Peonies

When we have the good fortune of moving to a larger house, I swear I will have to dig up some of these peonies to take with me. I never knew what kind of flower they were before. Heck I never knew the names of most plants before we bought our first home. Shhh don't tell my father that I know this stuff now...it is our little joke.
"Cynthia, what kind of flowers are these?"
"Pretty ones," I always say with a great big smile on my face.

Well now... I am in a constant state of learning. I crave to be able to name every plant in my yard. I still don't but I am progressing. These peonies are mainly in our cesspool garden. Mom doesn't like it that I call it that but considering the other name that I would title it...I think this one suits it just fine. The things is...everything grows like crazy there. These peonies, to me, are such a sight of beauty that I have to stop and smell them every time I pass.

I hope to find my pictures of the garden in early spring too. During April-May this garden is full of crocuses and daffodils.

I plan on transplanting some of the peonies to different parts of the yard once they have bloomed out. I want to help mother nature spread her beauty to more areas of the yard. Any hints/ suggestions/ things to watch out for when transplanting?

Peas

I didn't start early enough last year to grow sugar snap peas and now....I have eaten three of them. Sure it is not a lot thus far but I love them and I am happy that they are succeeding in my yard. I planted them by the deck, hoping that they would crawl up for delicious morning snacks and I planted them along the fence line of my new garden area. It was a lot of work clearing out that area but the husband and wife team did it and now....it is producing!!

Gardening

Oh how I love to garden. Growing plants reminds me that life can be simple and beautiful at the same time. I forget about time, stress, and anything electronic when I am tending to mother nature. I have decided that I should combine three loves of mine: picture taking, writing, and gardening. For a bit I will be playing catch-up but I hope to be able to look at this next year as to how the growing season went. Enjoy the pics! Feel free to identify some of my ??? plants. :)

It is amazing how much change occurs in the yard over a few months...even over a few days. These pics are from around Easter time as you can tell from the flag and I plan on showing the stages of the garden. I love the crocuses in these pictures though. First sign of the growing season!