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Dont bother if you have dial up =).. TONS of pics here...
Category: General Garden | Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:26 am Ive had dial up.. so if you are being brave and spending 15 mins to download this.. more power to you! Last year we had rain upon rain with no sun.. this year sun upon sun with no rain.. egads.. I want a mix already =).. blooms are small, and some stuff is down right struggling without it.. dry dry dry here... rosa centifolia(limpy in this heat.. but stilled smell very nice... 
I have name of this bearded iris somewhere.. I cant find my garden journal at the moment.. regardless its still pretty.. 
Painted daisy closeup 
Group shot of Harrisons Yellow.. this seems to laugh at drought and heat (both very uncommon here, hopefully rain and cooler temps are coming back at some point!) 
Hardy Geranium.. dont have a name.. got this as a gift years ago with a trade.. I dont even remember what else was in that trade.. but this has always thrived no matter where I place it.. 
Better shot of the GUEM starting to double... 
Pretty Bonnets columbine.. 
Close up on Double scots white.. another one doesnt seem to care if it rains... 
More of that lupine.. 
At its peak
general garden shot... 
Thats it for now.. I have several roses ready to bloom.. but heck the spindly small buds are pathetic this year.. not a drop of moisture in weeks! some lucky folks got hammered with heavy thunderstorms.. not me =(.. Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 257 times
It begins.. Flowers are coming in...
Category: General Garden | Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 12:40 am Lupine Tutti Frutti 
Rosa Double Scots White 
Rosa Harrisons Yellow 
Dainthus.. supposed to be sweet williams, but seem more miniature than that... 
Pink Pocket Wiegala 
A funky fused double bloom on a painted daisy 
Start of my Knautia Melton Pastels 
Guem Mrs Bradshaw.. a red with alot of orange it... 
Thats it for now.. more colors to come on the knautia, main rose flush a couple weeks away... Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 212 times
What a difference a year makes...
Category: Misc Garden Info | Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 7:39 pm Not alot of individual blooms yet.. tons of stuff ready to go in the coming weeks, if you remember what my lot looked like from the early posts, here is what it appears like today, a big difference from a year, I will repost when Im near peak bloom as well.. 
I am starting to get some Wintersown Lupine "Tutti Frutti" One of my faves.. 
Guem, Knuatia, early roses are ready to bloom soon.. Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 182 times
Azeleas, Pansies, Sea Thrift
Category: Misc Garden Info | Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:23 pm Still slow here, have buds on painted daisies, knautia Melton pastels, several roses (it appears as scots double white will be first) Pink pocket wiegala. Still have about 60 jugs to plant out from winter-sowing as well. A couple of things actually in bloom... A dwarf Korean azalea, this blooms well, but it doesn't bloom all at once, I have two and they do the same thing, sides first then top, which makes for uneven bloom shots to say the least... 
A sea-thrift is starting to strut its stuff... Whats funny is I have had comments asking why Im growing a little tuft of grass in the bed.. because it really looks like that outside of the bloom.. 
Tons more to do around the gardens, I'm spending so much time moving rocks, I haven't started on any of the back beds.. still need to move brush and cut more trees. But it turned very raw and cold, Im supposed to have another day off, but dont know If I will get around to anything. Hate to work outside when its windy and 40 degrees... Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 182 times
Tulips, Lettuce and Daylily seedlings planted..
Category: Misc Garden Info | Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:20 am I have a love hate relationship with tulips, I love thier form and spring color, but they never seem to last more than a year for me, plus the slugs love them, slugs are out 2-3 weeks earlier than the frogs and toads, they just love to eat these.. this stand survived for the most part... 
Next is lettuce, I added horse manure to my veggie bed and didnt dare add lettuce, scallions or spinich,(will let it age a year and then can direct plant) so I potted them up, filled half a container with compost then added the seedlings in.. I should be harvesting lettuce by end of the month... 
Daylily seedlings are starting to go out, about half done.. NEXT year no matter what, I have to cut back, I keep forgetting 500 seedlings are just way too many a year here for me to plant out! They do take up room! 
Bluets , I love their little cheer early in the season, no one seems to plant these, they just show up.. 
One lonely reseeded viola.. 
Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 241 times
Another rock wall, roses recieved, planting out and stuff!
Category: Misc Garden Info | Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:46 am I built a retaining wall today, why is this important, becuase my new front bed got swamped this spring from run off, this was actually step two to fix this issue, I created a small run off pond area for spring as well, this should hold the majority of the run off next to the wall, In front will be planted with Rosa Rogosas, the little run off pond with flag iris, siberian iris, maybe some Queen of the Praire, if I can find some viable seed! 
New long bed that will hold roses, daylily seedlings and wintersown stuff... Not much to look at it now! 
Pink forget me notes, hoping these will spread, lovely early season color! 
