Wednesday, May 26, 2010

In My Garden



I love this time of year. Everything is starting to bloom. Last Spring while staying at the Sonoma Mission Inn, both Tim and I fell in love with their snake grass around the pool. We asked our landscaper friend Lynn where to find it. He suggested the Elkhorn River bottoms. One Sunday, Tim and Mike went in search of snake grass. We'd heard it was notorious for spreading, so we decided against planting it in the ground. During the wet periods of the summer, it grew well. As the summer grew hotter and dryer, it began to dry up and wilt. At the end of the summer, Tim put the pot in our outside storage area. The snake grass spent our long, cold winter outside. This Spring, as the plants began to sprout, so did our snake grass.

More pictures from our garden...





One Year Ago Sunday Morning Frittata.

7 comments:

  1. You have a lovely garden. I also love this time of year with everything coming out to play for the summer. Where did you plant the snake grass?
    Ann

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  2. Pretty pictures of flowers from your garden. I am unfamiliar with snake grass but it does sound hardy to survive the long cold winter outside!

    So nice stopping by to visit with you!
    Kindly, ldh

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  3. Mother nature is a marvel. I love peeking at your garden today. I do hope there will be more to come. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary

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  4. Pretty garden! That snake grass looks very interesting! Great that it came back after the cold winter!

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  5. Snake grass wouldn't even poke its head out of soil here in Georgia.... it's to freakin hot here.

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  6. Your garden is coming alive! The snake grass was cool.

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  7. Oh the peonies look beautiful!

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