be careful what you wish for ...

be careful for what you wish.... someone once thought of that idea ...it is very true though...all this week i have been reminded of that...our gardens have been getting the rain they so desperately want, but this has halted our projects a tiny bit...

spring summer...

I thought we were going to just jump right into summer like it seems happens so often .. but again this year we are blessed with a long spring...i know all true chicagoans really are saying i ust want the heat so i can go out side ....but i say i love these warm days and cool eves....we could use a bit more moisture, i think, but it has been perfect weather ... look for some more posts on our roof garden....here are some spring blooms...

planting by the moon

http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Moon_Planting.asp

SPRING

I am so excited these days... I love May! Can I say that, it is not only because it is my birthday month, but it is so fricken beautiful in Chicago these days... why would anyone leave the city now alls I can say , is , kookooooooooooo!!!! ANYWAY... I have been pretty busy with new projects and old projects and spring plantings ... always sooo inspiring.... the photos in this post are of our recent works... seeding lawn and wild flower garden, the garden transforms with new sod and lots of labor , leveling and love.... and most excited about our test gardens... we have a beginning of a roof top test garden... and straw bale raised bed gardens, this is so easy and fun to do ...i hope it works.... check out again for more on our roof top test garden I will be testing different ways to do it yourself roof top gardening ...

the senses

the garden is full of senses... today there were lilacs and wisteria , viburnum and dogwoods... the smells where faint and overwhelming...the early season seeds were just sprouting and this afternoon ..felt as if summer had blew in

this is what its about...

this is what it is all about...




































the beautiful days to work outside and this ...the chance to catch a plant preforming so perfectly ... this wisteria is just lovely right now... with the cool temps in the evening the flowers are lasting ....enjoy!

new garden

we have created our first new garden of 2010...




here are some pictures of the transformation look again for pictures of the garden as it grows....





a weedy patch before, and a flower garden after....