Today we were away from home most of the day. When we got home close to sunset we saw this guy. He turned around mid-meal for this “pose”.
Yesterday a neighbor couple came over to see the garden. They asked how we keep the squirrels off the feeders. When Sandy isn’t visiting, clearly, we don’t 😏 One feeder is closer in to the tree. Most of the time the birds have both feeders, but when one of the squirrels comes by, they almost always stay to the back feeder.
Today was the the second hosta scape trimming day of the season. The first was a few weeks ago after the ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ hosta were done blooming. I trim the hosta scapes after the flowers bloom because I don’t harvest hosta seeds and I don’t want the plants to expend much energy making seeds. Daylilies are another story. I’ll probably do a post on that soon.
Our Guest in the Garden was here again today. He supervised.
Our ‘Pink China Doll’ daylily had it’s last bloom of the season on Thursday. This was one of our first daylilies here, I’m thinking over 10 years old. It is one of my favorites.
I noticed the blooms seemed a bit smaller this year. I’m going to have to look into that. We’ve done fall fertilizing with shake and pour pellets in the past but last fall we went to just coffee grounds. Maybe it needs an extra boost this fall again.
Just like our ‘Patriot’ hostas, our ‘Forget-Me-Not’ plants are more than pretty. I planted them the year my husband’s father passed. We miss him. That year, not long afterward, we lost a dear neighbor as well.
Every year the forget-me-nots come back. They are a wonderful link back to our memories of my father-in-law and our neighbor.
Yesterday our dear Missy’s grandfather passed. Our thoughts and love and prayers are with her and her family.
Missy shares my love for gardening and beautiful lilies. We will offer a forget-me-not plant to add to her garden.
Today was an off and on rainy day. I got about 3 minutes in the garden tonight before it started pouring rain.
I was also a little bummed it was a rainy evening because today the last two ‘South Seas’ daylily buds bloomed. They go way too fast, but their huge gorgeous blooms are such a treat, and when there are multiple blooms together it is delightful. Here’s what it looked like a few days ago.
After the rain, we had quite a few visitors to the garden so that was fun. We tried to capture from inside the house. It’s a bit grainy, but you get the idea …
Some parts of a garden are more than just pretty. They mean something. They are tied to memories. That is true of our ‘Patriot’ hostas. I planted them during the years our son was in the Army National Guard. My father-in-law served in World War II, my husband served in Bosnia, and our son served in Afghanistan. We are a patriotic family.
Our ‘Patriot’ hostas have gotten large, been divided and shared with our friends and neighbors, and now they are doing well in many gardens.
Thank you to all those who have served and those who are serving in our military.
A while ago we got a huge bag of sunflower seed hearts. We started putting them in one of the feeders. The birds (and squirrels) went nuts. Easy eating! They are nice because there are no shells left behind to clean up, no black oiled sunflower seed shell chemical to kill plants, and no sunflowers growing in the grass under the tree.
The hearts are, understandably, more expensive, but there is at least twice the actual food.
We picked up a second bag on our garden store shopping trip Saturday.
Despite the easy eating, some seeds must still make it to the ground. The neighborhood bunny starts making the rounds about 8:00 each night. He usually gets here around 10 pm. Tonight we got an early visit. I had to zoom and be stealthy to get this pic.
The ‘Marque Moon’ daylilies have 13 blooms today! Stunning! They are hitting their stride. In previous years they have bloomed into September!
The ‘Hush Little Baby’ daylily we bought yesterday bloomed in our garden for the first time today.
Our largest ‘Just Plum Happy’ daylily has 12 blooms today! Beautiful!
Daylily “twins” are always such a treat. Two daylilies on the same stem, so close together. Here’s some “twins” from today’s blooms.
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