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Flower Gardening Photos

June 9, 2010 by Jeanne

I am in business strategic planning meetings most of this week, which give me a headache even when they’re as productive as this week has been. So I snuck out to the garden for some early morning beauty today to soothe my senses.  Here’s what’s blooming now.  We did more cement work last night and cut steps into the pathway leading down to the woods. The flowers look riotous this year – tall, lanky, and just bursting with bees. And Japanese beetles. The weird cord stretched from my trellis goes back to a tree in the woods and we hung the Japanese beetle trap there. Yeah, yeah, I know; the University of Kentucky research says it attracts more beetles than it handles.  My own experience bears out the use of the trap and it seems to help.  That, and my trusty organic neem oil spray.  They devoured one Sonia rose but leave the Blaze alone.  Strange. Beetles with gourmet taste? Anyway, enjoy today’s stroll around the flower garden. I am pouring you a virtual glass of wine or sweet tea, your choice, and handing you some yummy Brie cheese and crackers to enjoy while you stroll the gardens at Seven Oaks.

 

 

 

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  1. ~Gardener on Sherlock Street

    June 9, 2010 at

    You’re quite the gracious hostess. Beautiful flowers.

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