Tag: Garden

June Update

Letters from the Past

A lot has happened since my last post.

My hometown had a derecho storm go through which devastated many historic buildings, left many people homeless and removed trees that have been landmarks my entire life. Thousands of people had no power for several days. We were without power for only 4 and were quite fortunate have only lost a few branches.

The business that my daughter and I have been trying to launch always seems to be in conflict with something else more pressingly important which is very frustrating. Having a creative outlet and making items for other people helps me to deal with all of life’s stress and bumps but becomes an additional stress when I simply don’t have time to focus on it.

And my elderly father has moved back in with us. I wish I could say I was happy about that but the house that was not suitable before is still largely unfinished which means that small inconveniences are giant mountains which seem impossible to overcome. I have cried more in the last two days than I have cried in the last 6 months. The last two years were supposed to be a break for me but you can well imagine how well that turned out.

So wins for June so far. Hmm.

The garden is pretty and thriving because of the cooler temperatures and loads of rain we’ve had this month. I would be quite happy to have no extremely hot weather at all. The daisies we transplanted like their new spot in the fairy garden.

Not quite finished transplanting but haven’t killed anything yet.

The irises are mostly done now but I found a couple of late bloomers under the trees.

Irises are one of the first flowers to bloom in the shade garden

My shade garden is so full of over-grown flowers that I barely have to weed. Perhaps some actual gardeners might call some of the plants that I have in my garden pests but if it looks after itself and looks pretty it can stay. I have mounds of these all over the garden and the leaves smell wonderful. In late spring and early summer they have pink and red flowers on them.

Beautiful “weeds”

These have taken over the back yard. I’m sure they are also considered noxious weeds by some but I find them to be unusual and interesting. Until I have time to plant a suitable ground cover I will let Mother Nature look after the garden for me.

I think the strange pointy parts are seeds but I’m not sure.
Other flowers in the fairy garden. The bees are very happy here.
Bees also love these which fill in any empty spots.
I seem to have more than one variety of them

The biggest win for me is that the peonies have started blooming again. I have a couple in the back yard as well, though I can’t remember what colour they are because they haven’t bloomed in years. I will post a picture of them tomorrow if I can catch it before the stormy weather shreds them.

If you know the names of the flowers in my photos I’d love it if you left them in the comments for this post.