Garden Bloom Day May 15, 2010

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It is really for Garden Bloggers but I like to participate because gardening is something I love to do when I am not reading. Which isn't often anymore so most of what I show is work done by my DH!

Okay - it really is spring and the pool has been beautiful.  So in honor of this blog post I actually dove in this morning at 7:30 am to do my first 20 laps this year!!


The picture was taken at 8:30 am and shows sun. That wasn't there when I went in.  It was about 79 degrees so not too bad. The air temperature was still near 70. 


My DH installed the pool last year and built the deck the deck and railing all by himself.  He is soooo handy to have around!

At the far end of the pool this is DH's new hanging tomato garden.  A friend from church told him how to set up the pots and then he had to build something to hang them on.  There are a couple of peppers stuck in there too.  

This will be fun to watch grow!

Behind to the left you will see some of the logs he has cut from the tree that had to be felled in order to get some sun on the pool.  The logs will be firewood in winter.

I guess I should have gotten in closer for this shot. 

These are all cuttings DH made from our happy, healthy Kalanchoes.

They will be re-potted to the planters around the pool.

This beautiful pine will probably have to be cut 

to allow afternoon sun to the pool.

Notice the colorful chairs? DH bought those a week ago.

So I guess today's garden was more about the pool.  

Maybe there will be prettier blooms next month!

And of course the menagerie had to follw me while I took pictures.

I got all three in one shot but certainly not well possed!

 

Garden Bloom Day April 15, 2010

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I took close to 40 pictures and then had to "weed" through them for the best ones! (hehe)
If I had taken the pictures a week ago the scenes would have been different. Amazing the change in one or two weeks!


This is a planter by the pool:
Kalanchoes and pretty
purple flowers on a variegated vine.

The herb garden - with no tending - 

survived the winter!

This doesn't show real well.

There is yellow honeysuckle in the 

background and this tall

yellow weed in front.

This is just to the side of our house

next to....

Our blackberry patch.

I hope all the white flowers
will be berries.

Last year they either
didn't get to mature

or the birds and squirrels
got them before we could.

 

The azaleas are very pretty!

Wish we had more.

Not sure if you
can really see
the dogwood blooms.

We have so many
large and
tall trees 

it is hard for the little trees to get 

enough sun to do really well.

So there are a few of the blooms around our house!

How is your garden blooming?

Happy Spring! The Garden Blooms!

I always thought Spring started March 21st but the calendar says March 20.

Happy Spring everyone.

I missed my Monthly Garden Bloom Posts on the 15th the past three months due to extreme business.  I decided to post the pictures here so you can get a feel for our nice North Florida weather.  It has been a bit colder than usual this year!
January 15 pictures:

The Chrysanthiums were surviving

as were this red berry plant - not sure what it is called.

The geranium and kalanchoe

outside my office bit the dust 

between the lack of water and

the freezing temperatures.

February 12 it snowed!

Finally in March, with lots of rain, 

the flowers are beginning to bloom again!

I hope it starts to warm up for everyone and that you have a beautiful Spring!

Garden Bloom Day December 15, 2009

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I was out to seminar all day so just getting this posted - but it is still the 15th!! I took these pictures this morning!
I am glad the Christmas Cacti are still blooming for today's pics and they didn't drop their buds like last year!
I think this one is two plants as some are light pink and others are the bright shrimp orange/pink.

Here is the purple one:

and the "baby" hasn't bloomed yet!

The rest of our outside flowers got moved in doors when the weather dipped to freezing last week

so our spring room is now a garden room:

 

A lot of the geraniums and mums need cutting back.

Tiger Lily is under the table - she had to be where the action was again!

Garden Bloom Day November 15, 2009

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Although we have had a couple of cool nights (40s) our weather is still mild.  Here are some pics from the garden Saturday morning.

We still have peppers coming!

We think this is a Rose of Sharron - anyone know for sure?  Very pretty blooms each year!

 

The blooming Saga Palm from our balcony! Note the orange seed pod.

Here is a close up of the seed pod - Can anyone say "Alien"??

Two Christmas Cactus on the front window sill are just starting to bud!

Tiger Lilly wanted to know what I was doing inside at the window!

She wouldn't stay there to let me get a better shot so I had to wait till she sat and posed so prettily!

Garden Bloomer's Bloom Day October 15, 2009

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Here are some pics from the garden this very morning!

You can see the nice green peppers but the critters that got the tomatoe plants last month are working on stripping these leaves now!

Here is our monster tomatoe plant making a comeback from being completely stripped last month!  It actually has some blooms already!

My DH bought a number of Chrysanthemums for the pool railing about a month ago.  This is the second flowering since we got them. 

Boy do they suck up the water!!

A few weeks ago DH tossed out some "pea" seed I think its called. 

The deer love this and will be in to eat some as long as our little dogs (who think they are big hunters!) don't scare them away!!

These are Bear and Princess, our great hunters,

 after a mad chase in the woods!

I'm wishing everyone a wonderful "blooming" day and October!!

I hope your Halloween is full of TREATS!

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day September 15, 2009

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This is what we found in our garden last week!!

DH thinks it is from some watermelon seeds that were discarded in the planter area!

I would have taken a picture of our monster tomato plant but the caterpillars had stripped it and it looked so sad!!!

Here is a picture of the log splitter DH rented to help clean up some of the trees he has cut down. Believe me we will have plenty of fire wood this year!