Daylillies

I wanted to document my daylilys. I have planted quite a few this year and several of them have bloomed. These have been planted for at least one year, some of them more. Unfortunately each bloom only lasts a day. I got a lot of these daylilys last year when I visited with my sister. She gave me a bunch and we went to a daylily farm. If you've never been to one, you are really missing an experience. They have their lilies in the ground and they dig them up for you. If you're fortunate enough to go when they are blooming, you will see exactly what you are getting. I know there used to be one on the other side of Madisonville and know there are at least 2 of them up around my sister.

This is not a day lily, but I do love it. It's called a Stargazer. It smells soooo good.

My ditch lillies have been planted here about 20 years or so. They have spread and been divided several times.

Sundried Tomatoes

I have found a recipe that looks really good. It calls for sundried tomatoes. Since we all know how expensive they are I decided to make my own. I have four trays for drying and I filled it two times. It takes a while (about 6 or 7 hours) but in the end I had a bunch of leathery tomatoes. I put them in freezer bags and froze them. This winter they will be mighty tasty.

Veggie garden

Mid to Late May 2013

This picture was after the garden was about 2 or 3 weeks old

Growing

Looks so nice right after you work in it

Growing nicely!!

This is what we picked one night last week... 

some of my favorites

Some of  my favorites this year

We bought this at the Memonite Farmer's Market in Cerulean. It finished (I thought) blooming a couple of weeks after we planted it. I was so surprised and pleased when I saw new bus and blooms on it. It is about 2 1/2 or so feet tall and does not fall down like the taller ones.

Bee Balm

Bee Balm

Update on last year's new flower bed

Update on the New Flower Bed http://mygarden-april.blogspot.com/2012/08/update-on-new-flower-bed.html      click on the link to see pictures of this flower bed last year.

 

I got this bench from a friend on the Princeton Yard Sale page on Facebook. The rocks are from the creek at Mom and Dad's place.

 

 

I moved the birdbath from the back of the yard to this bed. It looks much better here. 

 

This deranged rabbit was a gift to my Mom from her Sunday School class. Creepy, the eyes seem to follow you where ever you go.... 

 

Before we put the stepping stones from the creek down. 

First from the garden

I was pleasantly surprised to find these when I went out to check the garden tonight. Last year our radishes had good tops but nothing on the bottom. I may have got three radishes last year.