Garden restored.

I must say that hurricane Sandy did a great deal of damage like you saw in previous pictures I have posted.  I have finally ,up to my standards, have restored my garden back to normal.  With a new design for a deer fence I will not have the same problem I experienced with wire involved as a horizontal deterrent for the deer.  The new fence is mainly wood where only certain sections will break instead of a slingshot reaction as before.   Original fence was built with wire and with the mighty oak tree coming down on fence it ripped it to shreds.

Memorial Day

Let us not forget of all the men and women who have fought and sacrificed their lives to preserve our freedom and well being to make this great country of ours to not perish from this earth.

 

Also, leave a space in your heart for the brave men on both sides, North and South, that they made it to their maker without judgement, All 600,000+ of them. We tend to forget about that War that helped to preserve this Union of ours and keep this country intact.  

I've never seen so many men wasted so badly.

 

"Clint"

 

 

Another Lost Blog Friend

I am sorry to announce the loss of my best animal friend, "Kahlua" which I have posted and mentioned on my Blog.

He was my own cat after adoption at age six and lived nearly 20 years old.

He will be greatly missed by all who had a chance to get to know him.
Especially myself

R.I.P
Buddy

Iris update

I made a post last year about dividing irises and the pictures I published made them seem sort of lonely.
The post was call "dividing iris and care" from March 2012.
From those pics you can see the big difference one year makes.
Following pics are from last week and you can see what one year can do for irises with my technique.

You cry and moan and say it will work out
But honey child I've got my doubts
You can't see the forest for the trees

S.P.

Spring Planting Update

I have been busy away with planting and experimenting with seeds I have collected last Fall

Looks to be somewhat of a success with the germination rates that I have.

For starters I saved some purple pole bean pods which I dried at room temp on a clay dish. Nothing fancy.

Planted six seeds and all six are about 4 inches high already well into their secondary leave stage.

I have last years zinnia seeds which I can imagine have been cross pollinated by the bees so lets see what new colors I get. They all germinated rather quickly in days.

I took some Baptisia seeds off a golf course last year and you can see how they are all doing along with a variety of coreopsis from seeds took walking around my neighborhood.

This salvia I started actually last fall and made it through the winter on my deck in a starter seed tray. I forgot the variety, have to go back to nursery where I took the seeds from. 

 I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need anything at all.
No! Don't think I'll need anything at all.
-R-W