Gardens through the seasons

20 Sep '06 2:02 am

Thanks to both of you for your wonderful compliments. The climbers on the swing arbor are New Dawn Roses mixed with 'Etoile Violette' Clematis. I ordered this combination from a catalogue and they had dubbed it "Dawn and Dusk". Very pretty when the deep purple clematis blooms peek through the pink roses.

My husband and I have really enjoyed working together on all our projects. For the most part we achieve them without too much argument. Although, I will admit there are times when we just have to take "time out".

We are very fortunate that we have so much space to work with and that we both enjoy the outdoors so much.

Faith

14 Nov '06 9:30 am

Some time ago I promised to get some pictures of our trees once they took on their fall color. Well, finally, here they are. I am also including photos depicting the birth of my latest "Rose Berm". Hope you enjoy them.

Faith

14 Nov '06 9:48 am

These trees/photos are gorgeous!! Your natural ...neigbourhood is gorgeous!Lucky you! Two Autumns ago I was in your beautiful Minneapolis (very north, of course) , and this dreamy, unbelievable spectacle of your splendid American Autumnal natural beauty is still stuck on my memory!!

And I do love your gardening plans! Good luck!

14 Nov '06 1:40 pm

I've just been going through this thread. What a beautiful garden you have. Smile

15 Nov '06 3:34 am

Dear Liza, thanks for taking the time to read about my fall garden and plans. The fall color in the Northeast USA is usually much more impressive than ours in the Southeast; however, this year we have had beautiful color. I have truly enjoyed my travels in the car because it gave me a chance to view the lovely hills covered in brilliantly colored trees.

Anna, thanks for your kind comments. By the way, I too am a Tolkein fan who has read The Hobbit and the LOR Trilogy several times. Is the Avatar Gollum?

Faith

15 Nov '06 10:32 am

Ah, now I see where your comment on the other forum was aimed. Smile

Did I give his name? He's 'Rob Anybody'. And he's the head Nac Mac Feegle in his clan, after the Kelda (like a Queen).

2 Jan '07 7:25 am

Hello again to everyone. After dropping our daughter off at the airport for her return to California, we decided to purchase the stone pavers to complete the seating area in our new rose berm. Of course, there are no roses installed as yet, but that will come in the spring.

The pictures below show the new berm with seating area complete. The arbor that can be seen (somewhat) linking the old berm to the new one was a gift from my co-workers upon my retirement. I hope to have two beautiful climbing roses growing on it by summer. I have chosen a lovely single peach colored rose named "Bridge of Sighs" for one side and a double peach to buff colored rose named "Ginger Syllabub" for the other. I can't wait to see how they will do.

For now, dreams are all I have as you can see from the photos that everything is rather drab and lifeless at present.

Faith

2 Jan '07 11:26 am

Your Moosey friends are able to dream with you ,dear Faith ...Others may see a heap of dirt ,but we have vision ,motivation and patience ..of course we know it will be a gorgeous place - thanks for sharing your plans with us .I haven't heard of the roses you have ,but adore the subtlety of peachy colours ,and hope you will put some photos on when they are blooming .
Dixie.

3 Jan '07 3:37 am

Faith, dear Dixie has spoken for me! But I also "see" some brilliant red and white Roses in your dream Rose Garden, apart from the peachy ones, of course...

3 Jan '07 4:02 am

Thanks Dixie, I can't think of anyone I would like to share my dreams with more than my Forum friends.

This morning after picking out my horses stalls, I decided to get some photos in the early morning sun. I tried to get pics of the horses viewed across the pond, but of course by the time I had retrieved the camera from inside, they had spread out. Before they were all standing in a nice group close together, which would have made a nice picture. The other pictures are of my Christmas present cranes that have been installed beside our smaller marsh pond. We call it the marsh pond because in winter when the rains come the small pond spreads out to cover a low area alongside making a seasonal marsh. Some people might not like the untidy look of the marsh once all the rampant growth starts in summer, but we rather like it being wild. We mow it all down in late fall when the ground is dry so it can start fresh once the winter rains come. I also tried to get some flower pictures to include, but since all I have right now are pansies (and those looking a little worse for wear) that's all I could include.

Winter here can be beautiful if you appreciate the small things.

Faith

Gardens through the seasons

Garden seats

Fall Color

Thank you, Faith!

Fall Color

New rose berm

Dreams

Dreams coming true..

Garden Dreams