I Wouldn't Have Believed You

 

                                    I spotted this lovely snap one morning recently.

Nope! I wouldn't have believed you if you told me I'd have my own gardens! Who would of known the spring of 2012, the girl who didn't like to play in dirt would be playing in dirt! With four gardens! God must surely be smiling as I walk "In the Garden" with Him!

I'm giong to introduce you to the fourth garden today. It's still in the beginning stages, but it's there. We put up the fence last year to enclose the peonies (to the left inside the gate) and keep them safe from the girls. There's catmint and anemone in front of the peonies for extra colorin he summer. And that's a hanging basket over them.

This spring we planted three hibiscus plants (below) at the front north end of the house and garden. I'm hoping they will grow and bloom into the lovely hibiscus plants as the ones I found in the snap below them.


          I'm pleased with how much this how grown since we planted it in May.
 
                                        

                                     We hope ours looks like this in a few years!  

 

I put two of the giant zinnias beside the hydrangea. It's so exciting to see them. It's the first time we started plants from seeds. The hydrangea bush doesn't seem to want to grow where it is. We moved it there last year. The zinnias will bloom through the summer. (Yes, I see that grass growing in the hydrangea. I need more energy.) 

The burning bush (far left in picture) and hosta's have been in the ground for several years now. This year they're getting a little more sun because a large tree was cut down in the front yard, but they still seem to be slow in growing.

     Jerry gets credit for the container blooms. He picked them up one day and they look great there!

I haven't decided all that I want to do in this new garden, but for now most of it will only be planned out in my head. I probably won't be doing any more physical work there this year.

Although I haven't been able to do as much as the years before, I'm pleased with my gardens as they continue to grow and blossom! I put a new red wheelbarrow in the first garden to enhance the area where Sam's doghouse use to sit.

I've also planted two different hydrangea bushes in the corner in front of the lattice. I saw them in a friend's yard and just loved them. They have a long blooming time in the summer and will be about 5 feet. That's them below.



After not getting any flowers on the other hydrangea plants last year because of the cold winter, it has some beautiful flowers this year!

My coneflowers in the second garden have finally woke up! They've been in three years now and this is the first year I've gotten lovely flowers. You know what they say about perennials: the first year they sleep; the second year they creep, the third year they leap!

I'm so glad this girl likes to get her hands dirty now! And I now have my very own red wagon to help me as I work! That's me in my grubs with the girls. My hat says: "Older than the dirt in my garden" which my friend, Carol, gave me when I turned 65.

Thanks for taking a tour of my new garden! I think it's time for another walk around.