Garden Walk ~ My Summer Garden
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Summertime and the living is easy! Well, not really if you are a gardener! Summer is time to weed and dig and plant, tie up vines, turn the compost pile and harvest veggies. Do you see all those cute benches in our garden? I hardly ever get to land on one unless it is to drink some water before I get up for the next chore. But I wouldn’t have it any other way because, for me, it is more about the process than the product. Digging in the dirt, watching plants grow from seed, making a garden accent from yard-sale finds just gives me a charge nothing else can. So, who cares if the mosquitoes are as big as birds, that it’s 90 + degrees and the air is wet with humidity? Outside is where I want to be until my hubby throws a net over me and drags me back in at dark!
front shady garden bed
Scene from our porch swing as I have my morning coffee!
Wheelbarrow planted with Lantana & Creeping Jenny!
front perennial island bed
Lantana
Stargazer Lily
Sum & Substance
Campanula Glomerata
back by the garden shed
summer window box
the back gate arbor
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia Maxima
Day Lily
driveway flowerbed
coneflower & pollinators
Yellow Daylily
Campanula “Elizabeth”
Rose of Sharon
barrel & galvanized tub container water gardens
July & August are the time to buy discounted plants!
Our Fairfield Home and Garden
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Absolutely gorgeous. I really like the water pots and the patio shot. Very well done.
Grace, I just love my water garden tubs too! We have small children in the neighborhood and I don’t dare have a pond! But this is the next best thing as far as I am concerned! Thanks so much for coming by and taking the tour today!
Happy Gardening!
Barb
Barb- love the textures in your garden! The shade bed is really impressive! You’ve got the cutest birdhouses- I am envious! One can tell you put much thought into the choices!
Thanks for stopping by, Goose Grove! I do try to choose a variety of leaf colors and textures for the shady flowerbed to keep things interesting. This is also where some of my houseplants , like the clivias, go on “summer vacation. The clivias provide the pretty orange flowers.
Happy Gardening!
Barb
Loved the view :) So different from an Iowa view:)
Thanks for taking a stroll through our garden, Jo ! Isn’t it fun how different gardens are all around the various regions of our country and the world?
Happy Gardening!
Barb
Your constant hard work has paid off!! It is gorgeous and you need to be featured in a magazine!!
WOW!, AnnMarie!! What a wonderful comment to start off my day! Thanks for visiting and leaving such a nice note.
Happy Gardening!
Barb
*sigh* your garden is so beautiful, Barb – I’m envious…
Thanks, Jacki! The rainy spring and summer and cooler weather have really made for extra lush gardens here this year! Last August, it was high 90’s and sweltering with a drought. That’s the thing about gardening ~ you never know what the growing season will be like!
Happy Gardening!
Barb
I have to agree with Grace. Love all of your gardens though.
Thanks, Linda! The water tub gardens are favorites of mine too, but I must admit, my favorites change daily : )
Happy Gardening!
Barb
How do you keep Mosquitos from forming in the water tub gardens?
Hi, Mary ~ I use mosquito dunks in my water tubs once a month. You can purchase them at garden centers and they are not harmful to fish or wildlife. Thanks for coming by and your good question!
Happy Gardening!
Barb, your gardens are absolutely beautiful. I have 12 gardens around my home quite similar to yours. Taking the tour of your gardens has really inspired me to make a few changes here and there. I too am a birdhouse, birdbath and bird feeder junkie. I have many around my property and enjoy watching the bird (and the squirrel) antics throughout the year. I love your DIY projects and have made the step stool bird bath which the birds love to splash around in. Keep inspiring with your great ideas and gardens!
How lovely to hear from you, Patty! So nice to know that your birds are enjoying your creations in the flowerbeds and birdbaths too!
Happy Gardening,
Barb