Half Faced, Beneath The Garden

Sounds like a creepy novel, huh? Or a really fun night, bar hoppin'!

Old Man In The Valley

While turning soil, fertilizing and doing the general spring garden work, I always seam to hit tons of rocks. Our whole yard is a sloping valley and over 30 years ago the builder filled the yard with tons of different sized rocks. Every spring, more of them seem to work their way up the soil, becoming a nuisance to spreading roots. So every year I dig and pull more out and make nice zen-like rock piles or something.

Here's one I found in the ground about a week ago. This half face is too much of a coincidence. The eye, cheekbone, nose mouth and chin are just too well proportioned and recognizable. Isn't it so cool? I can't believe I found it. Wonder if there are more pieces of this? How far down? I really don't want to disturb the plants which are already there and established... bummer.

This dude is definitely watching over my back gardens, this summer!

Very Fun

Hello again!

I think I mentioned I am trying to grow passion flower from seed. After all my other seedlings have started producing their second leaves and nothing was happening with the passion's seeds, I did some reading and to my surprise, it sometimes takes up to 12 months to grow the plant from seed. Realizing it's time to sit back and wait, that is just what I did. So while carting around the many seed trays with all the other plants; into the morning sun and back into the warm house at night, I also carried these seeds around, pretty much ignoring what was inside.

Well, over the weekend I paid attention to the 16 sod pod tray and couldn't believe my eyes! Less than one month later and I have a little baby plant growing! Right into a large flower pot this little baby's gonna go! I may just sink it now and lug that planter inside and out!

This is cool! So excited to see it grow. Has a growing height of 30 feet although I will cut it down this fall, when I bring it in for the winter (as recommended). I wonder if I'll have to wait until next year or the year after to see some flowers on the more mature plant?

I Was So Surprised!

Hey! Check this out.

Just couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my tomato plant actually turned the flowers into tomatoes!!! I didn't think the flowers would evolve into anything because the plants live mostly on the windowsill part of the time. But, I thought I'd play Mother Nature and pollenate the little yellow flowers by myself.

Well, what do you think happened?!!? Yep! There are a couple tomatoes growing on my plants!!! (You cheated and saw the pic! :) )

I will definitely keep posting the progress on these tomatoes and on the other plants I am growning!!!

Iceland Poppy From HD

Hello again!

I love this plant. This is the first year I have tried growing poppy from seed. My seeds are for oriental poppies and they're very fresh. Approximately 20 have germinated. I am eager to see how many of those survive and produce flower.

But silly me, today, as I was poking around the Home Depot, I came across this iceland poppy beauty and could not resist! Such an unusual color pink.

I can't wait to see all the flowers I've seeded and the old, well established flowers grow this year. Cannot believe how long we've lived here and how old some of my plants are. However, despite the fact this is an older home, the yard was a clean planting canvas. The previous owner really didn't plant much beyond what the builder put in (and let most of that over-grow or become choked by other plants and trees). I am having a wonderful time buying and growing a variety of plants from seed, cuttings or root division.

Thank you for checking in and seeing my latest flower!

Old Man of the Mountain

It's been 10 years since New Hampshire iconic face fell off the mountain. Still hard to believe the image that represents NH is no longer. The old man only exists on our state's coin, state signs and in our hearts.

So Very Excited!

My girls and I are meeting up with my cousin and her girls in Newport, RI! We're going to be there from May 17th through the 19th. I haven't been there in so many years and have such great memories of going there while I was in college.
OK, we are actually staying in the Ramada Inn in Middleton, but with all day in Newport, we will hardly know we are sleeping in the town next door...

I am so excited for the girls to see Newport. Maybe I can show Laura Salve Regina and let her consider that college, when she's ready to decide.