Teddy wants to show you what we have been doing in the garden. It doesn't look like much but it is a start. I only have 2 acres here but I have used every square inch of it which makes for a lot of maintenance. Teddy helps me by rolling in anything dead she can find on the property. Sometimes she can act like a real dog!
My potting table is being put to good use. Click for a better look.
I use a potting tray whenever I can to contain the mess.
We've re-potted the mums which are coming back from last fall along with some rosemary that wintered over.
This is Teddy's favorite.....the cistern. She loves to lay on the patio and hear the cistern running. Click to enlarge and you can see the water running out of the scupper.
I've planted the raised planters with French breakfast radishes and Easter egg radishes. I love eating fresh radishes sprinkled with sea salt on buttered homemade rye bread.
If you look closely you can see the phlox just beginning to open.
It is a glorious display when it's in full bloom. I will post picks when it opens.*** Tomorrow the winner for the candlesticks will be drawn. There is still time to enter by clicking on the button on the sidebar. A new giveaway will be posted tomorrow.
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I have to start thinking on raised beds. My joints doesn´t get better with age :-) :-) so sooner or later I´ll have to start making some.
My first crocus is going to flower if we only get some morning sun here and my red berried Elderberry bushes is on their way to flower too.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
Geraniums.
and more geraniums.
Except now I'll have to follow all that planting of them with a radish sandwich.
xx
Teddy is so busy and I'm sure follows you everywhere!
It looks like a vignette from a faery tale.
I think I could get lost in your two acres and be happy forever.
We have about 1 3/4 but the 3/4 is the riverbank and it's the goats that go there!
what fun....
looks like Teddy just loves it too.....
hugs to Teddy and you...
p.s. i see my best friend of 25 years here...julie whitmore..i told her all about you and Teddy...she loves Halloween too..and cooking and gardening like we do....
:-)
kary
xxx
What kind of damage does the potting table take while going through winter after winter? I've been considering doing something similar here, but I'm worried that the table won't last more than a few years. I like the weathered look, but it has to remain functional!
Also, how deep does a raised bed need to be to grow veggies? What's the minimum depth required (it wouldn't have irrigation)?
Thanks, jaz!!
I cannot wait to see everything in bloom ♥
Yours is soooo pretty. You've given me an idea. I was going to raze a mound in the back yard but I think, instead, I'm going to leave it there and created a step-garden! We'll see.
I can't imagine not having a raised waist-high garden! It makes it so easy on the back!
Looking forward to the pix.
Happy Weekend!
Your potting table has so much character. Each time I see it, you've added something. .this time lots of pots and plants! And I love your roosters you have underneath!
Is my imagination working overtime? I see a face, or to be more exact, a partial face in the patchwork of your cistern!
And I love the raised beds! I wish I had room for some. My back and my knees REALLY wish that I had room for some.
Your phlox are gorgeous! I've tried planting some on a slight slope just on the outside of our fence, and the neighbor kids keep destroying it, even though I've asked them repeatedly to stay out of there. I hate to subject more plants to instant doom.
I keep itching to get out and do more in my garden, but I keep holding back. And it is a good thing too. Tonight is the second freeze warning in a row, with temps going up into the 70's tomorrow. What weird weather!
I think that your garden is enchanted though. It is greening so beautifully, and even through the monitor, has such a peacefulness about it. I love it!!