Gardening

The wisteria is blooming so it smells really good when I get out of the car.  The poppies bloomed and were crushed in a downpour.  The peonies are pretty this year but battling with heavy rain too.

I'm going for a minimalist look this year.  Most of my patio pots have a perennial in them so I just tucked in one or two annuals and called it good.

I've been doing some planting for Sam and Angela's wedding.  My thumb isn't green so I hope I can keep everything alive until the big day.

I planted geraniums in the front window boxes.  In the past I have added lobelia and other trailing plants.  But in my minimalist approach this year I decided to leave those out.  They are high maintenance and cover my red, white and blue swags that I put out for the 4th of July.  It will be a lot less watering too.

Our locust tree is starting to bloom.  We enjoyed my in-law's tree last week.  Their tree is ahead of ours by about ten days.  It gives off a beautiful fragrance and a buzzing sound from the bees.  It's pretty too.

And then it's messy, very messy.  But I still love this tree.

It's this time of year when people always ask me about our vegetable garden.  Hah!  We don't have one.

Why would we?  Haggens grocery store has a wonderful produce department and we have the Green Barn just a few miles down the road. 

Keeping it simple here at the Stone House.