Amateur Gardener

I had planned to add lots of compost to the rest of my unplanted vegetable garden today, but the wind has been so crazy, up to 45-50 mph g...

We have a slow gentle rain falling. I am so thankful for it. It is the first good rain this month of March. After we had the chimenea fire g...

Have a small fire going.  A cold front moved in yesterday - in the 40s today also.  Photos of white Encore Autumn Moonlight Azalea ...

Grandaughter picking the first strawberry. She said it was delicious! Strawberry ready to pick 2 more ready.  Pink Clematis bl...

3 Junipers that I dug up from the backyard and will grow in contains in front.   They are in temporary pots now. Pink Clematis buds ...

I forgot to mention I bought a "Picasso" canna. It is a dwarf canna, yellow flowers with tiny red spots. I have never tried to gro...

Future rose bed with daylilies and some other assorted perennials. The purple  thing  is our well house cover.  The pink Abraham Darby wi...

Went ahead and planted a few vegetables - tomatoes, chard, spinach, strawberries, corn, garlic, onions, and bell peppers. I also planted a f...

I was going to add a few more "Before" photos, but they look so bad I thought I better wait until I have some of the "After...

I pulled weeds and dug, pulled weeds and dug.....One new flower bed is ready and the vegetable plot is almost ready. I planted some strawber...

I spent the last two days digging up grass and weeds, not a pretty sight, so I'll not show any photos of that. Beauty will follow in a f...

I have a stray kitty (the black & white one) that comes early  in the morning wanting food.  I have been feeding her  (I think it is...

   Hubby and I moved this rock from where the Pampas grass  was, to this spot by our front lamp post.  I just transplanted two  clematis...

We are having another "snow day" today. Roads are icy and snowy. It was a warmer day yesterday, so I got out and visited my local ...

A shot of the Geodesic dome (igloo) in the snow.

 Today I worked some more on cutting down the large Pampas grass growing in the yard. I have some in each corner of the front yard. It appea...