Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Several Folks Have Asked...........

if I have plants available. 

I usually post on the Portland's 
Craigslist when I have plants for
sale.

This year I'm unable to dig up the 
wisteria I had planned on selling
but if you want to dig, let me know
and you can have first pick.  They are
just now leafing out.

Due to the Postal Rate hikes I will not
be shipping this year!



  

Monday, April 15, 2024

Opening The Gardens 2024

 April 15th is our normal time to 
open our gardens but this year we
are still trying to get the yard in 
shape for visitors.   It will be by
appointment only this year!

We have been watching folks walk
past and as you can see we have been
working hard to get it into shape.

This past weekend the first of the 
Brugmansia were pulled from the
Brug House where they winter.  I
will be replacing some of the buckets
this year and it takes time to do so. I
will also be cutting some of them back.















The yard is starting to come alive!

April Cleanup 2024

 4/6/2024

I took 1/2 bag off Sable's area and
to the west of the Shed, pine needles!


4/09/2024-4/15/2024

The Maple seeds are starting to fall.  Each
day I'm picking up 1/4 of a bucket.  Not only
that but the pine seeds are also dropping, 
which means they need to be picked up 
and the circle blown out.  Weekly to keep
them out of our yard.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Here Comes The Irises!!










These two are the first of the Mini irises.


 










Dutch Irises:












Bearded Iris:

Yes it's to early for them but today I
found the first one to open.  I also 
noticed several other buds.  May 
around Mother's Day is usually the
best time for Irises.





















More Irises blooms to come!

Grass Is Greener Here!!


 










This is the north lawn area which for 
the past couple years I have let go!  
This area is always full of junk that 
comes from the north or east trees.  
In Jan. my husband as if I was going
to do something about how bare this 
area was becoming.  My come back 
was I'm killing the grass to put in 
more flower beds!  I just won't
deal with the mess!!  That is his 
grass area!

So in February I opted for some 
fertilizer/Moss control and a bag of 
grass seed was put down.
I will tell you I usually do the grass 
seed in the fall with the fall fertilizer.   
In just a few months this is how nice 
his grass lawn is now!!  The photo
was taken after I mowed today.  Yes, 
when you fertilize you will have to 
mow more!  Next when the temps 
get around 70 degrees, it's time to use
Weed and Feed spray to keep the weeds 
under control!  When the mower was 
serviced today, we also opted to raise 
the mower deck to the highest setting 
for the summer months.  You don't
want to scalp your lawn!   I can't wait 
to see all the brown grass!




Blog Numbers Keep Going Up!!

 The spammers keep coming and my
numbers just keep going up!    

Sorry for all the post disappearing
for a few weeks.  This was to prove
that the spammers were here!  I watch
the countries login in and can tell you
they are not here for the garden information
we share.  183 from just spammers and nothing 
to read.

This is why I started posting all of those
attempts to get into my computer and the
countries that come here.

I just laugh, one spammer was so bold
to put in his email address, "I want to get 
rich!"  Sorry, no money here to get rich off!

All spam is turned in and I won't stop!

4/15/2024

With returning all the posts after running
the experiment on the spam count.  Sorry
to all that wanted to see the garden photos
but I had to prove that the spammers are
making the counts go up.  You can read
about what I deal with on a daily bases 
in the Warning post.   All I'll say is one
needs to start checking their accounts daily.





Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Garden Photos for April!

It's been a nice day to get out and
take some photos!  Hope you enjoy!