Pete’s been at it again.
I’m not sure the bucket is the best choice.
I may add the bucket water to the water garden.
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Category: plants
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This is the view from my kitchen door.
Eastern redbud on the left. Half dead rosemary behind and to the right of it. Fugazi sculpture by William Moore in front of that. Hazelnut copse on the right with a bench made by Riley Foster in front of it. Crab apple crowding an Arkansas Black apple tree in the far back. Lavender in front of the wheat. Turk’s-cap lilies coming up on the right of it. Peonies and yarrow in front of those.
Solo stove fire pit by the patio. Catnip to the left of it. Salvia to the right. Lilies behind it. Squash and beans in the raised beds.
Better view of Fugazi and the rosemary. Patch of lilies in front. Chuck’s Thelma and Louise on a bench at the edge of the trees. More lilies behind the wheat and more asparagus behind the rosemary.
See? It really is wheat.
And the asparagus is truly persistant. The little tree behind it is a gingko we thought had died but is resurrecting.
The wheat is so tall you can’t see this calla lily from the house. Yes, the false dandelion is everywhere and there is a redbud coming up in the middle of it.
This is what’s growing to the left of the stoop. Blooming gardenia. Hydrangea looking like it needs some water. Feral dill between them. Compost bin. Herb bed with oregano on the left and invisible parsley seedlings on the right. Tomato plant peeking in on the far right. Autumn fern in the pot in front of the raised beds. Butterfly bush below the bag of mulch. Japanese painted fern and lilies-ofthe-valley at the bottom edge of the picture.
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Otherwise, we wouldn’t have these.
And, in case you need to know …
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We had 2 bald patches in our yard last Fall. One was from a burn pile and the other was the last remnant of the labyrinth. We pulled the useless plastic up from the center of the labyrinth and bought some wildflower seeds. One bag for each spot.
Chuck has mowed around them to allow the wildflowers to grow.
We have wheat.
That’s the middle of the back yard with a lavender in the middle of the picture and some lilies that aren’t blooming yet in the back. The Turk’s cap lilies that haven’t been nibbled by deer are on the far right by a patch of yarrow and a rock that had been meant for a resting spot in the labyrinth. It was delivered by a friend with a truck and is going to live there forever.
And one little blue flower.
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I started the most recent amaryllis experiment on April 23.
This is now.
Leaves are very small. Stem is very tall. Blossoms are huge and brilliant.
When I set it aside again, I’m going make a note on the bulb that it had 3 flowers. I’m curious to learn if that’s consistent. I haven’t ever tracked that.
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