Despite losing a month this spring getting ready for Summer gardening. Things are progressing. We are hoping for lots of help over July 4th week with Tim's family staying with us for days and all are garden freaks. The forecast calls for rain for almost a week so we had to make plans for an outdoor tent to be installed during the week so that we have a large enough dry space outside to eat and socialize.
We replaced our old wooden trellises with cast iron trellises with birds and pomegranate finials. Our big gardening projects this summer are expanding the berm in our front yard and restoring a couple large round beds in our garden. Outdoor garden sheds have to be re-painted this year. With so much rain this spring and a forecast for another week of rain - everything is doing well. Our fern garden which Tim's parents helped install looks absolutely beautiful and I am sure they will bring us some new ferns for that space. Our herb garden has been taken over by varieties of oregano and mint and they have gotten a little invasive and we have had to clean them out. Clematis, irises, peonies, daisy, hardy hibiscus, flox, liatris - all in bloom.
I was busy scouring vintage stores in the city for vintage pottery for the backyard and have lots of pots, pocket vases, and hanging pots and they are all filled with succulents, annuals and ornamental grasses. With all the rain, the pond has never been so high. The drain for the pond is constantly flowing and with another week of rain ahead of us will remain that way for awhile. Looking forward to a week of Summer gardening with family and lots of amazing food!
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