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Happy weekend all !
I have another free e-book to share and this one is for Nook!....Enjoy
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Free E-Book

One more great FREE e-book to share .This one is also for Nook

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/simply-flowers-spring-and-summer-jane-palmer/1101222525?ean=2940011284649

Easy and Crazy Beautiful Double Peonies .

Peonies are my favorite garden flower and I've been growing them for about three years now. This year we had a good crop of flowers for cutting. Peonies like full sun all day, but will bloom as long as they receive four or five hours of direct sun daily. Plant them in well-drained soil (I think fall it the best time) and allow at least two feet between dwarf varieties and four feet between standard varieties (They grow a bit wide within 5 years) When you plant, cover the peony roots so the pink buds or "eyes" are pointing up. Make sure to plant the top of the roots only one and one-half to two inches beneath the soil . A common error is to plant them too deep, which means they won't bloom.

Most peonies will flower for years (20-50) with little care , if you plant them in a sunny area in rich, well-drained soil. I love the outrageously beautiful double peonies, which have multiple rows of petals emerging from the crown of the flower with the crown of the flower covered by petals. There are many varieties include Japanese and Anemone Peonies, Semi-Double Peonies, Bomb Double Peony Flowers. Here are my Sarah Bernhardt Peonies.....Enjoy!                               
                                  

 

Look what I picked from the garden!

Summer Update

The recycle bin project got completed.It's nice to have one place to toss all of our cans and bottles.



The garden is doing much better than I expected and we are sure to have tons of tomatoes soon.

The Organic Veggie Garden

As you can see,our garden is coming right along.
Here's what we have planted:
Butternut squash 3
Eggplant 2
Tomatoes 6
Peppers 3
Mint 2
Lavender 5
Marigolds 10 (from seed)

Vegetable Garden

The garden has been planted.

Sad News

We got this beautiful Lilac(James Macfarlane)planted this weekend.

The 24th brought sad news of a death in the family.

Wildflowers

Columbine



My woodland garden is getting a lot larger and the cost wasn't very much.I decided on a style that would look nice in a woodland setting.Found a good book about wildflowers in Wisconsin(Wildflowers of Wisconsin by Stan Tekiela)I was able to identify lots of native plants and include them in the garden as well.

I found Columbine(which isn't native)Thanks to the birds,it's growing right outside our door.Columbine is an easy to grow perennial.Hummingbird love it,It's a favorite of hummingbirds and bees because the flowers contain lots of nectar.