The joys of gardening.

The lilacs are in bloom now. The front and back are well-perfumed.

a magenta french lilac:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0374A.jpg

persian lilac:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0375A.jpg

common lilac:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0376A.jpg

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Yesterday was a good day -no sun- to work on the pine tree.

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Oh I missed your last pictures, nekomad - I love lilacs and yours are especially beautiful. Your pine tree seems so healthy and green, nicely pruned too.

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@CalamityJane,

Gosh, thanks, Cal....
With the climate we get here, a Scots pine could quickly grow to become
a forest giant right here in my tiny backyard.

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This is it, job done, for this year- and should do for a couple or three more years.
Kinda looks like a plucked chicken right now, but I'll show the net effect this time
next year.

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Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant picked fresh this morning from my garden.

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@Butrflynet,

wow that looks really good, Butrflynet. Ratatouille today?

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@CalamityJane,

Probably just a fresh tomato salad with a light oil and vinegar dressing. Haven't decided what to do with the eggplant yet. I have 6 more in the fridge waiting for inspiration. I'm about worn out on ratatouille. May just bread some slices of eggplant and a few tomatoes and bake them.

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@Butrflynet,

I like to slice and salt eggplants, roll them in a mixture of flour and garlic and
fry them in the pan. Add some feta cheese and that's it.

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@Butrflynet,

I loved the tomato salad Butrflynet made for lunch yesterday. About five different types of tomatoes from our garden. Delish!

BBB

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@alex240101,

Wow, that plant is loaded with peppers!

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@gustavratzenhofer,

gus, All the luck in the world.

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Last spring I took this picture to serve as a guide to
fill in spaces in the crocus border the following autumn.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0403A.jpg

I wonder how many the squirrels will leave behind by blooming time come April.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0404A.jpg

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My crocus border as of last spring under the flowering crab:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0405A.jpg

I set about fifty bulbs into that gap near the sidewalk.

Start:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0406A.jpg

I spread a generous amount of crushed limestone to hopefully
minimize loss to squirrels.
Finish:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0407A.jpg

Eventually - a couple more years, maybe - I'll have a border of yellow crocuses on both sides of the sidewalk.

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This year, sometime the first week in August, I'll install an iris bed in the front yard.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0427A.jpg

Click on photo to see where I've marked it. It'll be about two feet wide and in front of a honeysuckle dedge.

I'm using tall bearded Monet's Blue seen in the lower right corner, set out last September in front of the front terrace.

And later, perhaps, some blue and yellow primulas will be set as the yard's perimeter.

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Happiness is receiving a Schreiners shipment at the doorstep.
This one arived last August:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0428A.jpg

Seven TB Monet's Blue and six each BB Mostest, a yellow self. A couple of bonus
TBs were included.
The yellows were set out in the border that was underway out back.

They arrved a bit pale in color but otherwise okay.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0429A.jpg

A day later the Monet's Blues were in the ground alongside TB Amas:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0430A.jpg

Click on photos for added or enlarged views.

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If you're buying locally, the seller should give some sound advice; generally, though, they'll need about a month to set new roots in about 72 degree F. soil.

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Here's how those Amases look in bloom as of last May.
These and the medium blue Monet's Blues should look nice together. That is,
if they bloom together. We'll find out come May.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad0431A.jpg

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After browsing all available selections, I've settled on
Spirit Of Memphis to highlight my projected bed, one at each end, of Monet's Blue
which'll go along the length of my front yard in front of that hedge.

I'll confess to being sold by the names of these cultivars.

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@neko nomad,

Now is the time of year gardening fever comes out of remission. In addition to
irises, that front yard has space for another peony bush. A After a web search through a couple or three Canadian growers' sites, this one,

Le Charme,

http://www.pivoinescapano.com/pix/francais/Catalogue2009/Lecharme.jpg

, a Japanese, carried by a grower in Quebec,
looked the most interesting and carries a reasonable price tag. Picture links to its description.

We're looking at next September here.

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