I am sometimes amazed too EILEEN--hahaha...but like you said there is a price--hard work. I'm not sure that I perceive it as work though. I get...
Thanks Netty--I really enjoy eating fresh veg and fruit. It isd just beginning to trickle in now. I expect the big harvests to be in august.
Thanks so much, Kay--Yes, it looks like it will be a good year again--I just hope that I will have enough room for it all in the freezer. hahaha.
Thanks, KK-- I am growing different crops in the two gardens this year and so the brassicas are only being grown in the "new garden". The two...
Thanks for liking the posting, GLENDA--I enjoy eating the veg several different ways too. What a pal that Earlene is to bring you such goodies!...
Centaurea. Perhaps the Centaurea vulgaris, but there are several in this colour tint.
heh heh heh.... :setc_023: I know JUST how that goes. Good luck, Toni--and do show some update pics if you get a chance to take some, OK?
The posting before this I showed the progress in the veggie gardens. It is still early days, but I am beginning to harvest enough to eat fresh and...
The veggie gardens are going through their changes just like the flower garden...with things coming and going. It keeps me hopping, even in this...
There is another type of boat called a "schuit" whose primary use was in transporting goods. Usually these were "open" but I have seen quite a few...
Ahoy matey! Well, that style certainally does look Dutch, although the Danes also had some similar ones. I can't really say with any...
I suspect that your thyme plant is dead. The green leaves are not any type of tyme plant leaf that I have ever seen. I have grown what you are...
Thank you GAIL--I have trouble picking a fav too, when it comes to hollyhocks. Hahaha...You are funny, EILEEN. Thanks STRATSMOM. Muchas...
It's another beauty, Barb. It looks exotic to me.
Exquisite fotos, Gail. I love those flutterbys. WE have similiar here, but I have yet to lure one into my garden. I really liked this set.
That's a real beaut, B! You are having such a good year there.Keep those pics coming.
Yes, such weather is like a double-edged sword--life-saving water for the poor wilting plants and the ideal conditions for phytophthora and the...
Whether you call them "Stoktroos" or "Hollyhock", the Alcea is a lovely flowering plant that punctuates the theme of your garden. It goes in...
Great fotos of a wonderful specimen, Cheryl. That flower looks so nice close-up.
You have taken some lovely pics, Bip. I guess that you are pretty pleased with your garden this year, eh? That day lily is a real looker, isn't it!
