Lovely Day . . .

 

Talk about a perfect day, June 3 was it.

I had gardening tasks on my schedule

and the cool morning temperatures suited me just fine. 

 

Perfect weather for gardening.

 

blue sky day

wind was gusty

oh my, love the sound

no humidity

did I say

PERFECT

 In one of the front gardens

Iris and Hibiscus are blooming

Poppies are almost ready to pop

the only negative for the day

oak pollen

huge, billowing, piles of it

you can see one of the pollen pieces under the orange flower

and the yellow pollen on the purple leaves

my focus was the garden in the back 

 this is the third year for this garden

mostly perennials

today I cleaned, fertilized and

covered it with cocoa bean mulch

wonderful fragrance

I created this perennial garden here in the back yard

so I could view it from the screened in porch  

the hummingbirds and other birds enjoy this space too

 this will be my next garden to work on

transferring more ostrich ferns into this space

and covering the ground with the cocoa bean mulch

and then I will work toward the front of the house
cleaning up the oak pollen
weeding, thinning, planting
plus adding more of the cocoa bean mulch

after that, I can sit back and relax
because Mr. Irish Garden House
has scheduled someone to come in to
clean, prune and move some shrubs
lay some mulch
plus cut up the trees that fell in the storm
just in time for a special happening this weekend.
I will tell you more about that a bit later.
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Until next time,
Love, Lynne