Someone wants to go down to the lower gardens. Notice her wet mane. You will see why it is wet in a moment.
The stream is running.
This is the top pond where the stream begins.
This is the second pond on the stream.
This is the lower pond with its waterfall.
Teddy likes to come down here to take a drink and scare the hell out of the fish.
The garlic I planted is growing and it is time to uncover the raised vegetable bed. We cover it with leaves in the fall.
The Swiss Chard is growing around the base of the Service Berry trees.
Look at all of those cute little fern fronds. Soon these ferns will be huge.
These irises were originally pond irises which were planted in the water. They have spread out to the edge of the patio.
This is the original plant.
I am training apple trees into an arch over the entrance to the terraced fruit orchard. Time to trim them!
Birds love to build nests in this arch for some reason.
Sweet Woodruff is my favorite ground cover and it loves the fruit orchard.
The Cathedral Roses are still blooming. (Hellebores)
One strange stray tulip. Me thinks a certain squirrel was digging up and burying bulbs! The hostas are ready to open.
The huge Weeping Beech is the last tree to open. This tree weighed 7 tons when I planted it. It tipped over the crane and we had to get a bigger one to lift it. The ball of the tree looked like a spaceship.
I had to cut down my beloved Weeping Willow because it was taking over the yard. Now I have mushrooms growing out of the stump.
Phlox is blooming next to the small waterfall on the upper pond.
After Teddy terrifies the fish and gets her drink, she lies right at the gates between the two gardens. This allows her to guard both places. As soon as I return to the main garden and close the gates, she changes locations.***Remember to enter the giveaway by clicking on the button on the sidebar.
***The Blog Tech is on a weekend trip so he prepared all of my posts today. So, for the next few days the dates on my posts will all be dated with today's date.
Comments
What a fun idea to make an arch with apple trees! I´ve never seen that before. It´s a shame that weeping willows gets so terrible big. How big will the weeping beech become? Almost as big I guess.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
the ponds and waterfalls, the vegetable garden,those cute mushrooms,i LOVE all of it..and cute Teddy on patrol....
next week at this time you-know-who will be HOME. TEDDY
hugs all the way around...
kary
xxx
No wonder Teddy loves it.
I am enjoying your spring so much!!
Have a great day.
Love and hugs.
Teddy is such a good guard!
Thank your Blog Tech for me. Don't want to miss your posts!
Teddy is in her element. Feeling in charge of the garden and free to roam. The shot of her looking over her shoulder from the top of the stairs is priceless.
Again, I thank you for sharing the wonders of your garden, Teddy the Wonderful and your life.
I had a great feeling of accomplishment because I planted a 7 ft. Serviceberry tree yesterday, and then I read about your tree planting experience! Wow!! Mine is miniscule in comparison!
Maybe I missed it, so I'm sorry if I'm asking you to repeat, but what do you have growing on the side and roof of your potting shed?
Now I'm trying to figure out how to find room to plant some trees to make into a natural arch. .hubs is going to wonder where I'm getting all of these grand ideas!
the pocket gophers eat our garlic. *sigh*
The ravioli were yummy - meat and caramelized onion in a sauce it took all day to make. He had morels.
I'll have a post up later.
I have a preschooler and an infant, I just don't know how to make ti happen.
Still, your garden is such a source of inspiration. Thank you for always sharing its beauty with us!
Wow! What a dream your garden is!