This is the Life!08.23.08

Ah …. I’m sitting here in my backyard at the patio table enjoying this beautiful day while surrounded by the beauty and lovely scent of my garden.

I couldn’t ask for anything better!
My husband is here beside me reading a magazine while we both keep an eye on our almost year old Labrador retriever.
Midnight, our [...]



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Cleomes and phlox in the garden08.17.08

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Cleomes are strange looking flowers. They grow on long stocks and bloom as they grow. They have long spidery things that stick out all around the blooms giving them their strange look.

I plant these flowers along the back edge of my garden. They grow to approximately 4 feet tall so they help screen me [...]



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Dahlia thief?08.14.08

Can you believe this? You know my lovely planted front boulevard? Well the other day when I was outside with my Lab puppy I took a moment to survey the garden. Much to my astonishment I saw that one of my Dahlias was lying flat on the ground.

I took the puppy back [...]



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Now that’s a Zucchini08.13.08

Wordless Wednesday

I grew Zucchini the first couple of years that I had my garden and some of them got quite big, but I don’t think any of them ever got to be this size. That’s a huge Zucchini!
I guess it deserves the seat belt.



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