Now are Evenings the best time to work in the garden

Just now it's too hot to work in the gardens in the middle of the day, so early mornings, or evenings.

Since the sun going down around 22:00 there is a good 4 hours to do some job.

Like shifting stones for a new path!

But first: The Great Globe Thistle opened up its first flower today and quickly the Bumble Bees where there, I love it, my garden is buzzing all day long as I hoped :D

And just below in the shadow is the Dahlia "Playa Blanca" brighten up with it's first flower as well

In my shadow garden behind the "barn" have some work been done, yes I do actually working in the garden as well as taking photos of pretty flowers, they all need a start :D

Some of You maybe remember the mudbath it was there when I started this spring, if not, here it IS

Digging new flowerbeds here is always intresting, and hard work. Since there wheren't any Garbage collecting in the old days, people digged holes in their garden and dumped the stuff there. I find a lot of animal bones, porcelain, rusty metal, corks,... but mostly rocks and slagstones.

The rounder rocks going to a new path in the large shadow flower bed, from the garden to the compost. I just fill up everytime I find one

My Yellow "Meadow-Rue"/"Aklejruta" is the first to bloom in the part to the west, but more is coming

It looks pretty empty now, but these plants will be pretty large so I space them out a bit and have planted a lot of different ground cover plants to keep the moist here in the future.

(far left is a willow from our cottage)

Here to the East have the Rhododendrons had their amazing show, and now it's the different Day Lillies time to show off. Here the "Bugle weed"/"Revsuga" quickly cover the ground.

Next to the shaddow flower bed is the Irisbed. My neighbor cats use this as their toilet so many Irises are gone :(, but I'm continuing my task and have planted a lower Pink/White Geranium to cover the ground here so the cats have to find somewhere else to do their dumps. The Geraniums will also give a soft contrast to the sharp Iris leafs.

The Willow to the left was a braided stick I bought at the Nordic Garden Fair from some Danes.

Here in the end of the "Mid Easter Report" You can see when I planted it!

I put it there for fun, and since it's the lowest most moist part of my garden so I thought I could use it to suck up some water.

It seems to like it there

Not being a Fuchsia Lover/Expert, this "Fuchsia Jubilee" makes me change my mind!

I love it by my evening coffee place and it's quickly growing to a small bush.

My first Garlic Harvest of the "Aglio Rossi di Sulmona" from Gourmetgarage

And with that it's time to get out and enjoy the sun&heat, Per!

Colourful shadows in my garden

These days when the heat is balming here in Sweden do I enjoy the more shadowy part of my garden.

Often I find that there is more intresting plants here as well, and I do my best to add more, both wild and tame :D

Off course is it the Rhododendrons that is showing of at this time: come rain, come shine, they still look fantastic.

This one I planted for a few weeks ago, and loving it!

Lady's Mantle/Daggkåpa

I always found Ferns fascinating and cannot get enough of taking photos of the birth process.

Off course was my visit to Stewart Island in New Zealand a amazing moment, Ferns in all sizes and shapes, whole forrests with them

The new Bugle Ajuga Reptans/Revsuga start to get its first blue flowers, looking good against the dark leaves

My Astilboides/Parasollblad start to recover after freezing down a couple of times

Another favorite, the Hostas

This is the Hosta Mediovariegata/Brokfunkia

Another Fern

And now it's the time for the Ramson/Ramslök to bloom and spread its mild fragance of onion

I hope You all have a great weekend, Per!

Rising Borlotto Beans and Water levels

It was a little bit cold today and after I've been to the ususal farmers auction in the village did I do some indoor photography.

I had put some Borlotto Beans from Gourmet Garage in Pots to come ahead in the growth outside. They have started to sprout.

The stylish growth procedure fascinates me:

I'm happy with the result and made it to a Logo for this blog and are going to use it for my website as well

After four more or less rainy days have the waterlevels rised and it is dry no more.

At the end of my property have the wetland got back it's water, I suspect I will call this the Mosquito Coast when it gets warm next!

 Here grows Waterlilies and other natural waterplants.

As I wrote before, the area in front of it is covered with Nettles and Thistles, over a meter high when I came here. 

I covered large areas with Tarpaulin/Presenning and so it will be for one-two years before I plant something here.

I put earth covers down in the middle for isle and put grass turf over it.

 On the edge towards the water did I put down a Weaping Willow/Hängpil today

One of the "Half-Shadow" flowerbeds behind the barn is ready for now

I put a isle of rocks between the two large beds for easy access.

The rocks coming from all the digging of the new hedges

In this part do I have two different kinds of Rhododenron; "Grandiflora Alpenrose" &  Yakushimanun "Fantastica".

Besides that a small Birch Dalecarlia/Ornäsbjörk, Daylilies ("Joan Senior", "Happy Return" & "Mauna Loa"), Toad Lily "Blue Wonder, Blue Bugle/Revsuga, Bergenia and other.

In the lowest part of the garden where it's usually most moist did I make a Iris flowerbed with a braided Danish Willow and a smaller Dalecarlia Birch/Ornäsbjörk (that got beaten up at the last frost).

There is space to the left in case I hopefully need to make it larger.

The Iris there just now are; "Gusto", "Double Standard", "Concord Cruch", "Gulls Wing", "Ruffled Velvet" & "Dance Ballerina"

Even if the weather have been cold the last week is the sensitive Zon 3 rose "Ilse Krohn" thriving against the south rock wall of the barn, so well that I dared to put a Lavendel there as well

The spring is loooooong this year, love it!

The Narcisssus still looking great and smells fantastic

Some of the Grape Hyacinths start to get brown from below

And some of them look fantastic, still

Even if it's raining, there is so much beauty around, some of it just then

Warmest Regards, Per!

25 meter hedge of Black Currant and Lilacs

Today it was a gorgeous and pleasant morning after a really freezing night.

Here is a view over my garden from the second floor, closest the "formal" garden with perennial flower beds and the little Cherry tree, to the left behind the barn are the half-shadow flowerbeds, mid-right is the Veggie paths and the border to the neighbor (to north east)

To protect the kitchen garden from the north-east winds did I decide to plant a tight Black Currant hedge (to also get the Berries off course).

Also to mark that it is a Kitchen garden with eatable plants, I already have Raspberries on the north border.

Putting down a line as a guidance and then it's just to start to dig! And Dig!

Rocks, Slagstone, Bricks, Roof tiles, Animal bones, China, Rusty nails, where to be taken up of this previous landfill and garbage dump. As it was in the old days, no communal garbage pick up, just dig it down!

36 Black Currant Plants down

and 48 Lilac plants along the rest of the border, from the kitchen garden and up to the furthest north border.

I discovered from above that there is more space for veggie paths to the right for next year :D

I'm happy with todays achievement

Cost: Nothing!

Black Currant cuttings from my own and others bushes

Lilac cuttings from our summer cottage

The last days the first Pelargonium flowers coming, always a special feeling after taking care of the plants over the winter

And first out is one of my absolute favorites, with no name. I bought it for many years ago as a regular Zonal Pelargonium from the nice flower people on Stor Torget in Gävle, Levins. So I simply call it the "Levin Pelargonium"

I love the colours, from pale green-cream over to brush strokes of peach-pink.

And is blooms forever, it's really a strong one

and so beautiful

Thank You all for checking in!

Have a great one, Per!