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...

I managed to spend a few hours working in the yard yesterday. What therapy, what mind cleansing, and wow is there a lot more to be done. It was hard to find a stopping place, but the smell of the grilling chicken sucked me in and made me stop. Anyone know what this plant is? I have TONS of it. It is growing everywhere and I am yanking tons of it out to make room for some annuals. Pretty, but very invasive! A little patch of phlox left. Love this tree! Lots more yellow and purple than I realized I had. I know it's a weed, but still a pretty flower! Anyone else think that the iris are having a bad year? Mine are. Flower on the chives, aren't they pretty? And two years ago, I convince my husband to rip out the ugly shrubs that were in this space for at least a hundred years. Last year it looked sparse, but this year they are really filling in. Hubby's comment yesterday. "I kept telling you that we should rip out those shrubs!" The other side. I have some ...