EXTENSION OFFICE PLANTER

tHIS IS THE PLANTER AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE THAT BRITTANY AND I PLANTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. IT IS FILLING IN NICELY AND THE SUCCULENTS AND SWEET POTATOE VINE HAVE REGUIRED HARDLY ANY WATER- EVEN IN OUR HEAT. OF COURSE THE NEXT THREE DAYS WILL "TELL THE TALE" AS THE SAYING GOES. WE HAVE 100 AND ABOVE TEMPS PREDICTED WITH VERY HIGH HEAT INDEX PREDICTED.

LILLIE MAES POTTED GARDEN

THESE ARE SOME OF LILLIE MAES POTTED PLANTS, SCATTERED THROUGH OUT HER GARDEN. AS YOU CAN SEE ALMOST ANYTHING CAN BE USED TO HOLD POTTED PLANTS, FROM A FANCY PLANTER TO AN OLD WASH POT-AND IT ALL LOOKS GOOD IN THE RIGHT SETTING.

INCREASING YOUR DAYLILLY'S

THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SOME DAYLILLIES GET THESE SMALL PLANTS SHOWING UP ON THE SIDE OF THE STEM. THEY ARE CALLED PROLIFERATIONS.IF YOU GENTLY PULL THIS OF OR EVEN CUT IT WITH ABOUT TWO INCHES OF THE STEM ATTACHED, YOU CAN EITHER POT IT UP OR PUT IT IN A CUP OF WATER-EITHER WAY IT WILL ROOT. I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND POT MINE UP. THIS IS GREAT IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LILLY , AS THE NEW ONE IS IDENTICAL THE THT MOTHER PLANT.

A POTTED GARDEN

MORE PICTURES OF BRITTANY'S POTTED GARDEN. LOVE THE COMBINATIONS, DON'T YOU?

BRITTANY'S GARDEN

MG BRITTANY LIVES ON A FARM- IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE I MIGHT ADD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, DON'T YOU LIKE THE POND AND THE GREAT ROLLING GREEN PASTURE? BRITTANY JUST MOVED HER LAST YEAR AND THIS IS HER FIRST SUMMER, AND WHILE SHE HAS PLANTED SOME THINGS, MOST OF HER GARDENING THIS YEAR IS IN POTS- I WILL BE SHOWING MORE OF THESE LATER. IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING TO WATCH A GARDEN EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS- THIS WILL BE FUN TO KEEP UP WITH .

LILLIE MAES GARDEN

LILLIE MAE IS DIGGINGUP A CORAL VINE FOR JUDY.
THIS HIBISCUS IS AN OLD VARIETY.

CUTE LITTLE BENCH MAKES A NICE ACCENT. I LOVE THIS STRIPED GRASS AS AN OULINE FOR THIS BED OF LANTANA.

LEARNING ABOUT BLUEBERRIES

LAST THURSDAY THE MG'S WENT TO MS JUDITH'S BLUEBERRY FARM.WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BLUEBERRIES AND WENT DOWN IN THE FIELDS TO PICK. IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE DAY.YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A HUGE FARM TO GROW BLUEBERRIES. IN FACT I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD PLANT A COUPLE OF TREES IN THEIR YARDS. YOU CAN GET SHORT ONES OR TALL ONES AND A LOT OF THEM ARE EVERGREEN AND CHANGE TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLORS IN THE FALL. BLUEBERRIES ARE JUST GREAT TREES TO GROW. THE TOP PICTURE IS OF MS. JUDITH GIVING HER VERY INFORMATIVE TALK, THE SECOND PICTURE IS ONE OF OUR MG GROUP-MINUS ME- I WAS TAKING THE PHOTO.THE NEXT PICTURE IS A HUGE KIWI AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS LOADED. I COULD JUST SIT UNDER THIS VINE AND EAT KIWIS UNTIL I WAS SICK!

MORE OF LILLIE MAE'S GARDEN

dON'T YOU LOVE THE OLD FASHIONED PHLOX? THEY SMELL SO GOOD. i THINK THIS WINDMILL WITH A CUCUBER GROWING UP IT IS PRETTY CLEVER- IT IS AT THE BACK OF A FLOWER BED AND YOU JUST THINK IT'S SOME KIND OF ORNAMENTAL VINE UNLESS YOU GET REALLY CLOSE. angels in a garden are a good thing-don't you think? we still have more pictures of this garden, but i will give you a break and show you our master gardener feild trip to mg ms.judith's blueberry farm next time.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCARECROWS

LILLIE MAE AND HER SON HAVE A VEGETABLE GARDEN AND THEY USE THESE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR SCARECROWS. THEY SAY THEY HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH DEER EATING THEIR PEAS. I THINK THIS IS THE MOST CLEVER IDEA AND SO CUTE!!!

MORE OF LILLIE MAE'S GARDEN

AS PROMISED MORE PICS OF LILLIE MAE'S GARDEN. THE FOUNTAIN IS VERY REFRESHING ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, AND IS SET OF VERY WELL WITH THE FLAGSTONE AND THE EVERGREENS-EVEN IN WINTER. OLD RELIABLE TIGER LILLYS LOOK GREAT AS A BACKGROUND FOR THIS CUTE GARDEN SIGN.THE LANTANA IS LOOKING GREAT AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THE PURPLE RUELLIA MIXED IN-GREAT COMBINATION.

VISITING A MG'S GARDEN

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS I WILL BE GIVING YOU A TOUR OF MASTER GARDENER LILLIE MAE's GARDEN. SHE HAS A HUGE GARDEN, SO IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO SHOW IT OF. THESE PICTURES ARE OF THE FRONT, WITH JUST A FEW OF THE FLOWER BEDS VISIBLE. AND OF COURSE SHE IS HAVING TO DIG AND SHARE WITH JUDY AND I. LILLIE MAE LVES ON A HILL AND THERE IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL COOL BREEZE BLOWING AND IT IS SO PEACEFUL AND SHADY HERE UNDER THE PINES.