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Partly Cloudy
Jun 24, 2009 | 1:00 PM PST
Tag: Zinnias
Hello all.......it is partly cloudy and nice after our half inch of rain this morning in two little showers! :)  Last evening knowing I would be gone over night tonight.....I thought I really should get those zinnia rows thinned out and transplanted....So I began.....after I finished I had a total of 77 zinnia plants....some Bernary Mix and some Pepermint Sick in front of them.....with the great little rain shower on them early this morning.....hopefully they can settle right in and grow nicely for our hummers and butterflies delight.......plus mine and any others to like to look at a nice zinnia flower....Not alot more going on here....going to leave soon ,nd so just wanted to wish you all Happy Gardening and enjoy the RIDE!  Birdie in Iowa  :)  :)

Humid and Hot Monday in June
Jun 22, 2009 | 7:43 PM PST
Tag: California Poppies Coneflowers..roses

It is a hot and muggy day here today. Sunny all day with high humidity. After our inch of rain yesterday.....it is MUGGY!  But the rain was very welcome!  My california poppies are blooming there hearts out on the south side of the house with the miniature hollyhocks joining them. My yellow rose should open tomorrow.....other rose is nearly finished blooming now.. They are so pretty while blooming.....Blue Flax is still blooming nicely and the coneflowers are beginning to set buds. My baptisia seeds are finally all coming up.......after thiking they would not be coming. I noticed some more seedlings.......not sure just what I sowed......possibly rose campion...I sorta forgot! HEHEeee Off to church to deliver a cake for a funeral tomorrow.. We are enjoying the A/C.......first we have had it on this year.......Fathers Day was nice with our daughter and family and my parents joining us for hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill.  Always nice to spend time with family........Happy Gardening Garden Friends.. "Birdie" :0

A BEAUTIFUL Saturday in June!!
Jun 13, 2009 | 9:38 PM PST
Tag: Marigolds and nicotiana
What a wonderful day today..........sunshine.no wind.......perfect weather to enjoy the outdoors........which I did alot of today!  Washed the bedding now that my niece has left for her camp.....hung it out and it dried beautifully. Planted the flowers that I bought last Sat finally!  This weeks weather was either rainy or cold or too wet to do any planting and today the ground was still quite wet.......but I had the planting URGE and just dug in the wet dirt and planted them all. I also got a perenniel poppy for $1.99..........couldn't resist that one!  Also bought 8 more marigolds to plant around my tulip area.....they are nearly dead........so I been digging them in here and there!  Went for a bike ride this evening with hubby.. He grilled burgers and hot dogs tonight.......YUMMY.......we ate out on the patio.......so it has been a wonderful day!   Hope your day was a good one too........and thanks agaian everyone for your comments.......hadn't been here since last week.....:(   Enjoy Sunday!     "Birdie"   <

Thanks to all
Jun 6, 2009 | 7:49 PM PST

Hello everyone!  Thanks to all  who commented........I think it is neat how so manyof you are from all over.....and we all enjoy gardening.......either veggies..flowers.. or whatever is our love.....I happen to love the flower in bloom! It is always so hard to say what my favorite flower is.......as I really love them all........all the diversity.......it is great to know that God has created them each and everyone and how they each have their own beauty.. Today it rained! :)  We needed it so badly....we had a half inch.....still very cloudy, and could rain more tomorrow! :)  We were happy to go and meet our niece today in Sioux Falls....she will be staying with us for a few days...It should be fun........She is 16.  We stopped at a nursery on our way home ,and I picked up a purple trailing lantana....3 different colored nicotiana and a coleus!  So now I can plant again! HEHEEEEEEEE I hate to see an end to planting :(  It is such fun!! Time to call it a night!  Happy digging in the dirt fellow gardeners!  God bless you all.......Birdie 

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