Actually, it’s my garden yesterday 🙂
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Another summery day in the ATL! I spent most of the morning weeding this bed & refreshing the pinebark mulch. Take a look –
My yellow Lady Banks Rose is in bloom! I cut it back about two months ago because it was all the way up to the top of the Crape Myrtles on the other side of the fence!
I wish it stayed like this all summer!
The hydrangeas are leafing out and the tulips are done.
In the vegetable garden I had to pull out my broccoli – it bolted with all this heat we’ve been having. But don’t my cabbages look beautiful! Like huge purple roses! They seem to like being under the quilted row cover. I haven’t had a cabbage moth problem this year (probably do to the row cover).
The kale is still doing well – the brussel sprouts I planted never took off and they look like they’re bolting now too. I fear for my peas. I’m afraid it’s already too hot for them!
Besides weeding one flower bed and tidy up in the vegetable garden, I finally potted up a few seeds.
I’m expecting some seeds I ordered any day now so I’ll have a few more to do. I used peat pots that I got from Big Lots last year on clearance. Last year I tried using a few toilet paper tubes for my seeds and didn’t like them. They fell apart when they got wet. I haven’t tried pots that you can make from newspaper – maybe they’re stronger?
Even my Knockout Roses are starting to bloom (do you see all the pollen on the leaves).
A last look at my gorgeous Lady Banks Rose. It’s one of my favorites!
Hope you all have a good rest of the week! My husband is off the next few days so I hope to finish up a few projects since I’ll have help!
Beautiful! I love all of your pretties! Have a blessed day dear Manuela, HUGS!
Manuela, it’s all so lovely. Thanks for sharing … you’re an inspiration! Enjoy!
That rose is beautiful! Have a great weekend out in the garden.
Beautiful. All that blooming and growing so early.
Lovely! My 9yo daughter is growing a cabbage for a class project. So far, it’s still alive!
Mary Ellen
The Working Home Keeper
Your garden looks wonderful! My knock out roses have leaves but no blooms yet. Enjoy this weather!
Your cabbages look amazing!! I’m renting (a 1960’s split entry;-) and my landlord said “no garden” so I’m thinking about a climbing potted garden. Have you ever done zucchini in a pot? Can you tie it up on a trellis? It’s already so hot here that I’ll have to steer clear of peas and other traditional climbers (so sad). Any thoughts on full-sun vegetables would be very welcome in this house.
Hi Candice!
Ha – my house is a 1960’s split-foyer! Yes you can tie it up on a trellis. I think I also saw seeds for a more of a bush type if you didn’t want a trailing one. Tomatoes love the sun. So as long as they are something you’ll eat I’d go with those. You can really grow all kinds of things in containers. There are lots of books and online resources for growing in containers. I still use some containers even though I have a lot of raised beds. There’s never enough space for everything!
Wow, Manuela, your garden is looking so gorgeous already! Right now we have the flowering Pear trees in full bloom and daffodils all over the place. I’m waiting to see what was planted around our condo ~ it looks like iris and maybe daylily. I’m hoping to get a few hydrangea bushes to put in to replace the ones I will miss from our old house. The woman next door to us did some really pretty rose pink ones that I love. Hers are just getting green now.
Manuela, all so gorgeous! The plates on the fence really caught my eye, especially as the pink-bordered one on the left is the same as my grandmother’s china. What a lovely idea!
I love this peek at your garden! We are about a month ahead of our normal weather here in PA, but not nearly where you are at! That is one beautiful rose!
Everything looks so pretty, Manuela. I’m loving the blue birdhouse with the yellow. I’ve been taking a close look at your fence plates. Wow! You’ve really got some beautiful vintage ones there.
Oh my gosh, you are light years ahead of me with your garden!! Of course we are in New England, but still! It’s amazing that your plants are so far along already. We have had a week of 70’s and 80’s, but are due to drop back to the 40’s tomorrow. Back to reality I guess! haha Thanks for visiting and have fun gardening!!… Donna
Everything looks so pretty and healthy !
Manuela , I love your garden. My daffodils are coming up. I can’t wait to take a picture and write a post.
I love your cabbage. So pretty. My Lady Banks Rose is kind of wild looking. I waited too long to trim it and before I knew it was full of buds.
Oh, love all your beautiful plants…but I was really enchanted with the beautiful plates hanging on the wood fence behind your yellow roses 🙂 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 🙂 🙂 🙂
Your garden is gorgeous! I’m so ready for gardening season here in Michigan. I love the plates on your fence and the yellow roses look fantastic! I wonder hoe Lady Banks roses would fare in my neck of the woods.
Good luck to Heather on her job interview!!! (the commenter above me)
Sandy
You think I could spell?
It’s easy to see why that is your favorite rose. So beautiful and perfect near those plates.
I’m wondering when you planted your cabbage. They are fabulous and something I haven’t tried to grow yet.
The pollen is a familiar sight. Here in NC we could almost shovel it off the patio :).
You have a beautiful garden! I live in Lawrenceville and I was wondering how in world you can stand to be outside in this horrific pollen storm? I have been so excited about this warm weather but have been unable to go out because of the sinus headache that will not go away.
I don’t have allergies or a sensitivity to pollen so it doesn’t bother me. I do shower after I come in and wash my gardening clothes so I don’t track the pollen in. Sorry it’s giving you a headache! We’re suppose to get some rain tomorrow so hopefully it’ll wash it away for at least a day 🙂
Sooo beautiful, Manuela! I’m going to be starting some zinnias in peat pots this year. We’ll see how they do in our very dry air we have here. But we don’t dare plant anything outside til May 15th. Mimi
Oh Manuela! I feel like I’m looking at summer photos here today! Your Lady Banks rose is just beautiful… Mine is just beginning to leaf out but it has really grown for only being in the ground one year… Thanks for sharing such beautiful images of garden glory!
looking good my dear!
I chopped my Lady Banks rose down last year, so it has no blooms this spring. : ( Maybe next year. Yours is beautiful. We have started a few batches of seeds, but the pollen is keeping us mostly indoors right now.