Laveda D. Rockford

  Summer Fun in the Garden? As you know I have been planting a new flower garden. Since I am the only one working on it, it has taken me quite a while to get things done. But it is a wonderful thing to look out into the yard and see the progress. I already had iris, roses, Rose of Sharon, daylilies, and Shasta daisies blooming. Yes, okay, one Shasta daisy so far but they are newly planted and to watch one blossom into a beautiful flower is wonderful. Here are a few photos of my flower garden. This is a Hydrangea Tree that will bloom later this summer. It is surrounded by Whirling Butterflies (Gaura) and violas. Did you notice the jar in the center? I painted it to look like a concrete yard ornament matching our Bird bath.  While working on it, I used foam to keep water from entering the cavity. However, the jar, which I bought at a secondhand store, had a crack in it. Well, the foam found that crack and, yes, it almost destroyed my jar. I had to wait until the foam set and p...

  Making a Flower Garden I have spent my days off making a new flower garden for my Mother, Aunt Bonnie, and me to enjoy. It is extremely challenging work to do on my days off, but it will be worth it. I started with a blank slate and shoveled out the old turf in places. Pulling out roots of weeds and grass is still taking much of my time. The weather has not been cooperating this spring. I have had to wait through below freezing temperatures. It is starting to warm up and, of course, it seems to be going into record breaking heat. But it does not displease me in the least. A flower garden will be as it should. Roses, Hydrangeas, Iris, Clematis, Crape myrtles, Day lilies, Lilac, and Euonymus will be the bones of the garden with flowers highlighted around the setting. I have a list of perennial flowers that I would like to purchase but have not found what I am looking for. I hope to find them when summer flowers arrive at the garden centers. Here are some photos of the progress so...