LOST IN THE SHRUBERY

2014 shrubs cuttings started and beginning to bud out happy to say ( inside of course) - Burning bush (Euonymus alatus), Purple Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygria) ,Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum opulus )Blue Hydrangea , Weigela ( pink), Weigela - Wine and roses), Hydrangea- white and Diablo ninebark shrubs

THE BIRCH GROVE

Been culling the spruce seedlings and giving more room for the birch..   I LOVE MOSS  :)

The air itself is vibrancy.. all in anticipation of the coming rejuvenation

And it begins.. 

 

THE WONDEROUS AWAKENING

 

 

 

 

SPRING 2014

I, like a bear

Wake to the change in the sun heated air

Stir in my lair

Stoke up the fire, crawl back in bed

It snowed in the night

Lay down my head

 

closed eyes and to my surprise

A chorus of spring , in my mind starts to sing

Its too nice a day to do that.

I LOVE MOSS

Moss and me go way back-  Mom used to put me outside in the morning and I would build fern and most forts,, the smell was incredible

the aromatic humidity of the damp forest floor , floods over you

Like diving underwater, the aromatic humidity of the damp forest floor fills your senses as you enter the birch grove ravine...

As hoped,  nature begins to fill in the spaces left from silver-culturing the spruce hordes..:)

.. Mushaboom Gardens Glorious Swansong

A friend was surprised that fall was my favorite time of year in the garden


here is a couple thousand words...

moon over mushaboom

sooo beautiful

and in addition to that- everything is BEAUTIFUL

lovely time of year

and then comes...... the SHADE GARDENS

Well the help of a back hoe-  the third/bottom tier was created.   It will be the "growing grounds".  Soil is wonderful and deep  and gets lots of moisture and the scrub on the outside of the property shields it from the wind..  so its hot hot hot..:)  Its like a natural greenhouse.  IF that's not enough to drive a gardener wild,  it also helps to connect the property with a little project of mine .. shade gardens...

SO here's the thing.... TIER 3 has been created....

I must be crazy, I must be crazy, I must be crazy.  :)  a new tier and another .25 acre of prime gradening, full south, loamy soil   :)  Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you ...TIER 3

CRAZY PINKS

CRAY PEONIES

soooooo   FAB_U_LOUS

JULY 7-- SIBERIAN IRISES ARRIVE AT THE PARTY

Siberian Iris - Mauve White

JULY 7-- SIBERIAN IRISES ARRIVE AT THE PARTY

  Siberian Iris--White-yellow

JULY 7-- SIBERIAN IRISES ARRIVE AT THE PARTY

Siberian Iris  - Purple-yellow

 

 

JULY 7-- SIBERIAN IRISES ARRIVE AT THE PARTY

Siberian Iris amber-cherry

JULY 7-- SIBERIAN IRISES ARRIVE AT THE PARTY

Siberian Iris.. mauve--

FINALLY- captured a Macroglossum stellatarum on film

IOM- IRISES OF MUSHABOOM - MUSTARD GRAPES JUNE 23

IOM- IRISES OF MUSHABOOM - MUSTARD GRAPES JUNE 23

IOM- IRISES OF MUSHABOOM - RUSTY IRON JUNE 23-

IOM- IRISES OF MUSHABOOM - PAPAL PURPLE JUNE 23

IRISES OF MUSHABOOM - - WISP WHITE

Snow in Summer Cerastium tomentosum-

HOLY COW-- WHAT A YEAR FOR THE GARDEN

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

SMOKE AND STONE

CONTINUS COGGYGRIA "Royal Purple"  Smokebush. 

This is the Smokebush's second year in the garden...(first spring)  and I was struck by the beautiful contrast of its leaves budding out against the grey stone.

PATHS....

This began as rock and gravel... the walls have become sturdier , and the mat plants knit together to stop erosion.   Wooly Thyme is the BEST..   Wild Ferns fill in the gaps around the maturing peonies, lilies, hosta and astilbe.

 

CRAZY..

This year it feels like the garden has its roots firmly planted in the ground.. Lots of plants maturing, filling space which helps to balance moisture retention..  too much open soil = increased water loss.

GARDENING BLISS

JUNE 2nd, 2013  Weather has gone from 5 degrees below normal to 5 degrees above normal.. and the garden is about to EXPLODE!