Garden Scenes

This summer I have really enjoyed my patio gardens and all the critters out there.

hummingbird

Sky lounging on the deck

I have made a couple of changes.  I need to clean the fountain to get it going again, but the small one I removed.

the patio garden

Instead, I added a bird bath.  I like that much better.  I also added the dragon family.

bird bath

another little gnome

I finally found someone who likes those big dried fruits in the bird seed–the honeybees!

honeybees

There’s just so much that I love out here.

Sky on the sidewalk by the herb garden

hummingbird on the shepherd’s hook

the mallow is still blooming

I was afraid the surprise lilies had been destroyed with the septic work, but they went crazy this year with all of the rain.

surprise lilies

I still have a lot of birds out here too.

sparrow on the shepherd’s hook

swallowtail in the front yard

hummingbird

And I just adore my dog.

Sky

It really is my happy place.

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I am so excited.  See what my beautiful spider has done.  She has an egg sac!

garden spider and her egg sac

I’m also pretty proud of myself.  I managed to remove the storm door handle and get a new one and replace it all by myself.  That doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I am the least mechanical person ever.

Sky by the door (notice the spider in the corner).

My dog.  He’s such a good boy.  All of my cats love him.  I never know which one is going to be hanging out with him.

Tiger and Sky

This weekend has been all about getting caught up with things.  I hadn’t mowed the yard in over a week.  I think it was about ready to be cut and made into hay.  But I finally got it done.  I still need to sweep my sidewalk.

newly mown lawn with Sky

I have managed to get some more tomatoes out of my super weedy garden.  I canned another 25 pints.  I actually canned 28, but three didn’t seal for some reason, so I’ll re-process them or just use them.

canned pints of tomatoes

My chickens are really happy with all of my canning.  They get a lot of tomatoes because so many of them are just not good.  It has been the worst year ever for the garden.

hen feasting on tomatoes

All summer, I’ve been hearing house wrens.  I can never seem to find them when I have my camera.  Well, I finally managed to find one.  Granted, I still didn’t have the right lens on my camera, but you can see it.  And the sparrow was posing nicely as usual.

house wren and a sparrow

Next summer, I need to do something with the herb garden.  It’s a bit out of control, and I don’t think I can do another year with it looking like this.

herb garden is an overgrown mess

In a related story, there might have been another addition or so for the gardens.  I’m already planning on the gnomes area and the dragon area etc.

the front post

Soon, the post will get switched out for fall decor.