Snowman carving

Here is my latest carving. I like to take pics before I paint a piece so you can see what is carved or what is painted. Easier to show my students how to carve it too if they see it unpainted. I got the pattern off the web. Another reason to surf...hehehe

Blonde me

My hair is longer than I normally wear it and lots blonder. The gardening and the pool lighten it even more.

So here me is...blonde and chubby.

Stella Dora lilies

Here is the front "slashes" as we call them. Yup..all the beds have names so Gary can know what I talk about when he askes me what I worked on.

Better view

Here is a side view of that block bed. Now you can see the post.
The big pot in front has 3 pepper plants. Basil and cilantro are in the small green pots on the right. The front tree center is an apple tree and has apples for the first time.
BTW..that pepper pot is huge...30 inches tall by 30 inches diameter.

New rock garden

Here is a new small rock bed I put under the pine trees. I transplanted some hostas to fill it in. I will enlarge it soon with more rocks when the weather cools.

I removed the row of yuccas in front of the rocks and put in cannas. they are just coming up. I will take more pictures as the summer progresses. I also added the azalia bush. I did leave one small stand of yuccas near the drive and those along the back.

I think I rearrange my garden beds more than my house furniture.

Cement block garden

Here is the small garden I made for tomatoes with rescued cement blocks from the construction across the street. I had a few already and just made this bed higher. I also planted plants in all the little hole. Might be a jungle in a few weeks but fun. Might also be the last year for tomatoes here cuz it is getting too shady. I feel another revamped bed coming on..LOL.

Alliums

Alliums are done now but look so pretty swaying in the wind.
The moon flowers will soon fill the space.

Herb Path

Here again are two pics about 3 weeks apart.
On the left are mints: Lemon, chocolate, apple and orange.
On the right are a geranuim, but moved over for 2nd phota and calla lilies added, then a pot with 3 italian parsley, 3 curley parley, a bush (patio) tomato and the last rectangular pot with dill. You can also see chives at the base of the tree.

All herbs can be eaten at any time. I just pull off bottom or outer leaves. So yummy.

In fact a few nights ago I made boiled red skin potatoes with butter, chives, both kinds of parsely and dill. Gary loved it so much he had the leftovers for late night snack.

Ground cover removed

Here is a revamped and trimmed front bed under the bedroom window.
I removed all the vine ground cover and trimmed the snowball and azalias.
I will plant perrienals this fall but for now there are impatients for fill.
I did find one poor little azalia under all the vines sprawling on the ground and tied it up but it didnt like it cuz it died.

Blueberries but unripe

This bush was put in last year and has two bunches of blueberries that I can see. I hope that I beat the squirrels to them when they ripen. The chipmunks get my strawberries when only half ripe.

I will post more pictures tomorrow.

Peppers

Here are two views of pepper plants in pots. The first was May 26 and the 2nd was June 19.
Starting at upper right is black eyes Susan, fancy fern, cinnamon basil, green pepper, garden basil,red geranium, stevia and another green pepper in smaller pot and a blueberry bush. In the middle rectangular planter was planted marigolds but they didn't grow, but volunteer moonflowers did.
As you can see they are all doing very well.

Yellow Irises

Here are the yellow and white irises in the front by the driveway.

1st pic posting.

Here is my first attempt at posting a picture.
It is me and a rock in Frankenmuth, Mi early in spring.