It's my first real garden

Having lived in southeast Arizona all my life, a lush green flower filled garden was but a dream. I moved to this house and started this project three years ago.... and it is finally looking lush like my dreams. It's a stark contrast to the other houses on the block, which are mostly just shrubs and grass, and a few annuals.

The back border was put in three years ago, but the central part of the garden was something I just did this year. Yeah, I know it needs to be weeded, but its just violets and I don't mind them so much. I'm also going to finish digging out the part next to the sidewalk and install stone pavers. Then I'll fill in with more ferns and whatever occurs to me.


Margarita loves to smell the daylilies.
I love the lemony colors here. Yellow and red is usually a pretty unfortunate combination, but I don't mind this.
The clematis and Lady in Red hydrangeas are outrageous this year. yum.

In the Garden Today

In the garden today a blossom showed its face
I wanted to find out its name
but it said "no, for I Am a manifestation of that which is nameless
Yet blooms!"

In the garden today a clematis blooms
A wondrous wandering thing
it made use of its trellis, though no force was
involved

In the garden today the Cicadas sang their glory
I am Awake, they said
and in unison they shouted
for joy

In the garden today a hosta played hostess
To a cicada singing its song
It danced in the breeze
of life

Just some pics.....

Grave Sins

Remember this (cough cough) grave sin? Digging up my front yard? What a nerve I have.





It has become this:



Thanks to my fantastic sister who arrived with the back of her van looking like this:



My next project in the front other than filling that giant bed in some more will be digging out the path between beds and putting in a slate walkway.

Introducing......

Meet Ask Elaine, and Margaret Ann. My sister had these daylilies hybridized just for us. They are being installed in the "Miss Margaret daylily garden" today.

Mega pics to follow later this week.

Sin Bravely

Some mystic somewhere once said that. It gives God a chance to redeem you. So, I have taken up the dare this spring. Here is one of my sins: A tomatoe plant in a pot. A very cheap pot at that.


Perhaps my biggest sin, digging up the rest of my front yard. I'm going to put in mucho ferns and hostas, and maybe the Voodoo Lily my sister just gave me. Stay tuned on this one.

Here's a big sin, I presume. Three pepper plants in one large pot. They seem happy, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Spring from the balcony