A LOVELY KOSIUSKO GARDEN

Random shots from a garden tour.

GARDEN TOUR

More photos from latest garden tour.

A COTTAGE GARDEN TOUR

MG'S have been on the road again touring gardens. Enjoy!

Excellent choices in plant material and how it was mixed. Just paths and plants in front and on sides-no mowing. Will share back garden later.

ROAD TRIP

Last week a few of us Master Gardeners took a road trip to Swan Creek Farms and Waterfowl Park in Montcello,Ms. It was a lovely place with beautiful lanscaping-got lots of great ideas. One of the owners is a landscape architect and is an expert on installing water gardens, he gave a seminar on water features and told us about the ones on the farm. Great outdoor fireplace for those cool evenings-what?- you didn't know we had those here in Mississippi-well sometimes!

Azaleas blooming in August!

RESTING PLACES IN A GARDEN

All gardens need resting places for the weary gardener to relax and enjoy his or her work.Or maybe for a visitor to sit and take in your garsen. Here are a few you might enjoy .

ROOTING BOXWOODS

Have you ever rooted boxwoods? Now is the time to do it-June, July and August seems to work best for rooting evergreens. Cut of a piece about 6 to 8 inches long and strip the botton leaves. I just stick mine in the ground in a shady place that doesn't dry out  too much. They will be rooted by spring, when you can transplant, though most of the time I don't transplant until the fall-I hate watering and if you transplant in fall  you don't have to water as much. I guess you coould plant from seed, though I never have. See the little seed pods on the bush above. I would pick them and put them in the fridge, so they can go through a cold period-and then plant them in the spring.

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN EVERYBODY WANTS

Come through the garden gate for a tour of this wonderful vegetable garden. This was on a tour I took in the spring, so don't know who the lucky owner is. A garden like this would make a farmer out of me!

Paths wide enough for a wheelbarrow, and no mud when you are watering! A fence to keep the dogs out and a chair to relax in-this garden has everything!