A Garden Post

It’s been a very long time since I did a post on the garden, and since they were always very popular I’m probably overdue for another!

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Last weekend we bought a new whiskey barrel for our back patio, and planted a calla lily and some ‘red things’ in it. Our original barrel has this year been devoted to morning glories and some other type of flower at the base. Here’s a shot:

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Some detail of the plants:

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That light is solar powered. I expect we’ll have to move it when they grow in!

For the front yard, the first significant change I made this year was to remove one of the hedge bushes near our mailbox and letting the black-eyed Susan’s take over:

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We also bought a ‘white bush’ (possibly a dwarf willow) and planted it near our steps:

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It’s small now, but it’ll be bigger in a few years!

Lastly, in the ongoing struggle to control our ‘front garden’, we added more hosta and ferns. It’s slow going, but I think we improve it every year:

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Incidentally this post was 100% done from my phone, which is what I plan on doing from Florida next week. How does it look?

2 Responses to “A Garden Post”

  1. jf says:

    Looking good!!

  2. alma says:

    Nice garden. By the way the red things in the whiskey barrel are salvia spendence.