Cutie Bee

First, a note about our weather last night:  we were in a tornado warning, but only got some small hail at Garden on Sherlock Street.  The garden looks fine.  A little rain helped refill my rain barrels.  I passed the time in the basement visiting other garden blogs.  The air was weird yesterday as it always is before a big storm event.  Also, The Weather Channel brought their tornado tracker van to our town.  Love the weather channel people, but don't want to see them in my town.  :-)

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After having to baby the hanging baskets at Garden on Sherlock Street to keep them alive in our wind, heat and drought the last few years, I decided to only have two hanging baskets this year.  They'll hang just off the patio in the back garden.  I'll share them in a later post.

So, what to do with the shepherd's hook in the front garden?

I found this cute bee lantern for one side.  It has a solar light inside that changes color through the night.

I still need something for the other side of the shepherd's hook.  Maybe a flag or windsock of some type?

I'll keep a look out for a cute decoration.

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Rare Pink Bachelor Button

One flower that performs well every year at Garden on Sherlock Street is the bachelor button.

I have to pull them out of places like the cracks in the sidewalks and the middle of mulch paths.

Sometimes, I have to pull them out so other plants can grow.

The swaths of blue bachelor buttons are really showing off right now.

If you look closely, you may find a rare pink bachelor button.

I like how it has two shades of pink.

So far this year, I've counted two pink bachelor buttons.

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Purple And White Irises

Starting to have irises bloom.

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Soaking Seeds

Tonight, I will soak some purple hyacinth bean vine seeds.

Tomorrow, I will plant them in one of the containers.

I find it interesting how the seeds have a little stripe of white.

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May Tour 2013

Front Garden

Forest

 Back Garden

Side Garden

Vegetable Garden

Patio

Alley

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Finally Warmer

Warm weather has arrived at Garden on Sherlock Street.  After an ultra busy weekend with family and friends, I snagged some time this afternoon to get into the garden.  I planted the remaining vegetable seeds I had planned and some annual flower seeds I had saved from last year.

I took photos for the May tour.  Look for those tomorrow.

Everything is growing like crazy!  Hoping to get a chance to pull some weeds soon.

Very few trees and shrubs bloomed this spring because of the constant freezes.  My lilacs have only a few blooms on each branch.  The red buds were just starting to bloom when they got iced.  The forsythia were pretty sparse and I think the bridal wreath spirea didn't even get to pretend it was going to bloom.  Everything else is later than normal, but starting to make buds.  Anxious for irises any day.

We have a bunny building a nest near our composting place.  We had to chase it away from digging a nest in the middle of the front lawn.  Silly rabbit!  This is a better place.  Maybe bunny photos in the future.

I'm in need of a serious greenhouse visit soon!!!!!

All of the containers are empty still.  

Happy gardening.

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The Sound Of Rain

Rain for the second night in a row.  Fingers crossed for full rain barrels by morning!

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