The First Rose of 2013

The Ebtide is our first rose for 2013.  It is a lot darker than the camera shows.  Carrel and I have a contest' secretly, who will have the first rose.  In the yard we now live we have thirty nine  roses.  In Carrel's old yard we have thirty seven.  We watch closely to see which yard has the first bloom.  This one is in mine.  I need to look back on my flash drives for earlier years.

Play boy was the first bloom for 2012.  Play Boy  is in Carrel yard . 

This was the first rose of 2011.  I call this Frankie rose because he built this bed, Bed A, in 2007.  Frankie moved two  roses  in July of 2007.  Carrel, was my neighbor now my husband, said it would not live.  However you can see it did.  You can root  or move roses any time if you water everyday the secret is to keep them wet.  I failed to tell my readers the following were blooming on April,09,2012 none of these are blooming now.  I am looking back to see how far behind we are compared to  last year, sorry.  We are about three weeks behind because of the cold weather.

View of roses A Bed

Frog rose

Charlotte gave me this rose.

 This is the other rose that in my yard when I moved there.  After Frank, my son, made this bed he Moved it in 2007.

Charlotte gave me this Iris 2010.  Last summer the soaker hose  had a link and soaked this Iris and it rotted I have one piece of it.  Iris do not like to be too wet.

Dream Come True

Dream Come True bush

Eureka

 This lily has just came.  It does not even have a bud.

Madi Gras

Moon Dance

Sun Bright

 Debbie gave me this rose in 2008 for Mother's Day.

Running rose Highway to Heven

All American Beauty

Cinco Demayo

Cinnamon Twist

Black Cheery

Ebtide

VaVoom

Sweetness

My Granddaughter Bridget gave me this and Kimbalina in 2008.  They just keep giving.

Queen Elizabeth

 I knew we were late because the weather was so wet and cold.  Ar. really needed the rain but the cold really slowed everything down.  By this time I always have my yard clean and some things planted.  I went to four nurseries and spent about $300.00 not counting over $100.00 for bulbs we planted the other day from Brecks.  Now I have lots of work to do.  I thank you for watching my garden grow and bloom, and hope you will grow one also.   I hope you have enjoyed this blog showing the difference in April 9, 2013 and April 9,2012.  I knew we were late this year but this surprised me.  Happy gardening to you from Carrel and I, Juanita. 

 

Good Friday's Guest

                                                                 

I was delighted to see Debbie and Lenora come to see me on Good Friday.  Debbie always comes        some where around Easter.  She always brings me something.  When they were young I always gave them something on every holiday, now I am on the receiving end.  The stain glass window above was one of the gifts.  Debbie created this window, at the very top she wrote "Will the circle be unbroken".  J for Juanita S for Carrel Sheffield C for Charlotte, D for Debbie, L for Lenora, F for Frank, E for Elizabeth, S for Sandy.  I pray our circle will not be unbroken. I really had a hard time taking this picture.  I must have taken 20 never got one completely level, even with the lines on my camera.  Taking pictures of flowers or anything else besides a window does not really matter, this was hard.  I could not use a flash, it reflected off of the window.  This was the best one.  Thank you Debbie, now Calli will not scare me jumping on the window.   This was the second visit for Lenora this month.  Debbie wanted to take us out for lunch, however I am always prepared now,  with a meal from Schwans.  I like to sit around my table and talk and laugh when I have company.  Debbie also brought us a basket of goodies, I shard with Carrel.

 

Carrel Debbie and Lenora 

We had a very nice visit.  We walked around in my yard such as it is right now.  We still do not have it cleaned up.  Below are some of the flowers we saw.

Pink Hyacinths

Pink Gerber Daisies

Purple Hyacinths

Pots of Pansies

Pink Camellia

Purple Iris

Red Camilla

Another red Camilla

I love to see them come.  They are all busy, Debbie is Regional Directer of the Tops.  She just came from a State  convention.  She told me where but I forgot.  I hate to see them leave, I instantly get down.  Debbie and Lenora leaving in her little red car, we are saying goodbye.

Driving away.

 
 These were some more visitors that Friday.

Today is another cold rainy day.  I wanted to go to Eudora today and look for flowers but I would not enjoy walking in the rain.  Maybe tomorrow, if the good Lord be willing.
These are more daffodils, we have some more that will bloom later.  My Azaleas are beginning to bloom.
















I hope you have enjoyed this new page of my Blog.  Thank you for watching my garden grow and bloom, hope you will plant one of your own.  Still have no rose buds.  Happy gardening to you from Carrel and I, Juanita.

Round To It

Carrel has finally gotten around to it.  What?  Making my 2ft. bed around the water pipe in my front yard.  When you ask your husband when he is going to do some chore on your Honey Do list does he say "when I get around to it?"  I worked at a Big Star in Ashdown Ar. wrapping meat in the late 80s.   My boss was Don Baker.  I told him every time I ask my husband to make a new flower bed he would say " Sure when I get a round to it"?  He told me of a company name Tu It.  Their calling card was a thin circle of wood about the size of a quarter with "Tu It" stamped on it.  Mr Baker said he would bring me one for hubby.  The next time my husband came in he gave him the round tu it and said now you have one.  We all  got a big laugh.

 This one has been really hard to build because it is so short.  He had to clamp it down to the saw horses to cut the 4x2 inch strip. Then  he sat down on the ground to chisel out the 4x2 inch strip.

He drills a hole so it won't be so hard to drive a nail  threw the two timbers.










                                                                         Then he nails the two timber together.  You can see in the back ground the pipe he will put the bed around.










                                                                                           

 Carrel builds five squares of timbers and place each one around the pipe.












 When Carrel has placed the timbers around the pipe, to make sure the pipe won't move and break he screws what he calls a horse shoe clamp on the pipe.

It is finish ready for spring flowers.   This bed is in full sun nearly all day.  I have been thinking about planting  a Butterfly bush in this bed.  I will wait until they bloom to plant it.

Cleaning up.

                                                                                
                                               What is blooming now?

 

    This is a King Alford Daffodil, holds it's cup up and the saucer is bigger than most.

 I have two of these and I love them.  They are always pretty.

A little rusty around the outer pedals but still pretty.  Debutant, such a pretty pink.

 Red Hyacinths, really hot pink.

 We have two of these.

 A ground coversmall buds here to grow.  I will move them in the fall.

that has tall blue flowers in early spring.  They are not fully opened yet.  Notice the lilies growing. Carrel put a lot of

Some of my purple Hyacinths are still blooming.  It is really cold out so I did not stay out long.

A couple of my pink Gerber Daisies  are blooming

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Some of my pots are still looking good.  The hail messed up some of them.

Still have my purple Iris blooming.  I am going to move some of these and plant them by my walk out front, these are in the back yard.  I still do not have a bud on any of my roses.














  I hope you have enjoyed this page in my blog.  Thank you for watching my garden grow and bloom, hope you will grow on of your own.  Happy gardening to you from Carrel and I, Juanita.

This is the hail that hit here a day or two after Carrel finished the small flower bed.










                                                                  

Charlotte found this and sent it to me.  I try Google with no result. Thank you Charlotte.  This is different from the one he had but you get the meaning.