This Way to My Garden

Last weekend I went to one of my favorite Antique Shows--Fleattitude Vintage Market.  It's a bit of a drive, but well worth it in my book.  (I did find out that in November, they'll be moving the show about 30 miles closer to me)  Woohoo!

 

I found some great things!  And, the usual happened--I found and found and found until I ran out of the money I came with, so it was time to go home.

 

My favorite find of all is this garden sign. 

 I originally tried it in another spot, but my son suggested that it really should point to my garden.  I love it here as it's right near the kitchen too, so I get to see it even more!

 

 

Well, I guess we should take a tour of the garden!

 

Here's my view from my kitchen window.  Five years of work and things are just how I want them!

 

We built our pond four years ago. 

 

 



We get several families a year in the big birdhouse.



 

 

 

These wave petunias and salvia love the sun on the front porch.

 





Here's the front yard.  Lavender, Butterfly Bush, Coneflowers and Daylilies.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your visit!  

 

What new things have you found lately?

 

Pam

 

 

 



I am linking to the following parties:

 

 

  Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

 

 

I Love June in the Garden

June and July are my favorite months in my yard.  Just about everything is blooming and the hot, hot days of August haven't yet taken their toll on the flowers. 

 This is the beginning of the third summer for the plants around and in the pond to grow.  Everything is filling in nicely.  The daisies on the right are enormous!!

The lavender and some daylilies are blooming. The daisies and coneflowers are about to explode with blooms. I can't wait!

Several families have taken up residence this year. Some of the places look awfully full of nesting material!  I absolutely love that the birds use the birdhouses!

Thanks for coming by.  I hope everything is blooming in your yards now too!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

DIY Show Off's Project Parade

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Peony in Bloom

We have a beautiful tree peony right by our front door.  It is heavenly in spring when it blooms!

There are six blooms on it right now and all of them are huge!

Just a few days ago one of the buds looked like this.

What a difference a few days make.

Peonies were my Mom's favorite flowers, so it always touches my heart to see these.  She would've loved them!

Thanks for your visit. 

Pam


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Backyard in Bloom

After a long winter,  my backyard plants are finally starting to show their stuff!  :)   I planted all of the perennials last summer so they are still filling in.  Some things are working well where they are and some may have to be moved in the fall.

 The daisies are just starting to bloom.  The daylillies are too.  A few coneflowers have started.  There will be lots more!  The lavender and salvia create a nice contract to the other plants.

 

 The daisies by the pond have gone crazy!  I do have other things back there, but you'd never know it!  I will have to figure out what's hiding back there and move them somewhere else!

 I haven't ever loved this tree because it sent shooters out all over my planting beds.  Well, now it's dying (ok, it's dead!), but I don't want to remove it yet.  I've been waiting for months for my perennials to bloom and removing it right now would tear up everything around it.  We can take it out in the fall.

 There are rose of sharon and hollyhocks toward the back of this bed that should be blooming like crazy in the next couple of weeks. 

Thank you for visiting!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

Fishtail Cottage's Cottage Flora Thursday
Funky Junk's Sat Nite Special
Centsational Girl's Garden Party 

Explosion of Blooms

The lupine that I posted about a couple of weeks ago is now in full bloom.  I counted 49 spires of blooms on it!!  (My husband thinks I must have too much time on my hands to have counted them.)    :)

My Mom's favorite flowers were peonies.  It's so special to me to see them bloom!

I love the darker pink color of this lupine. 

My pots are starting to get very colorful.

I spend several months a year (very impatiently) waiting for the good weather.  I am so very happy when it finally warms up and I can be out in my yard everyday! 

Thanks for visiting!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

No Minimalist Here's Open House Party

Fishtail Cottage's Cottage Flora Thursdays

At the Picket Fence's Inspiration Friday

French Country Cottage's Feathered Nest Friday

Chic on a Shoestring's Flaunt it Friday

My Romantic Home's Show & Tell Friday



Those Pesky April Showers Did Promise May Flowers

We've finally made it to May and finally some things in my yard are blooming!

Just a couple of weeks ago, my yard looked like this.  Yes, in April...

Now it looks like this:

The best part is that my office is right there, so I get to look right out at this beauty.

I absolutely love this peony right under the weeping cherry.

And since it's almost Mother's Day, in honor of my Mom who loved clematis, here is what was right out my kitchen window of my old house.  Even the sweet woodruff were blooming like crazy underneath it.  It was a beautiful sight!

I hope everything is blooming in your yards!  I wish everyone an early very Happy Mother's Day!

Thanks for visiting!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

Fishtail Cottage's Cottage Flora Thursdays

My Romantic Home's Show & Tell Friday

Between Naps on the Porch's Met Monday

Debbiedoo's Newbie Party

Savvy Southern Style's Wow us Wednesday