It's All About Flowers!

GREETINGS FROM THE FINCH REST & GARDENS!





My DH has been planting wildflower seeds the last couple years.
It's always a fun surprise to see what will end up blooming.

Not sure what this pretty pink flower is - but it was part of his Mega Mix.

The Hydrangea is suffering this year.

A few of our bushes didn't make it back for some reason.

This one  - the healthiest but smallest of the ones we had is very pale

 and not producing many blooms.  

It's only had a few blooms so far - but has very rich healthy green leaves.

I have given it plant food & watered it properly.  I see no rot or insects. 

I would blame it on the stifling heat, but the mature established Hydrangeas in our neighborhood are doing well, so it can't be that.

Also I have used spent tea leaves and coffee grounds......so truly have tried everything I can think of so far to help it along.

Any ideas out there as to why it isn't blooming much?

Our younger daughter planted this pretty tropical peach Lily in our garden a few years ago.

She is a wonderful & patient gardener and has beautifully worked her loving magic in our gardens many times.

The first year this pretty lily only produced  one single bloom. The second year we got a couple more, but still not very many....not enough! But THIS year it is blooming and blooming and BLOOMING!

(Even the deer are leaving it alone!)

Update: those blasted deer ate every single one of these flowers off this plant the very next day!

Here is our outdoor urn pot of oft-used herbs.

Basil - Thyme - Oregano - Rosemary

And of course we have everyone's favorite herb of all - lavender.

(We have it all over in the garden beds, too.)

Deer loathe the smell of it, helps keep them away organically. 

We're very excited about our "Little Orange Yum Balls" starting to ripen. Yay!  That's our nickname for our very favorite tomato of all time.....cherry tomato sized, but are orange when fully ripe (never turn red) and are sweet as candy!


Two firsts are promising yummy soon......hiding way deep within the huge potted plant.

The zucchini is doing well this year - we've picked about a dozen so far.

I made zucchini bread for a "tea party" yesterday - posted about it here .

I shared a similar pic of this watering can full of our garden flowers in a recent post, but not this exact pic. I hope you think it's worth seeing again in a different setting.  (Thanks for obliging me.) One can see a little bit more of my simple potting bench in this photo.

I do love the sometimes vibrant colours of wildflowers!

It is just so SATISFYING to see and know these lovely flowers were planted, nurtured, picked, displayed and loved right here at our nest......it's a great feeling to create beauty, isn't it?

The Garden

Written by C. Moffatt

When sun shines at early dawn
The sparkling dewdrops sprinkle lawn
And in my garden where flowers grow
I remember God planted one long ago

I kneel to weed beneath sky of blue
And remember Jesus kneeled in a garden too
I wonder if His tears sprinkled the flowers
As he prayed alone in those darkest hours

I jag myself on a prickly thorn
With what He was crowned on crucifixion morn
He whispers to me when I toil
A promise of life will flourish in soil

His beauty is in each flower I see
There is no place I would rather be
For I am nearer to Him who gives me pardon
When I worship Him there in my beautiful garden

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