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Everything is Blooming
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Everything is Blooming
Category: Work in the garden | Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:33 am The garden is going like gangbusters. The daylilies have hit midstream...only a few left to open for the first time this year. This is the corner bed where most of the daylilies reside. 'Mighty Chestnut' I really like this color. Its a dark rusty brown, not orange or red. 'Vanilla Fluff' A taste of this fluffy confection anyone? 'Little Grapette' (I think) And her next door neighbor 'Red Carpet Rose' is poking her nose in. 'Bridgeton Bazaar' I have fallen under the spell of this daylily this summer. It is called 'Nosferatu'. To figure out how someone came up for the name of a flower is just about impossible I think, but this one really has me wondering. Its not scary. Not fanged. Not awful in anyway that makes me think 'Nosferatu', the bloodsucking vampire. All I can figure is in the side view one petal is turned up on each flower...maybe like a turned collar on a vampire cape? This blog entry has been viewed 915 times
What I've been up to...
Category: Work in the garden | Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:19 pm I've been very busy in the garden. We just put a pond in the back yard. For never having done it before, I think it turned out pretty well. This is the area we decided to put the pond in. Hubby dug the hole for the preformed pond liner we used. After we put the liner in it was leveled, and edged with small stone to help with drainage. We bought stone to edge the pond with, and to make a waterfall. This is the dry run we did without the rubber waterfall liner in. When we liked the arrangement of stones we added the liner, and did it all over again making it permenent with cement and pond foam. This is the almost finished product. We still have to add a plant shelf and water plants (already picked out). Possibly we will add some small fish. I am leaning toward goldfish because they are supposed to be 'easy',they are inexpensive, and given the right environment they just about take care of themselves. I guess we will see. Not too bad, huh? The sound is just loverly. It's very relaxing to sit out on the back deck and listen to the waterfall. It was a lot of work, but worth it. Last edited: Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:23 pm This blog entry has been viewed 511 times
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