75 Degress in July

Wildseed Gardens - Part 2

The picture doesn't do this wind chime justice, but each of the pipes were at least 6 feet long. It was the biggest wind chime I've ever seen.

I think the red and yellow flowers are wild columbine, which I would like to plant in the area around our planned new shed. There were lots of perennials I would have liked to have bought, but I am not sure how we would have gotten them back alive.

Wouldn't mind adding this wagon to our landscaping. What's that? It would take up the whole yard? Oh, I suppose you're right.

Wildseed Gardens - Fredericksburg, TX

Wildseed Gardens was fabulous. More pictures to follow, maybe tomorrow.

Gardens at Das Peach Haus - Fredericksburg, TX

My New Love

Last year my mom gave me this basket with red geraniums and purple and yellow petunias. It was really cute, but the front porch didn't get enough sun for it and I moved it to the back. I wanted it back on the front porch this year, so I put shade and part shade flowers in. I didn't do a very good job of mixing them and it just turned out weird. The New Guinea impatien hasn't bloomed once, so I'm not sure it is getting enough sun. I put a pot of violas in it from spring and gave up. The violas finally lost their battle in the heat, so I went to the temporary greenhouse near us to find a replacement. There wasn't much left and most of what was left looked a little sickly at this point in the season. The greenhouse worker suggested the caladium. I've never looked at it too closely because there is usually a lot of pink in the leaves and pink isn't really my color. But, I saw the green and white variation and decided to try it. I love it! The tag says I can dig up the tubers in the fall and replant them in the spring, so it will even be reusable! The tag says this variety is called "Aaron."

On the 2nd Day of Summer

On the 2nd day of summer, the tomatoes are almost as tall as their supports.

The biggest lemons are ping pong ball sized.

The herbs are covering up the cow and goose. The little indoor gardener keeps an eye on things from the window.

The view from the north end of the patio.

There wasn't any basil at the Farmer's Market in May when I planted the rest of the flowers, but I finally found some last Saturday. He's just a wee thing, but should grow fast in the summer sun.

Not Quite Dead

The fern that I was planning to replace? Within the week I wrote about that, a bright new leaf had appeared. I guess it is just a late bloomer, but now it's doing very well! Next year maybe I will remember to be more patient.