Happy Autumn!

Doing slightly more trimming this year than usual.  Here's a little "Welcome Sampler!"  :-)

Have a Wonderful Day!
SG

A Fungus Among-Us! (15 1/2" in diameter!!)

Found at our beautiful Jefferson County Park - located SW of Fairfield.  So.... What is it??


Amazed-ly yours,
SG

Bringing the "Outside In"

And loving it!  :-)
(There's a "threat" of rain outdoors!  I hope we receive a good 1") 
Have a great night.
SG

So Thankful for 1/2" of Rain!!

I cannot water everything, all the time!  However, about once-a-week I make the rounds, over a two-day period, of watering everything I can for 45-minutes to 1 hour.

Nothing.  I repeat, Nothing.  Nothing compares to rain water.  The very composition of rainfall is so much different from that of tap water.  And nothing does a plant as much good as rainfall.

Even in drought conditions... and even if it totals only 1/2." 

We are truly grateful.


Real clouds - what's left after the rain.  :-)

Sad viburnum... evidence of extremely dry conditions.  And, no.  I cannot water everything!

 It did love today's rainfall.  A drop on a leaf.  It may be too late for these berries, but hopefully not for the bush!

 This is one Happy Heuchera! 

Tomorrow this Rhododendron will look Much Happier!  (And I even watered it 3 days ago.)

SG

Reading the Sky

Just reading the sky....
Do you see the line across the cloud?

Is the photo above telling me that, like the sign below, there's not going to be rain??

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Well, it must be.  I took this photo August 30 as I re-entered Iowa.  It was 99 degrees and we'd had only 1/2" of rain since some time before June 30.  We still haven't had rain... and today is September 9th.  Last week our weather was a bit cooler.  Very nice.  But it's returned to the upper 90's today...

I know it will rain... but when??

Your Hot, Dry Buddy,
SG

Ligularia

Jim Groble shared ligularia seeds with me about 3 or even 4 years ago.  After babying several plants through two years (and now a third) of drought, they have finally begun to bloom!!  ;-)

 

This is a smaller plant, but these flowers show better.  I was gone for a week... drought conditions here again.

 

 

 

Happy!

SG

ABC Wednesday - A is for . . .

Allegiance

 

 

 

Adherence

 

Governor General of Canada - A Swearing-In Ceremony

The Governor General presided over the 28th swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, during which the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, presented his new federal Ministry.y

 

 

Ardor

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Abidingness

 

 

Canada Day Celebrations - July 1st (above photo taken from Living in Canada - click link)

 

(Photos below are Fireworks we enjoyed viewing at Sioux Lookout, Ontario - July 1, 2013)

 

Awesome!

 

A great time was had by both "Mr. and Mrs. Shady!"

This post and photos taken by Shady Gardener are property of http://yardisgreen.blogspot.com

 

 

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