tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post5856524539973347188..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: A Year of Afternoon Gardens - JuneNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-66559687352049640282014-06-14T14:20:20.965-04:002014-06-14T14:20:20.965-04:00It seems wonderful to me to have such a nice large...It seems wonderful to me to have such a nice large variety of areas to garden in. But lots of work too. I don't blame you for deciding to concentrate on flowers. I have a small container 'garden' on my front porch with only one veggie in the bunch: basil. :) For me it isn't Spring or Summer until I have flowers. Though occasionally I will plant parsley too. Thanks for sharing your garden with us, Nan. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84092064594979687262014-06-11T01:02:46.378-04:002014-06-11T01:02:46.378-04:00It's a very beautiful garden, and everything y...It's a very beautiful garden, and everything you've done to it makes perfect sense to me. I am sure the day lilies will look fantastic when they are in bloom.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53977514957916663242014-06-10T21:49:00.099-04:002014-06-10T21:49:00.099-04:00I love how you've decided to simplify your liv...I love how you've decided to simplify your lives and just have pretty flowers and your beloved beans. Reading to grandchildren is so much more fun than weeding and watering, don't you think? I have a hedge (maybe 5 individual bushes) of forsythia which are absolutely gorgeous in early spring. As soon as they bloom, I know spring has arrived! My daylilies are blooming and look so cheerful next to the purple salvia and a bright pink hybrid rose. The peonies are finish (so short-lived!), as are the rhodies. I'm hoping my oak leaf hydrangea blooms this year. It was a very rough winter (dry, windy, extremely cold) and a lot of the evergreens and hydrangeas suffered all over town. I had to cut quite a bit of mine back, but it's alive!<br /><br />Enjoy your garden! Won't be long before you have two little helpers toddling along beside you. :)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-83828498465743248502014-06-09T20:40:07.281-04:002014-06-09T20:40:07.281-04:00Your garden reminds me of England. Oh wait, they ...Your garden reminds me of England. Oh wait, they don't call it New England for nothing, do they? Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-52368268264667734392014-06-03T12:09:39.998-04:002014-06-03T12:09:39.998-04:00Beautiful before
and as time goes on
beautiful
but...Beautiful before<br />and as time goes on<br />beautiful<br />but a little different for you.<br />Love seeing<br />all you have done.One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-31983915177644708892014-06-02T20:38:28.051-04:002014-06-02T20:38:28.051-04:00Your gardens look so beautiful. Isn't it fun t...Your gardens look so beautiful. Isn't it fun to try new things? It is interesting to see how our tastes in gardens change over the years. I am now planting more shrubs. Happy Spring.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69057637178245727682014-06-02T11:13:58.617-04:002014-06-02T11:13:58.617-04:00It's all so beautiful and green. It must smel...It's all so beautiful and green. It must smell just wonderful on a warm day. I love the picture of your two children and grandchildren on the sidebar. Could you possibly be any happier or prouder?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39828873778298509832014-06-02T06:30:39.720-04:002014-06-02T06:30:39.720-04:00My, what a lot of space you have!
How I'd love...My, what a lot of space you have!<br />How I'd love to be magically transported over to sit on your patio with you and have a natter.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39043519609159696832014-06-02T02:50:28.982-04:002014-06-02T02:50:28.982-04:00My day lilies are budding up now, I do understand ...My day lilies are budding up now, I do understand how much you love them! I grow them intermingled with other things, for their season is short and I like colour for as much of the year as I can. I moved a white one last year which was very unhappy in it's former home.... and I see that it has at least one stem of buds, so here's hoping! Wishing you a colourful summer there, Nan.Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-76729318607694489472014-06-02T00:56:33.527-04:002014-06-02T00:56:33.527-04:00Just this morning, walking in a nearby nature sanc...Just this morning, walking in a nearby nature sanctuary, we decided that we need to plant some Babtista. The australis is one we are looking to get and here you are showing it. I love your choices of plants in honor of the babies, Nan. We have done the same with our grands. <br />Your beds are looking good and hope to see them as they grow. <br />Have you ever read Barbara Cooney's children's book, Miss Rumphious? It is a delight and I thought of it reading about your lupines. Miss Rumphius, after some life adventures, sets out to make the world a better place by scattering lupine seeds wherever she goes. It is a lovely storybook for young, and not so, with beautiful illustrations. You might enjoy it. Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-61584040149329049102014-06-01T21:22:31.001-04:002014-06-01T21:22:31.001-04:00Oh that GREEN! Beautiful gardens, all of them!! An...Oh that GREEN! Beautiful gardens, all of them!! And I too love the masthead photos of lilacs. Stunning! I bet they smell sweet.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84157147819637063702014-06-01T18:55:20.223-04:002014-06-01T18:55:20.223-04:00Thanks for letting me live another life for a few ...Thanks for letting me live another life for a few minutes! Your gardens are simply charming, welcoming, and oh so beautifully green....I love daylilies and will enjoy following their progress. <br /><br />The lilac header shot is wonderful (I swear I can nearly catch their wonderful scent). They were through blooming by the time we got to Oregon (and of course another 'never in Florida' one).Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.com