{"id":1000,"date":"2008-07-27T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/07\/27\/want-a-peek-at-my-garden\/"},"modified":"2010-10-30T02:24:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T06:24:05","slug":"want-a-peek-at-my-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/07\/27\/want-a-peek-at-my-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a peek at my garden?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the middle of July (July 14th to be exact) I decide to take a couple of shots of the backyard, front yard and my planted boulevard garden.  Would you like to see what my garden looks like this year?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot of the backyard:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"My backyard garden by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683902139\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"My backyard garden by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683902139\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3213\/2683902139_db6a0db01c.jpg\" alt=\"My backyard garden\" width=\"452\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the best shot.  We had our patio table umbrella down due to all the rain storms we&#8217;ve been having. Our table gets tipsy in the high winds and I don&#8217;t feel like going through the pain and expense of having to replace the table glass if it falls, so no umbrella in bad weather! The green tube on the table chairs is for collecting rain run off from the rain spout so that the area closest to the house doesn&#8217;t get flooded in a heavy downpour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The tall tree on the left &#8211; well the tallest in our garden &#8211; is the <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/07\/23\/rose-of-sharon\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Rose of Sharon<\/a> tree.  It&#8217;s in full bloom at this very moment, but two weeks ago when I took the picture it was only just starting to develop buds.  It&#8217;s blooming a little early this year. I&#8217;ll get some pictures of it soon!<\/p>\n<p>My <a title=\"Myrtle the box turtle in the grass\" href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/04\/02\/my-turtles-have-adopted-me\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">box turtles<\/a> are enjoying a daily snack on the flowers. They are edible. If you have a Rose of Sharon or a Hibiscus bush you might even want to try using the flowers in a salad or as a garnish.<\/p>\n<p>There are a large number of plants in those flower beds!  The main plants are of course roses, lavender, salvia, hostas, clematis, balloon flowers and annuals such as petunias and portulaca&#8217;s. If you&#8217;d like to see a not quite up to date list of all the plants we&#8217;re growing in our back, front and boulevard gardens have a peek at my <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/whats-growing\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">What&#8217;s Growing<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Just click on any of the pictures for a larger view.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased with how <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.triciaswaterdragon.com\/2008\/07\/27\/a-pretty-little-rose-called-lavender-dreams\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">my front yard<\/a> is looking so far this year.  Our Lab puppy, Midnight, did a lot of damage to the grass in the early spring so we&#8217;ve tried to keep her off our tiny front long over the last two months and the grass has been growing back nicely. We helped it out my reseeding of course.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"my front yard and garden by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2684714316\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"my front yard and garden by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2684714316\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3011\/2684714316_798117029c.jpg\" alt=\"my front yard and garden\" width=\"448\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Our puppy still tries to bite at the roses, grasses and some of the other plants in the front flower beds as she walks by, but mostly she just sniffs at the plants.  It&#8217;s quite funny to see her smelling a rose. I think she likes them!  At least if she ever tries to eat a rose I know they are non toxic!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_4122 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2619899299\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_4122 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2619899299\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3126\/2619899299_267397fbd7.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4122\" width=\"450\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feverishthoughts.com\/2008\/07\/27\/dahlias-and-daylilies-oh-my\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">front boulevard<\/a> is coming along nicely.  I don&#8217;t know if you remember my earlier posts about <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/05\/05\/spring-garden-maintenance-complete-and-front-boulevard-planted\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">cleaning up the boulevard garden<\/a> in the spring. We had to remove thick sunflower stalks and lots of weeds before I could plant some new plants this year.  It was a mess!  It&#8217;s nice and tidy now!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"planted boulevard by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683897033\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"planted boulevard by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2683897033\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3220\/2683897033_eea5cafeb1.jpg\" alt=\"planted boulevard\" width=\"450\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sunflowers are beginning to bloom as are the pink Dahlia, daylilies, malva and gayfeather.  Cosmos have come up this year as well.  I haven&#8217;t planted cosmos there for at least three years and they were absent the last two, but I guess there were still some viable seeds in the ground and they decided to grow this year so there are cosmo plants scattered among the main plants and they are beginning to bloom now as well.<\/p>\n<p>I have Marigolds and <span>Alyssum<\/span> planted along the edge of the boulevard and we&#8217;ve trained a few Morning Glory vines to grow around the No Parking sign that mars my boulevard garden.\u00c2\u00a0 Our neighbors seems to enjoy our planted boulevard quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Overall I&#8217;m quite pleased with how well my garden is doing this year.  It&#8217;s been fairly hot this month, yet we&#8217;ve had a record amount of rain (and storms!), so the plants are getting lots of water, free nitrogen in the air from all the lightening storms and some good heat to get growing.  I actually think I&#8217;ve only watered the garden twice this month.  Yay! I&#8217;m saving money on water too!<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ll make up some of my famous <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/08\/05\/stinking-brew-alfalfa-tea\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Alfalfa tea<\/a> later today and let it brew for a week or so. The garden has been doing so well I haven&#8217;t thought of using my secret sauce (great organic fertilizer that alfalfa tea is!) on it yet this year, but at least one dose won&#8217;t hurt it at all.<\/p>\n<p>How is your garden doing so far this summer?  Has the weather been good for it?  Have you been getting a lot of rain and like us haven&#8217;t had to water much?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">As the Garden Grows<\/a> for more information. 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Would you like to see what my garden looks like this year? Here&#8217;s a shot of the backyard: It&#8217;s not the best shot. 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