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natives save the garden tour

15 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by Dusty Lynn Baker in blog, in the gardens

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Buddha, edibles, fairy, garden tour, gardening, master gardener, medicinals, perennials, permaculture, permie love, Zen

DSC02852This past week I quickly became known at the ‘native plants/perennials’ girl.  Although my property had 10 daylily, 4 daffodil, and 2 iris beds before I arrived, I’m keeping not only the perennial tradition, but adding edibles and identifying the existing edibles and medicinals among the many native species on the acreage.

But, with spring ending and summer not here yet, most of my bulbs were not blooming for our annual garden tour.  My specialty?  The beautiful woods around me!

That said, there are a few pretties planted, veggies, fruit bearers, and natives.  Enjoy my bounty!

Buddha on limestone outcrop with daylilies
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Devil's Walking Stick behind grapes, ornamental grass, White Fir
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Pawpaw tree
Front garden
Field path
Cactus, succulants fairy garden
Wild violets and Lirope
Pasture
Spiderwort
Field path
Native fern
Zen garden
Mayapples
Wild black raspberries
Butterfly Weed
Burdock
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a very busy season

12 Friday Jun 2015

Posted by Dusty Lynn Baker in blog, in the gardens

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bantam chickens, edible, garden, garden tour, identification, June, label, medicinal, photo, plant, tranquility, Zen

Plant labels for my property

Labels I made for some of the medicinals/edibles on my property!

I’ve been busy collecting photos and identifying plants for this blog and for a garden tour my home is being featured in this Saturday, June 13th.  Insanity has been my partner as I’ve neglected my garden journal but only because of the many hours that I’ve spent in the gardens!  (And brooding my new bantam chickens!)Zen garden

Above is one of my many projects this spring.  The spot between house and sidewalk refused to allow growth.  Even weeds wouldn’t settle there!  I couldn’t add soil without going over the sidewalk height and couldn’t use a tiller because of gravel from the house build.  So, I took this space and made it into a small spot of tranquility.  I love it!

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Spring chores …

18 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by Dusty Lynn Baker in in the gardens

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chicks, container, dogs, fence, flowers, free range, gardening, kichen, porch, rabbit, spring, transplanting, vegetables, work

… find me busy at work in my gardens and woods.  Putting up fences, building new planting mounds, and transplanting volunteers that need divided or are just growing in the wrong places!

These are three plants needing division because they are crowding themselves.  (The hostas in the middle were divided last year but need moved out from the house also.)

Sedum, Autumn Joy
Sedum, Autumn Joy
Hostas
Ornamental Grass

The ornamental grasses are best burned down in the spring but this large one is right next to an evergreen pine so I have to use pruners on it.

Fence going up at back patio.Fencing is going up around the back patio for the safety of two groups of animals.  I have many stray dogs on my property and they are not all friendly to my dogs.  I’m also brooding chicks and they will be free ranged.  Since I’m not sure how my dogs will behave with them, the fence works two-fold.  (One dog is a little terrier that gets too excited and the other is a Labrador puppy mix that doesn’t know her own strength yet.)  The fence is lined on the inside with rabbit fencing.

Container kitchen garden and strawberries
Shade mixes for my front porch

I also have some front porch pretties and a new container kitchen garden that I bring into my sunroom in the winter.

Tulip Poplar for transplanting

And one last little transplant that I love!  I had many volunteer Tulip Trees (Poplars) in my flower/veggie gardens last year.  In the one year they grew beautifully and now I’m sharing them with friends and moving them to an open field to create some shade areas.

Hope your spring is looking as bountiful!

 

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