More Pictures

Hello friends:) I went back to the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden, on the last day of their Spring Show. More pictures for you... enjoy!

... you will see an azalea bonsai, and an azalea tree

Patience 101

I learned something new today. Growing plants from seed and tackling my hedge is nature's way of helping me in patience in humility. I might not have all the garden tools and the compost bin or mulch and pots and soil I want - but in the process of making do and improvising, I get to meet more of you, and learn. I tell myself that eventually, I will find the hostas. Eventually, I will kill the weeds and the poison ivy. Eventually, I will till the soil. The tulips will bloom. And I will figure out what to do with that other bed, and someday I will have a fence, and....

Someday.

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And someday I will figure out housekeeping, homemaking, ironing and stuff.

Update: I found a hosta forum and finally saw pictures of emerging hostas!

Newbie Gardener Needs Your Help

Friends, I went to the wilderness today, that is my hedge of poison ivy and other stuff. I pleasantly discovered more plants. Today I rescued some of them, perhaps you can help me name these plants?

Picture A

These ones look like grass from afar. They come out about the same time as the daffodils. They are planted under a tree. I don't know if they are daffodils - I never saw any blooms.

PICTURE B

If you can spot the purple flower on the ground, it's coming from a thin grass looking plant. There's several of them, although i see only one or two blooms. Crocus?

PICTURE C: Daffodils

They are in the middle of the hedge. I found another bunch without blooms. They are the same as the daffodils, correct?

PICTURE D

What are these small pink flowers? They are at the local botanical garden.

Update: Picture A are lilies: tall orange ones. (I now remember seeing them in the summer).

All Blogged Out

Hello friends, I will be trying to catch up with housework (please don't believe me). My convenient escape (this blog) is causing some inconvenience LOL.

So I am temporarily leaving you with this... Doug Green. I found his site then a few of his videos on youtube. Check him out, he has good stuff.

Daffodils



Coneflowers...



update: I really think I do need to stay away from my computer and other things I've been obssessing with lately, for now... I feel a little bit detached from my creator you see... i do hope to still see you.

In other words, I need to be still.

Happy 100th Post!

Today I celebrate with you my 100th post. Several posts ago, I announced a 100 post give-away. I actually entered all your names in the drawing, all of you who have come to visit, since day one. And so with the help of Abbie's drawing method, I drew a winner too.

And the winner is, Gisela of Guildwood Gardens :) Congratulations Gisela!

Gisela is from Germany and now lives in Canada. She has transformed her property into a beautiful garden. She also loves cats, especially her Maximus. Aside from being a gardener Gisela is an advocate for the environment. She passionately promotes the cleanup of the Canadian Shoreline and closely follows the emerald ash borer threat. Her husband and son are for sure, proud of her.

Gisela has become a friend - I want to honor her also for her friendliness and for being so helpful to a new gardener like moi. More on Gisela here, here, and here.

With her permission, I would like to show you highlights of her garden.




All photos owned by Guildwood Gardens


For comments on her garden, please visit Gisela at Guildwood Gardens.

Thank you everybody for everything!