The porch repair has changed the view, from outside, there is more through. The gutter has made a big change in the erosion. The flowers I did not plant always surprise me the most.
The new eyes I am planting on the cloth I call Grow, they form so slowly. Just wait, I mumble to myself.
The actual garden has far outpaced the one I imagine myself to be.
Tomatoes do well here. I planted some seeds. Plants have popped up everywhere, from compost I guess.
I leave you with birdsong.
Peppers do not do have not done well here. One of the roof guys, Jimmy, a local, gave me 2 pepper plants. After I offered him a few clay watering spikes. I battled slugs and things, even going out at night with a flashlight, to pick the bugs off. Ha!
I love to hear the warblers, we used to have them here but its rare to hear them the last couple of years. I think there has been too much destruction of the habitat so many new homes have been built, so many people wiping out the insects with mosquito spraying and so many old trees have been destroyed. I grieve the loss and try to treasure every time I do hear them.
the wild world in all it’s glory, it’s amazing.
Your lupins remind me of the picture book, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. Maybe you are the Miss Rumphius of the quilting world Jude!
I like that…
garden solace is grand! the cat perked up when i played the birdsong!
We listen together!
Nice lupine! I had a huge patch of it in front of the old studio… then it dwindled and now I have none. Need to replant a few and start the cycle anew, I guess. And, Wood Thrush song is one of my faves! I have Hermit Thrushes here more than Wood Thrush, but both are such amazing songs.
The lupine seems to move each season, this the first time it has bloomed nearby since I moved here.
Yes, the song is so haunting. So nany here this year…
Hi Jude,
How the big blue star ? Is the background undyed ?
So many eyes sparkling like stars .. stars in your eyes ..
D
About 18″. If you click the word grow in the categories below the post…takes to to all the other posts about this cloth. I included the link…https://clothwhispering.com/category/large-cloth/grow/
Thank you so much for your answer.
Peace.
Lovely birdsong 💙🕊
so sweet and harmonic
I love to read your writing everything is so simple so beautiful!
Thank you so much for the birds song!!! I love to listen to bird songs it is soo soothing!!! Enjoy your beautiful surprise flowers they are the best!
just what grows and sings could be enough
The lupine are glorious and the birdsong is so lovely. I have been sitting on the veranda late at night around 2:00 ish in the morning really, listening to a very happy tune being sung at night. He starts around 11:30pm and sings until right before dawn. Yes, I’ve caught him singing at all hours of the night. So relaxing and soothing to hear night songs.
Gonna do some night camping on the porch soon.
The eyes are wonderful. The lupines are glorious and the skylights will make winter a new great place to be.. Soul-O will have sunny spots to sit in.
He follows them, as do I…
I don’t think I could go on were it not for the birds singing every morning.
I feel the same. I am surrounded by wildlife and trees. Without that…
Especially these days
I remember mom, when she was too old to do much she sat ot on the patio and listened to the birds…,
Look at your skylights! Yay! The green of your world and wild growing is so beautiful. Do you know the name of the flowers? They’re wonderful.
What is it about birdsong that can make one instantly happy? The lightness, the trill…the joy!
The tall ones, lupine…
Birdsong is joyous…
The porch with sky in it!
This year I’m trying peppers on a container on the porch. We handpicked slugs, it seemed to reduce the population after a few days. Everything seems slow except the garden which is fast. I can’t keep up, I’m going to rest and listen to birdsong.
With all the rain and heat, wow, a jungle, exhausted
I love the garden tips! I put a small container garden in a horse trough this year. My lot has very little sun so I also planted things in pots and move the pots as the sun moves. Desperate times! 🤣
Love all the eyes!
❤️
I do that a lot on the deck.
I didn’t think these eye seeds would take so long, a good lesson maybe.
I saw a documentary on Queen Elizabeth’s gardens last night. She doesn’t allow synthetic pesticides to be used. Apparently a cure for aphids (on the many spectacular roses) is to water with dissolved garlic powder. The gardener said the garlic smell disappears in about a day and for any remaining aphids, lady bugs are the solution because aphids are their food. I wonder if the garlic powder water would work for other insect pests?
Yeah, it does, I use fresh garlic. Being near the woods is really tricky.
I listened to your birdsong in concert with own coming in the open window.
Sweet peppers don’t do well up here either, they and eggplant usually need to be grown in a pot on a porch.
Got some eggplant in a pot, peppers seem better than last year.
The concert, loved that.
I was so surprised with how well the pepper plants I tried did last year. I planted more this year. I don’t know though, still cool. Loved listening to your birds, different than here.
Everthing has perked up here since june began.
Song is so different from here to there…
Slugs…I gather them with orange peels….they love it and easy picking that way!
Let the flowers grow slowly on your cloth
Love from rainy Netherlands
Beer works…
Patience is growing…
The porch in all its majesty. So glorious! Oh their song…fun to compare to mine.
It worked out great, the porch, especially from a maintenance point of view. Has a different presence too.
I just sit and listen for hours.