Clematis

Hello again!

We have a small garden shop located along Route 101 which is one of my favorites to visit. This past April, it was a gorgeous day when my daughter and I drove by. We noticed the shop was open and they had taken the plastic off their greenhouses. So, my Meredith and I pulled in to poke around.

In the back of the property, there was a plastic covered greenhouse with all the stuff they felt had not survived the winter well and they were about to throw them away. This and another clematis plant was in there and I was not able to allow that to happen; so they allowed me to take two home. Instantly, they started to green up and grow so happily.

Well, to my surprise this morning this flower and more were fully bloomed! I haven't even popped the plants into the ground yet!!! And I am not going to plant them and all my plants until after next weekend (and RI)... as I expected, just after Mother's Day, the nights drop into the 30s again and my spoiled plants will not enjoy that. (LOL! Wait until next spring, they will not be as coddled.

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Mother's Day Tree

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We call this the Mother's Day Tree because it never seems to fail to bloom so beautifully the same week as the big day.

Tonight, I just couldn't believe how beautiful it looked with the spot light on it.

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Holy GTI, Is That ME?

That's me! Driving my new car home, yesterday, for the first time!

It's a really fun car. Standard of course, just like my car, the TR7.

My VW Golf was one of the smartest purchases; I was thrilled with the car for many years. So this time around after a lot of thinking and looking I finally realized it was a "no-brainer", get another VW.

This GTI is a very good car and a lot of fun to drive. I feel so lucky and I have to admit that the little sports car helps with that mid-life "thing".

I got a vanity plate~ -BROOM-. LOL. Yes, as in Hilda! ;)

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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

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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!!!