Tolentreasures

Friday night and much of the day yesterday, were spent in the yard.  Mulching and weeding and cleaning up.  Black mulch this year,  Never thought I would like it,  but I think I do!  Rhododendrons in full bloom!  Shade plants Front planters,  that I am hoping don't flood out this year!  Under the kitchen window where I have officially given up trying to make it a kitchen garden.  Planted lilies and balloon flowers and  some other yellow  flower stuff that I can't remember the name of... Oh yes,  kept the chives and sage.   They are the only thing that grows well there.  Iris almost done. My only dahlia this year.  Nothing but perennials.  My late blooming lilac.  It blooms after all the other lilacs are done and honestly smells better than regular lilacs.  More perennials.  Eliminated a l...

Check out these baskets!  These have been on my deck for around ten years. Everything, every plant imaginable, has been tried in them. Total failure! Nothing would grow! The water would run out over the top, through the bottom, they just could not hold water. So frustrating! Then I saw it! (can't remember where) A diaper in the bottom of the pot, under the dirt. Perfect!   They are growing like crazy!