Flowers for the West Newbury Church

This past Sunday I featured a peony called Dinner Plate (as I remember) which as you can see is a huge pink cabbage. Also, I had Japanese iris, goatsbeard, Rodgersia and a few Malva and "big blue" geraniums. It has been a good spring for flowers and plants in general --after a rough winter--with the exception of peonies: some of them rotted, many were filled with rose chafers and most flopped

Gardens Doing Better than Normal This Year

Probably because I have had Mondays off most of May and June, I'm having more time to work in my garden than normal. My gardens show it: I have 2 people working for me which helps me greatly. I even have my baby beets and carrots weeded and I weeded my asparagus patch this morning

Old Fashioned Iris Project

For the last several years I have been collecting "old fashioned" Iris from peoples gardens-- Iris which are vigorous enough to be almost weedy--Iris which do not poop out in the garden. Of course, in poorer, more sandy soil, I might have better success with the huge modern Standard Tall Bearded Iris which are beautiful.

Lilac tea photos

Lilac Tea a Success

We had our lilac tea on May 24th at 4:00. The lilacs were at their peak, it was sunny, the dancing demonstration and Scottish folk music went well. It you had to complain, there were black flies and the tea wasn't made properly. My lilacs are still nice, so I have invited a few people to come this Sunday at 4:00 when we were originally going to have our tea.If you would like to come, you are invited.

Daffodil WalkOne Week Away

Things are coming along well as far as the flowers at my house go. The daffodils should be at their peak by Sunday (although, of course, some won't bloom for quite a while).

Invitation to our Daffodil Walk

I'm finally getting the hang of adding photos to my blog- I hope I can figure out how to erase my last post with the fuzzy invitaion.