Teddy would like to show you some of the blooms in her garden.
She says look, they are right over there.
Marigolds which seem to be a favorite food for slugs.
An eggplant blossom
White clematis
Purple clematis
Blueberries
The Oakleaf Hydraneas are providing lots of pollen for the bees and meez to sneeze.
My largest tomato
Mums
My Hydrangeas are acting rather strange this year. These have always bloomed white. I know you can change the color by changing the acidity of the soil but I did not do any such thing.
All of these hydrangeas are the same variety and they are all planted within a few feet of each other.
Yet the colors are all different.
They range from maroon to pink to purple.
Go figure!
Even in our 90 degree heat no one has set foot in the pool.
You can see my bat spinner spinning. He keeps the birds away from the raised beds.
This is my one lemon tree that comes back each year. I under planted it with purple petunias. It had only one bud on it which disappeared so no fruit this year.
I like planting different types of clematis together. I also plant clematis to grow up and through my climbing roses.
An abundance of blueberries means time for blueberry jam. I give so much of this away that I don't bother canning it. People tend to eat it as soon as they get it. This recipe is so simple it literally takes about 30 minutes from start to finish.
I put the blueberries in a heavy pot with some sugar. For this recipe I used 4 pints of blueberries to 3/4 cup of sugar.
I add the zest of one lemon and nothing else.
Cover the pot and cook over medium heat.
Just until some of the berries begin to pop and the liquid bubbles. I like to keep a lot of the berries whole. It also continues to thicken as it cools.
You can use this on toast, ice cream, shortbread or any way you wish. This is excellent stirred into oatmeal.
Teddy would like to show you some of the blooms in her garden.
She says look, they are right over there.
Marigolds which seem to be a favorite food for slugs.
An eggplant blossom
White clematis
Purple clematis
Blueberries
The Oakleaf Hydraneas are providing lots of pollen for the bees and meez to sneeze.
My largest tomato
Mums
My Hydrangeas are acting rather strange this year. These have always bloomed white. I know you can change the color by changing the acidity of the soil but I did not do any such thing.
All of these hydrangeas are the same variety and they are all planted within a few feet of each other.
Yet the colors are all different.
They range from maroon to pink to purple.
Go figure!
Even in our 90 degree heat no one has set foot in the pool.
You can see my bat spinner spinning. He keeps the birds away from the raised beds.
This is my one lemon tree that comes back each year. I under planted it with purple petunias. It had only one bud on it which disappeared so no fruit this year.
I like planting different types of clematis together. I also plant clematis to grow up and through my climbing roses.
An abundance of blueberries means time for blueberry jam. I give so much of this away that I don't bother canning it. People tend to eat it as soon as they get it. This recipe is so simple it literally takes about 30 minutes from start to finish.
I put the blueberries in a heavy pot with some sugar. For this recipe I used 4 pints of blueberries to 3/4 cup of sugar.
I add the zest of one lemon and nothing else.
Cover the pot and cook over medium heat.
Just until some of the berries begin to pop and the liquid bubbles. I like to keep a lot of the berries whole. It also continues to thicken as it cools.
You can use this on toast, ice cream, shortbread or any way you wish. This is excellent stirred into oatmeal.
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Good chance homemade ice cream, pound cake and blueberry jam will be Father's Day dessert. Thanks.
Clematis is perfect flowers really, they can be used in so many ways and are never invasive. Should be used more like You are doing with roses.
Did You remove anmy trees close to those hydragenas that changed color the most? That could change the acidity enough I think. But then again, flowers never stops to amaze me :-)
It´s strange, there´s lots of blue berry bushes in the forest nearby, but there´s never a single blue berry??! I definatly has to buy some like the ones You have, to have in my garden too.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
blueberry jam....well, that just makes me smile...
but sadly, i may have found someone to pass the pet loss books along too. lorrie from lilylovekins...i think i have seen you over there..her sweet lily looks like she is in kidney failure...2 or 3 weeks left. omg...that leaves me with a very heavy heart. been through 4 kidney failures with my kitties...and then the 3 month heart failure with Buddy...coming on 4 months gone...you were right...it takes a long time to recover (not ever, really...as you know) from that one.
Teddy is getting so big...he already outgrew his puppy collar...so I put on Buddy's harness..cry..cry...cry....told him it was a very SPECIAL HARNESS...wasn't going to put it on...but then I did...
pet loss....blag :-(
Hugs to you and Teddy
Kary and Teddy
:-) :-)
xxx
The blueberry jam will be a big hit.
Have a great weekend.
xoxo to Teddy Garden Girl
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And no blueberries grow here, never tasted them!
Wishing you a sweet Sunday,
Kisses from us.
sigh.................
And oh dear, Teddy is *getting* big? I thought that was a full grown fluffbucket! How big will he be?!?
Teddy looks so terribly cute !!!! I love dogs. Mine is nearly 11 years old now ; )She is a cross between a flatcoated retriever and a border collie. She's super sweet !!
such beautiful pictures of flowers. I can only watch my garden right now, because I am still healing after my operation and I am not allowed to bend and stretch, so no gardening at the moment. I can't wait to get out there again !!!
The jam looks so delicious. The taste must be wonderful. Have a fantastic day.
Mona