Gardening with Soule

My garden this month has been doing  pretty well.Â
My rose bush has been blooming well all summer.
 I have had some heat casualties but I try to focus on the good things,
 like my four oclocks that I grew from seed.Â
And the nasturtiums that really did well this summer for me,
although in the past I wasn’t [...]

 This week has been another hot one.Â
 Some of my plants aren’t faring as well as others but there are still plenty churning out the blooms.Â
I had to do a lot of weeding and deadheading this week but it’s all good,
as long as I can garden,
 I am not complaining. 

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Too soon I will be indoors watching it [...]

Although many of my plants are giving a wonderful dose of color to the garden,
 I can’t help but enjoy a few of my pots that are bursting with color also. Â
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I have had a few casualties due to the heat this summer, but most have not only survived, but also thrived in the heat.Â
Container gardening can be very rewarding [...]

 

  After a couple of well needed rainy days, the weather has been wonderful.
These past two days, it’s hot but with low humidity so you can actually enjoy being outdoors.Â
 I was finally able to catch up on my yard work and see what is going on out there.Â
I have plenty of blooms putting on their [...]

 Here are a few of the blooms happening today in my garden. 

They just happen to all be

RED!:)Â
Have I mentioned that’s my favorite color?
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 ~” ‘Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!”~William Wordsworth
 

 Dahlias are great flowers.
 They come in all sizes and colors.Â
They grow from tubers you plant in spring after all chances of frost is over.Â
 Dahlias require soil with good drainage and  they do well in partial to full sun. 

Dahlias are not hardy, so they must be dug up before the first frost.  They can be stored and replanted the following [...]

 When I think of Hydrangeas I think of old fashioned gardens.Â
To me, they spell romance and warm summer days.Â
Mine are all very young  but I was able to get enough to fill a vase  this year.Â
 It ended up in my bedroom.Â
It is so fulfilling to see flowers from your own garden right before you fall asleep and as soon as [...]

The flowers in my yard are just loving this hot summer we are having.Â
 We finally had a couple of thunderstorms over the past few days with heavy rain, so many plants were bent over with the weight of water. 

 This is something these plants are not used to.  Â
 I think it helped way more than it hindered [...]

I didn’t have anything garden related to show for vintage thingies thursday so I thought I would share something that would spark a bit of humor in this bathing suit season.Â
 I found this picture among  a box of photos that I purchased from an elderly gentleman at a neighborhood garage sale.  I got a kick [...]