Wednesday's Walk-My flower garden

Last year, Mike helped me rip up some of the sod near our house so that I could put in a larger flower garden. I was hoping that if I placed the garden a little closer to the house it would be less likely to become a deer buffet station. It has worked somewhat, I have had a few deer casualties, but not as many as I did last year in the smaller bed.

This is what the bed looked like this May. The greenery that you see is the tulips and pansies coming up. I think those are the only plants we've actually purchased for this garden. The rest were transplanted from other parts of the property or given to me from friends.

Here's another shot at the end of May. The tulips have bloomed and the peonies were coming up. I am definitely getting some more tulips this fall to fill this in more. It's such a fun burst of color after the many months of white. You can also see where I was in the process of removing the rocks next to the garage to make room for more plants. You can also see the lattice fence Mike put up for me to help hide the gas tank. I think I will find a vine to plant on it next year.

Here's the bed in June. Some of the daisies came up quite huge this year, but I didn't get a picture when the whole plant was in bloom along with the peonies. :o( The purple flowers are chives that were given to me for the vegetable garden, but they had taken over so I transplanted some of them here. The greenery next to the garage are phlox plants that I found in our woods. I transplanted 5 tiny plants last spring into the smaller bed but after a year they had multiplied and I transplanted 9 large ones into this bed.

I almost forgot to take a picture in July. I moved my pots of herbs here to fill in some of the sparse areas. I transplanted more daisies, but they are pretty small right now so there's a lot of empty space in there. The phlox bloomed nicely this year, but I think next year they will probably take over this bed.

Here's what it looks like right now. Yes, that's a lawn mower and tractor in the background. Mike had both of them out and because of the roofing things in the storage building, couldn't get them back in right away. You can also just see my office window under the deck. That's where I sit and watch the birds at our bird feeders and get to enjoy seeing these flowers-another benefit to moving the bed closer to the house. :o)

I think it's funny that I got Coco and Princess in several of these and didn't even realize it till I sat down here to write this. Next year I think I may try and take pictures on a weekly basis and use them in a garden journal to help me make plans for the year after that. I did think ahead this year and put a golf tee where each of my tulips are so that this fall I will know where not to dig to plant some more.

If you click on the pictures, you can see them much larger and see more of the details.

Well, that's it for our walk this week. Till next time...
God's love and blessings!