I've started a shade garden webring. Speaking of shade, I've just added a Ladyslipper  page to the shade garden section on my site.

I found some of the pictures deleted from my blog and have created a produce page for year-1 of the Mountain Garden.

I wish that I had more pictures of my place at the Yonderfamily community to post....I was busy building something out there & I didn't document it thoroughly enough. After 15 years of continous effort, it should be a given that I had something really nice created out there which only reflected well upon the community.

I probably should write up (again) a description of the homestead that I built from nothing. I'll post a link if/when I get it written.

Meanwhile....I've been re-digging the beds in the Mountain Garden for more depth, incorporating lots more manure...Clearing out big patches of honeysuckle and putting in garden beds in their place. The columbine have been beautiful...I still have no decent pictures...Here's one that I did take...



The Louisianna Iris have begun to bloom! I love Louisianna Iris! I've been getting the new Brugmansia cuttings planted...also all of the vegetables that go with vegetable gardening.

Sorry if I don't tell enough about vegetables, My first love is colour...there's lots of ornamental vegetables that can be grown, and I do grow some of them...I like to plant my ornamental hot peppers in  peoples flower gardens when I'm helping them.