GBBD - February 2011

Good morning fellow bloggers and readers.  Today the sun is shinning and the snow is showing signs of melting.  In fact if you look in foot prints in the back yard you can actually see grass....or what should be grass.

Anyways today is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day here in Blogging world.  Want to see some really pretty blooms check out May Dreams Gardens thats the main page to find blogs all over that are blooming today.

So for today I would first like to introduce the newest plant in my garden.  Tulips.  My favorite flower of all.  My wonderful hubby got me a bouquet of them but then surprised me last night with potted tulips.

I just love tulips.   Here is my daughters Birthday plant still in bloom.

Such pretty and delicate flowers.







And just because her are some other pictures of flowers that can be found around my home today.

These are actually dried flowers but hey I thought it would be kinda cool.

The tulips are from the bouquet that my husband got for me.  What pretty colors.  The other flowers are part of a bouquet that I got for my kids.  They got some flowers and the rest went into my vase.

This is my daughter Shannon's picks from the bouquet.

And this is my son Aiden's pick.

They sprinkled the flowers with red sparkles.....not a great picture of a daisy but pretty still.

The carnations were just so big and full and pretty.  I had to add it to the post.

Not a great picture again but one that shows the 3 different colors of tulips that Josh got me.  I love them.

Ok I know not flowers but just look how colorful they are.  Ok so maybe it's hard to see but these polka dot plants are so cool.  Green and red, Green and white, Green and pink.

Like I said I really love tulips.  This is a close up of the potted ones.

 I can't wait to see what others have blooming in their gardens today.  I pray that you all had a wonderful Valentines Day and that today finds you well.

Flowers in the Garden Part 1

So along with my Greenhouse and the adventures of starting to grow an edible garden I took carefull note of flowers that were growing around the yard. Tried to put a name to them if I didn't already know them. Most of the flowers were planted before we moved in summer 2009. So some I just found this year as they bloomed earlyin 2009.

Did you know that flowers and some other foliage type plants can be VERY good for the edible garden? See some of these beautiful flowers actually attract good bugs and pests. Some can also attract bad ones....which if not planted near veggies is great because it can keep them away from the veggies.

So to the begining of a Flower series here are some pictures of flowers in the front yard.

A surprise of some pretty daisys....

Found out thru lots of reaserch that this pretty flower here on a tree in the yard is actually a Japaniese Dogwood.  They have some funny looking fruits in fall (pictures to follow later) also known as Kousa.  I may try to make a Jam from them...I read it's good.

Some Pansy's.  Now these I planted.  Some didn't make it but this was also early in the year so I was just begining my journy.  But these guys grew.

Just a close up of the Pansy's.

 Another close up from another of the Pansy plants.  I love this one....the coloring is so pretty.

After a lot of research - even more than the dogwood - I finally got a name to this big guy,  Peony. Such a beautiful  and full flower.  Reminds me of a Carnation.