The Nana Second

I haven’t been in the yard too much this last week. I think I wore myself out a few weeks before planting a new bed. Now, I’m just trying to keep the plants from being dug up by the armadillos every night - YES, every night! They dig - I replant. I WILL win!!

Here are a couple of pictures I took today. I love to see the first daylily. That means that summer is really on its way. But it also means that the heat is also on the way. I’ve been lazy in the garden this year considering all I’ve done in previous years, but I haven’t had as much time. I have two pitiful little tomato plants that I won’t even bother showing you. Who knows… they could feed us all summer.

This is one of my favorite backyard places - so serene and peaceful. We love to
eat under this beautiful old oak tree.

My new flower bed! We had a hackberry tree cut down and now have lots of sun to grow flowers we never could grow before. Love it! This bed sports petunias and begonias mainly, but also coreopsis, sage, Asiatic lilies, Lily of the Nile and a Hibiscus that was spared when the tree was cut down right next to it. I also have a couple of basil, dill, oregano, etc. growing. Fun stuff!

These are the awful chairs (and I have benches and a table to match) that I am completely redoing. I can’t wait to see the results and if it turns out like I expect, I’ll show it off to all.

Lots of other stuff going on, but I must be in the mood to write about it. I’ll try to do something at least once a week for the next few months. That’s all for now.