Thursday, June 9, 2011

Kitchen to Hearthroom - Phase One

On Monday the 6th Keira helped me paint the Kitchen Silver Sateen (Baer.)  Then i painted all of the trim Snowy Pine (Baer.)

Where Did the Last Month Go?

The California Poppies have been in bloom for a few weeks. Today I found that the ranunculus I planted in the flowerbed at the end of the drive are all up!  They may even bloom.  I am so excited.  The weather is very much behind this year and there are no roses except for a handful of the climbing rose on the arbor.  The strawberries have begun to set fruit and the cane berries all have at least one blossom. 

I planted 7 tomato plants just after mother's day and all are doing as well as can be expected except for one.

Today I made chive blossom vinegar.

Two weeks ago a friend took the tulip magnolia away and the north garden looks so much better.  I was even able to enlarge and square up the strawberry patch and add a few more plants.

I took som stones left over from the  walk way in the north Garden and made a path through the long east flower bed in the South Garden.  It is darling.

A Month ago we had 1.5 units of bark dust delivered and worked ourselves senseless spreading it all out.  It looks SO good, we put it every where.