gardening is hard work. many days lately i feel like all of nature's creatures are engaged in a circle of life that is working for everyone but me...
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| basil - it's just never looked right this year, no idea why |
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| spider mite damage? what the heck bothers mint?? |
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| oregano pale and covered with mite damage |
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| not sure what's going on here, and i forget what this flower is called...but it doesn't look fantastic, does it? |
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| attack of the rose slug |
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| rose slug again? |
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| too much rain for yarrow |
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| too much rain for thyme |
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| that white residue, my friends...that white residue is slime mold, which pops up after every rain now |
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| our eastern red cedar dropped lovely galls like this one on the flagstone path for a week |
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| tent caterpillars? |
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| i wasn't thorough enough killing the grass before planting our backyard privacy grove, and now i keep having to re-smother and re-mulch...can't keep up with that darn zoysia! |
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| can you make out the white bumps that look like lint on the hosta flower stalks? wooly aphids EVERYWHERE |
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| spider web perfectly positioned to feast on wooly aphids - nice. |
but then there are sights like the following that keep me in the game.
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| day lilies |
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| brake lights red yucca - 2 more are blooming. must get a whole cluster next year, they bloom for weeks! |
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| day lilies, nandina, red twig dogwood and baby blue spruce all flourishing |
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| that's fragrant pathways gardenia in the black planter - smells delicious on the way in to the screen porch |
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| just finished weeding...for 5 minutes |
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| love this corner of the yard |
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| more foundation garden loveliness |
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| front path |
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| in love with that hydrangea that's bigger than our shed |
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| revived herb garden with marigolds to help keep bugs away |
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| love this blue hydrangea |
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| lenten rose |
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| home. |
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| caladium |
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