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Shaded Gladiola

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Wordless Wednesday

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Window Boxes

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Two large window boxes at the front of my house:

vibrant petunias and snapdragons

These are just two of my planter boxes.

I have another one at the back of the house attached to the enclosed porch too. I also have several standing planters; 4 long ones are spaced along the side of the house in my shady driveway and they are filled with impatiens, coleus, and hostas. Those four planters are always a nice surprise for our visitors as they don’t expect to see flowers in such a dark narrow driveway, but there they are lush and blooming.

Sorry I’m late posting today, life got in the way!

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Rain Dance

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I’m probably going to pay for saying this, but does anyone else need some rain? It’s been so dry here over the last couple of weeks. My poor plants are thirsty.

Yeah, yeah, now that I’ve said that it will rain for the next two weeks right? Then I’ll be complaining that there’s too much rain.

I guess that I’ve been doing a good enough job watering. At least half of my roses are in full bloom and smelling up the neighborhood with their lovely scent. That one branch on the rose that I call the monster, Antique ’89, has reached approximately 18 feet in height. It’s just not supposed to get that big!

I guess I’m going to have to go out and do a rain dance or something. I have another batch of alfalfa tea brewing in two large garbage cans in my driveway. It’s time to put that out on the garden, but I’d love to do it when we’re expecting some rain, preferably a good storm. Did you know that lightning puts nitrogen in the air, and that’s why plants always seem to grow after a good storm? It’s not just the rain, it’s the nitrogen in the air. Well, I want some of that, and some good rain for when I spread that smelly alfalfa tea on the garden.

If anyone has some rain to spare send it over here!

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