gross... anyway so many new ones ... the worse is that the signs are gone... I can't believe ... what did I do to them???

so happy to be cleaning and enjoying outside... even if I just heard the weather man say it's going to be cold Thu & Fri... oh well it's time for the Boston Flower Show anyway... I want to go... and take millions of pics....

harry lauders walking stick is showing off

Yucky irises may mean rot. I would get thouse cleaned up as soon as you can.

Happy flower show.

Lucy, what do you clean them with???? I really think is rotten... some I have out .. my zeal in pulling weeds can be blamed for that... how about the ones that are planted??? I feel like just getting a hose and washing them clean... would that help???

Lucy will def be a help with what wrong with the irises. I think you use bleach to kill the bad stuff, but wait for her to answer


Yesterday I moved most of the reticulated Iris that were supposed to be 'George' back to my blue, yellow and white garden...on a few of them I had thought I dug down deep enough but ended up slicing right throught the foliage and then couldn't find the bulbs
We'll see what happens next spring. I still need to get out there and mark where they were so I can plant the replacements in the fall


What a nasty day today, all windy, cloudy, chilly and damp wasn't supposed to be like this.

Today I got a bag of Dutch Irises at the Christimas Tree shops... they were beggin to come home with me
Also some dahlias... they were also anxious to be planted...

they had some nice bulbs this year

I closed my eyes when I walked past all those bags of bulbs/plants

Mary Gay Lirette


Japanese Willow starting to bud

love those daffs!!!

me too!

Pretty daffs, Jen!

thanks

Good for closing your eyes, Jen. 1/10 clorox to water for rot. Clear out the rot first, then apply.

Jen, if I close my eyes I would probably walk right into them... and of course them I would really get more... I get a bag and run away...

Another big cleaning day... I went outside to get the trash cans and decided to take a little walk around... of course I found a hake and started cleaning a small bed to check on the leaves around the roses and planing for tomorrow etc... next thing you know I cleaned the entire bed, and them another...wearing my pajamas, and 4 hours later I was totally wet, freezing, and so happy... went to take a shower and it was painful... I literally turned bright pink like a lobster and it was so itchy I felt like I was going to have to take benadryl... but the most amazing thing happened... regardless of the pain and itchiness, I was so cold it hurt but I FELT WONDERFUL... I am back to my "OLD happy gardening self" - I had lost that when I started working at the hospital... I love being a nurse but the horrible stress of that job took away my joy... oh I need a job and etc.... BUT I am so happy today... i just kept going... just like when I started... when I did not know any better... but I felt so alive so content being outside... oh I am so enjoying it again...

Tons of irises... and daylilies are waking up... have so many dreams for this year... I am counting on being able to garden till I drop tired everyday and be able to enjoy every minute... hope some of you guys will come over for a visit...

I can't wait to see you Kassia!!

here are my photos from springfest

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Nice! I love that green on green geranium

Way OT but I lost my Hummingbird tracker bookmark. Allison help!

thanks Jen!!

here ya go
http://www.hummingbirds.net/ma...
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/...