{ Harvesting Hollyhock Seeds }

 Who wants some????

Email me with your name and addy and I'll stick some in the mail for you!!! 

Please put 'hollyhocks' in the subject line!!!!

{ Sneaking back in... }

...to Blogland with pictures of the Hollyhocks I grew from seed. The ONLY thing I've ever been able to grow from seed!

AND, to everyone who worried about me and sent help, we made it through. A million thank yous.

~big sigh of relief and gratitude~

{ Wishin' and Hopin' }

... for some warmth and color to show up soon!!! I'm so down in the dumps these days!! Last week was a killer! Spent Tues, Wed and Thurs passing a kidney stone. I know! Yikes! My third go-around with those demons and this was the worst!! Went to work Friday and ended up with a migraine. Good grief! Came home Monday and all of our cable was off. Couldn't pay our bill. Got it turned back on yesterday, and now I have a killer head cold!! When will it end????

Took a little walk outside to get some fresh air, and LO! and Behold! Found some greenies!!!

Sweet bulbs peeking out!!

All of my roses are budding out!!

And the pretty little violas, of which I have thousands it seems, are showing their darling little faces! Won't be long now! Can't wait to get my hands dirty!!! How about you????

{ Spring is just around the corner... }

....how do I know? This came in the mail today :-)

WOO HOO!!!

{Eye Candy}

While blog hopping I came upon this gorgeous blog. Every photo on every page is a visual delight. I urge you to spend some time there. You won't be sorry.

Blomsterverkstad

(Swedish for 'flowershop')

(White Wednesday again}

Went to our favorite nursery last Saturday because they were having an end-of-season sale. (You can see pictures of this awesome place in this post) Bought several perennials, including this sweet double Shasta Daisy. I love how it looks like a fuzzy pompom!

I also found the mock orange I've been hunting for...a Minnesota Snowflake!

 It looks like this now...

..and I'm hoping that next year it will look like this!

Be sure to visit Kathleen at FADED CHARM for this weeks White Wednesday Blog Party!!!

{Roses for White Wednesday}

I am participating in my first White Wednesday! It is my hope that some of you may 

be able to ID this sweet little white rose I have in my front yard.

I t is a diminutive 18" tall, and the flowers are doubles! They are so sweet, and I'd love to know the plants ID!

Hop on over to FADED CHARM and see all the beautiful WHITES for this week!!!

See ya!

Something ate....

all the Roma tomatoes off my bush. Every last one. ~sniff~

Shopping trip...garden and thrifting

Went to the nursery. It was lovely as usual, just too early in the season to be too lush and green. They do great little vignette displays, but I only got a couple of pics before my camera died.



This is a storage... shed. Love it!



I didn't buy any of their roses..they were $30! Not knowing if I could even grow roses, I opted for these $6.00 beauties from Wal-mart, along with a couple sweet hyacinths coming into bloom.




I did buy a nice rosemary plant, a couple of sedums and this pretty pink geranium at the nursery. They didn't have the place filled yet, so will go back in a few weeks.



We did go thrifting as well. I don't seem to bring as much home these days as I've done in the past. Maybe I'm getting more selective, or maybe I'm just feeling really cheap!!

I came home with these adorable shoes!!!


This sweet vinatge clock that works perfectly...


and these cutie patooties..


Had a great day and now it's time to bbq burgers!!! Thank goodness for spring!!!

No Pink Saturday for me this week :-(

Well, I just didn't have time to get anything together this week. We've been way too busy with trying to get the spare bedroom remodel done before the good weather hits and we have to spend all of our time in the yard. I'm beginning to regret putting in so many flower beds. The older I get the less upkeep I feel like doing. The yards are a total mess because I never get around to doing any fall clean-up. Woe is me.

How embarrassing!!!

This weekend is supposed to be very warm, so hopefully we can something done. Today we're going to an awesome local nursery, Schilling's Solar City Gardens.


Everything they have is propagated locally to withstand our High Desert environment. I'll be looking for some PINK ROSES. I've never tried roses here, so we'll see.

My hens and chicks survived the winter in a grand fashion! I just can't seem to get enough of them!!





Time to make breakfast! I'll be back later with, hopefully, pictures of my new rose bushes!!

(My 1 year blogiversary is on the 23rd of this month. I'll be doing an awesome giveaway, so check back!!)

How does YOUR garden grow...

Yeah, we like corn :-)

Thursday....

Boy Howdy! this has been a long week, and it ain't over yet! It's prep week at school, the calm before the summer session storm, and I'm trying to get caught up with paperwork, filing, etc., not to mention getting everything ready for the girls on Monday. Prep weeks are nice 'cuz I can play cds while I work, loud iffen I want :-) I'm not bothered with phone calls, whiny students or other staff needs. This week just seems to be dragging however. Methinks it's because the weather is phenomonal right now and I would rather be home in the garden.

Speaking of garden, I had inherited some green pvc vinyl trellises when a store I worked for closed down. We used to have them hanging on the side of our ancient, sagging garage for some color, but last week we decided to take them down and put them on fence surrounding the dog yard to pretty it up a tad. The fence was pretty rough as it was just thrown up in a hurry by two guys that really didn't know what they were doing! It was supposed to just be utile, but I couldn't take the sheer ugliness of it any longer. Now it looks like a 'secret garden' because you can't see into the dog yard as easily as you could before. I have great ideas sometimes..really I do!! :-)
Shoes of choice for today...