Garden Gnome's 2009 Garden Adventures

9 Jul '09 9:32 pm

Hello to those interested.

Well here we are in July again and what a summer it's been so far. I took on this puppet job and it's still not quite complete. Problems in and out of the shop have slowed me down and I'm still not getting things done around the house like I had planned to do, this year.HARUMPH!

Well, I still cant let the gardens be totally neglected, so I always try and get the odd hour or two to get things moving. I managed to get some rather keen bits of junk from my favorite junk pile and turned them into giant planters without much palaver. Mom has come over quite a bit and has been planting lots of stuff from the greenhouse. the greenhouse is almost empty. The other day I managed to get 80 plants into the ground and Deb and I put together the window boxes at long last.

There is just so much that has to be explained. It's hard to relate. So much has changed in our yard over the last two years. I will sort out the pix and post some soon for your eager eyes. Here are a few pix to tease you just a bit.

Sorry for the laps in posting, but you know us gnomes are always doing something.

Keep happy.

Christopher

10 Jul '09 5:54 am

Well now I feel a bit better. Sometimes I've wondered if the gnome had not only a ghost writer but also a ghost carpenter and a ghost gardener, he seemed to achieve so much! Why is it that we never get as much done as we plan to???

Keep well to all our human, animal, vegetable and mineral friends in Regina!

14 Jul '09 1:40 pm

Greetings Green Thumbs,

Now for the long overdue update. Say Jack, you hit upon the bane of my existence and that is we never get as much done as we plan to. OH! The pain....the pain!

I had a grand idea of opening a separate post on each of the new things you are about to see and show there progression and development, but I'm afraid that would be tedious to wright and read. Instead I am just going to let you have it. Our gardens as they are right now and I will try and accompany each pic with a short explanation. If you see something you like and want to know more about it, just post a remark here and I will elaborate for you.

To be honest, I haven't posted photos of a lot of this stuff because I was going to do it in a grand way, but I don't think I will ever be able to do that, so, here you go.

Christopher, the Gnome of many hats.

15 Jul '09 8:36 am

Wow Christopher, you have been busy! The daylilies are looking gorgeous. The newly planted gardens look fab. Sir Christopher looks like a very cheery fellow Cool

15 Jul '09 4:43 pm

(Sounds like a Victorian Travelling Theatre Group!)

Now why didn't I think of using an old bath for a water feature! I shall be on the lookout for one. Waterproofing water features are the bane of my life. They leak so easily! I think I've got the formula now, though: I use Coprox, a branded waterproofer mixed into the plaster and then paint with two layers of what we call 'bakkie paint' in SA: the rubberised paint used to protect the inside of a truck's/yute's loadbed. That has more 'give' than plaster, which tends to form hairline cracks with changes in temperature.

And I wouldn't mind a resident weather-vane-maker either: what a beaute! (Not to mention the peony, one of the plants I've given up on...)

As for all the many plants still waiting to be planted... have the buzy bees (led by Queen Bee Mom) over-catered this summer? Laughing

17 Jul '09 7:05 am

What an exhilerating post GG,but tantalising when the words get cut off because there are too many of them- Mom bought the.......(?)It hol...(?)the w....(?)
Never mind-it has all cheered me enormously as my bedraggled,frost-bitten tatty garden has been getting me down,so to see all the promise of new life does my heart good.
I really like the claw-foot bath.New ones sell for $1000 here(for use in a bathroom though)Groupin of lupins is not lost on me.
Next year for the grotto hopefully?
The tree garden is looking good-did you grow the leafy plants(I can't think of their names) as they are notoriously difficult to grow for me.
and the weather vane is brilliant,and i specially love the deep red geraniumsin the window box-perfect.
All the best for a fascinating garden-

Garden Gnome's 2009 Garden Adventures

Long time gone, time to catch up.

Busy gnome!

Prommised Update With Pix

Sir Christopher's Company

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