tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post2048124611442541716..comments2023-10-23T09:03:47.596-05:00Comments on Lilacs and Roses: A garden is the place millions of people go to touch the earth, to smell flowers - to use some of that fabled human brainpower in the cause of better participating with natural processes in the place they call home. It serves as an art project, an organic produce market, a spiritual practice, a pharmacy. It offers ongoing lessons in ecology, biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology. Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time. It bestows on its practitioners a genuine sense of admiration for the plants, the soil, the sun, the water. - Jim NollmanRoses and Lilacshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-59269791705165357352015-06-09T19:56:08.625-05:002015-06-09T19:56:08.625-05:00I just love those blues. I have blue in my garden ...I just love those blues. I have blue in my garden too and it just sings all season long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-73772166969576218782015-06-08T20:46:03.354-05:002015-06-08T20:46:03.354-05:00Love the last picture of the clouds over the field...Love the last picture of the clouds over the field! It's been an awfully dry spring here, but we finally got some rain. Since we're putting in new garden beds, there's been a lot to water. After plants are established, I don't water them either. I don't know if the weather has always been this strange and I'm just noticing it more now that I'm a gardener, or global warming is really getting to us. There seems to always be something up with the weather lately!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004102653896371835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-20646614213886793172015-06-08T17:42:58.018-05:002015-06-08T17:42:58.018-05:00Beautiful pictures and interesting comments, Marni...Beautiful pictures and interesting comments, Marnie. It been a good spring here as well in Bluff Country. My battle with Oak Wilt continue though and so far were losing...:(troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-74274597794181208882015-06-08T17:22:53.539-05:002015-06-08T17:22:53.539-05:00Your flowers look so beautiful, the colours are lo...Your flowers look so beautiful, the colours are lovely.<br /><br />The weather over these past years no matter which part of the world you live does seem to have changed ... perhaps we too need to change more? Our perception of our planet and how we can better care for it.<br /><br />... and of course as many gardeners do ... they change their planting patterns and choice to better suit an ever changing climate.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-86949647975997623292015-06-08T09:07:11.518-05:002015-06-08T09:07:11.518-05:00Your efforts to live with what nature is giving yo...Your efforts to live with what nature is giving you should not go unacknowledged. And good on you for dealing with it by working with, and not against.<br /><br />There are many who just ignore the changing climate, watering lawns in the heat of the day. There is a love affair with green grass going on here still. While we are not in the same straights as California, we do live in a area with limited water supplies...and must make our water do as well as it can.<br /><br />Great post!<br /><br />Jen<br /><br />RURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-20278181480903425902015-06-08T08:25:59.810-05:002015-06-08T08:25:59.810-05:00All your flowers are looking beautiful! I too have...All your flowers are looking beautiful! I too have a "blue period" in my gardens when the blooming flowers are hardly any other color -- mine was about three weeks ago. And I love the quote by Rumer Godden: trust only a British person to understand what gardens are "for". Nice post! -BethGarden Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283184170369157189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-56242469896323365722015-06-07T21:48:14.959-05:002015-06-07T21:48:14.959-05:00Glad you're getting more rain in your area thi...Glad you're getting more rain in your area this year! We had a dry year for Oregon standards so our water use is being adjusted too. Trouble is we just spent mega money on our new landscaping and we have to keep the new plants and arborvitae alive until they're established. Hope we get some rain soon too!BeadedTailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662802836032167316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1641867746157798839.post-57244396831356417582015-06-07T08:42:09.055-05:002015-06-07T08:42:09.055-05:00We have noticed the same thing here in SE Wisconsi...We have noticed the same thing here in SE Wisconsin . Your flowers are just beautiful! And it is raining here this morning! Yippee!Anita Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581280313136512145noreply@blogger.com