Sally's Allotment
This morning a lady stopped by that I had spoken with a few months ago when I offered up some plants for her new garden plan. Today she arrived with her son and granddaughter in tow and we loaded up her car with lambs ear, bluebonnet, rock rose, red phlox, standing cypress, Mexican petunia, day flower, and hollyhock. It's fun to have everything established enough to have loads of extras to share with neighbors.
I missed the blooming of my Japenese honeysuckle last year so had been a bit nonplussed about it. But this past week, it has been smelling lovely as we come in and out of the front door.
I was chatting with my friend, Chris about how I liked blue and white talavera pottery but I'd hit up most places in Austin and depleted their stock. Unfortunately for my bank account, she let me know about a place out by the airport so I went and stocked up. Glad I only took the mini as I hate to think how much more I would have purchased in a bigger car!
The outdoor movie screen got battered in some storm and we never removed the frame...but now I have unintended garden art!
We missed winter in Austin and it already looks like we are in the midst of Spring. The mild December and January allowed Katie and I to potter a lot in the garden during her visit. The garden went a bit wild last year so this has been a winter of pruning and tidying and all the boring bits of gardening! However, the tedious chores will hopefully lead to a blooming lovely summer!
Chris rocked some fashion-forward garden wear on Father's Day...no rest for the wicked:
Last weekend we visited Linda and Eric in Oklahoma City. It is always fun to explore their garden and all the nooks and crannies they use to make new rooms or borders. This year we marveled at their new water feature, tested out the new bridge with overhead trellis, spotted bits and bobs from Knott, admired all the pots (especially the flowers with green edges), got hydrangea and hosta envy, pleasantly competed over the size of our elephant ears, highlighted some of the planting at the front of the house, and went on an adventure through the wood lands:
A selection of shots from Broxwood sent via Katie, including: her molineux rose; a new ice white plant; her pink poppies from Jennifer; some purple blooms in the garden; a garden trough of Sylvia's full of verbena; and a shot of the Wood Road rose and some peonies:
One advantage of not posting to the website for a while means that I have lots of photos that show progression of time in the garden.
After a couple of years trying to get nutsedge weed out of my lawn, I gave up and agreed with Chris’ plan to rip up the turf and start over. Of course, we initiated this project right before the month of storms that hit central Texas so this ‘miniproject’ became a long, drawn out process.