Roses soaking to be planted... Im planting the following Rosa John Davis Rosa Morden Sunrise Rosa Charles De Mills Rosa Cardinal De Richelieu Rosa Surpass Toute Rosa Duchess De Montebello There is a William Baffin in there as well but thats for my mom, I already have one, buts its a small own root, this was from pickiring is already a beast.. 
Also planted out some peony type poppies today as well as bacherlor buttons.. Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 303 times
What you thought Winter was over! HA... Live in Maine!
Category: Misc Garden Info | Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:55 pm Late april is usually better than early may here, I think the weather pattern has just been bumped up.. so hopefully early may is better this year. But we can have snow late.. Hopefully my seedlings are doing ok under all of this snow =)... 
By the way, I have a rule.. no shoveling after april 1st.. Ive had 15 inches one time and I think my wife was going to kill me! But you know a rule is a RULE! It might look pretty, but for those who have to drive and clear it , SNOW is just about the worst curse word you can say to someone =).. At least we didnt have a very long or harsh winter this year.. with only 60 or 80 inches. Thats nothing here. Last three years weve had well over 100, 2 years ago over 150, you wake up every morning to fresh snow.. and wonder how you are going to make it through the day! Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 213 times
More Daffs, Maine Sunset other stuff
Category: Roses and Garden | Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:45 pm Still not much going on except daffs, a few pansies , perennials are waking up , but are not there yet. Some tulips are starting to show buds.. we are going through a cooling trend though and hoping for the best, was down to 26F last night... Maine Sunset over the woods a couple nights ago... 
Double Daffs have taken off... This year I really need to get some white ones.. I like the yellow but they dont have nearly the contrast in color.. 
Orange cupped Trumpet daff.. 
Here is a great garden shot =).. Compost and Manure... 
Tons of stuff to do still, but I'm going to wait for it to warm up a little, Roses should ship next week, Daylily seedlings need to get into the ground. Some of the more winter hardy wintersown seedlings need to get in as well.. Its supposed to rain all weekend and its going to be a cooler raw rain, with a chance at wet snow from time to time. Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 188 times
Lots of Stuff going on! updated wall, flower pics , seedling
Category: Roses and Garden | Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:37 pm First, a friend and I got a load of horse manure.. I let him have more of it this year, I really only need it for top dressing, probable got 2-3 yards. Update on the rock wall, 
I have it composted now, and Ive decided on some strawberry plants for at least more most of the way down.. I guess I dont need all flowers all the time ! HA! Its ozark beauty.. variety, only reason I got that kind was someone told me it was fairly hardy and vigourous for them, so will see. 
Have you seen double daffs set to bloom before.. IT looks like 3X the size of a regular one.. Cant wait to actually see it! 
Here are some single ones actually bloomed... 
Pansies from last year.. really came back strong.. low to the ground still but huge... 
Some Wintersown sprouts out there.. Black Seeded Simpson lettuce (I have 5 containers total of these) 
I have about 40 containers total sprouting out of 105 so far.. but tons of time left.. Here is some Hopi Dye Red Amaranth 
my 500 daylily seedlings or so for this year... getting ready to plant in the ground 
I also sprayed my entire garden with a concoction of garlic and hot sauce.. Non too early to stop the deer from eating my leafing roses and other perennials starting to come back..Spring is in the air! Silverkelt This blog entry has been viewed 162 times
Been Awhile.. Glory of Snow, another rock wall added.
Category: Roses and Garden | Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:26 pm Its been several months.. unless you guys wanted to see pictures of seed packs and winter sowing jugs, or daylily seedlings started.. which do not look like more than thick blades of grass at such early ages.. doesn't mean I haven't been busy though.. Glory of Snow (Chinodoxa) was second flower to bloom this year after crocus.. Crocus of course skipped blooming the week and half of cool temp rainy type days and decided to come out on our way above average temp weekend ... to fry in the sun! HA. 
I have planted Peas (variety frosty) and have Lettuce sprouts coming up as well. Did another rock wall this year.. 3 times as long, but not as wide, this isnt for retaining, just for looks, planning on putting some low growing stuff in front, like creeping phlox , I dont want to overpowering the Stone Work.. 
Pick of a Quartz Granite Mix, that I literally rolled several hundred feet to this spot.. I found a vein of quartz up in some hills near my home. It was easy to find hard to move, I couldnt pick it up but I could roll it , I estimate its around 350.. 
Im pretty much done with the winter sowing, I expanded my veggie garden another 2 feet by 6 .. still small, but will be large enough for what I'm doing. Ive gotten a couple truckloads of compost to start on my back daylily beds as well.. I still need more to expand a bog area. Roses are coming soon as well. I couldnt resist a few half price oriental casablanca bulbs as well at lowes. Silverkelt.. This blog entry has been viewed 218 times
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