tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post7462183842959341596..comments2024-01-03T02:26:23.899-08:00Comments on A Gardener in Progress: Pond, path and side garden tour.Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-17583848666228259152011-08-15T08:01:05.407-07:002011-08-15T08:01:05.407-07:00I love this blog. No more words.I love this blog. No more words.bijjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787441976920918150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-33394509617136746912011-08-08T10:59:04.908-07:002011-08-08T10:59:04.908-07:00Lovely and inspiring. I absolutely LOVE the photo...Lovely and inspiring. I absolutely LOVE the photo of the clematis, it's stunning!Bonita Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100372012766092546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-62809539125479678772011-08-07T20:18:58.684-07:002011-08-07T20:18:58.684-07:00I am always impressed in how much you have in your...I am always impressed in how much you have in your backyard and how great it looks.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-30102269893935153902011-08-07T15:07:02.049-07:002011-08-07T15:07:02.049-07:00Hi Catherine,
I just happened across your blog to...Hi Catherine, <br />I just happened across your blog today and I'm sure I'll spend many more hours browsing through it. How lovely to find someone who clearly loves gardening as much as I do, and who shares her gardening experiences so generously. Your garden is truly inspiring, and I look forward to finding out more as I look through previous entries...<br /><br />I really love cottage and woodland gardens too, although it seems that here in Melbourne, Australia, we have to contend with some different climatic problems - we (thankfully) seem to be emerging from a 12-year drought, and our growing season is long but often extremely hot and dry. <br /><br />I am developing a very small inner-city garden which sadly doesn't have tall, mature trees (yet!), but we ave fruit, veggies and flowers and I really love creating habitat & food for all manner of insects and birds as well as for my family. Now, through your blog, I can also enjoy the delights of a North American garden in the opposite season - thank you!Juddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194343498015016201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-85784138927041801862011-08-07T11:13:53.636-07:002011-08-07T11:13:53.636-07:00Hi, I havent blogged much as of late, but looking ...Hi, I havent blogged much as of late, but looking at your beautiful path and trellis arch, has insired me.<br />I havent been brave enough to put an arch in, due to the fact that my, "muscle," will give me a hard time.<br />My veggie garden is right next to a path on the side of my house and can be seen from the street. I think a flowering arch, would be a good way to obscure it a bit. Thanks for the inspiration. :-)Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667135718335131934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-65292991207210275452011-08-06T12:15:39.060-07:002011-08-06T12:15:39.060-07:00Yours is one of the loveliest gardens in Blogland ...Yours is one of the loveliest gardens in Blogland and my heart jumps for joy each time I see a new post pop up. I missed this the day you published it, but am SO pleased to be able to take this tour with you now. Your pond leaves me speechless, truly! It gets more beautiful each year and the amazing thing to me is that it dies back so completely during your long, harsh winters. All that new growth and exuberance occurs in such a short space of time. It is quite miraculous to me! <br /><br />Your path garden is equally legendary. We all come here to share in its beauty. You truly ARE a master gardener in every sense of the word!Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-902136841722318042011-08-05T20:14:21.680-07:002011-08-05T20:14:21.680-07:00I enjoyed the tour, Catherine. I'm glad to se...I enjoyed the tour, Catherine. I'm glad to see lamium will grow in a pot. I gave that and octopus bellflower to a non-gardening co-worker who requested some perennials to put in pots on her patio. Her lamium didn't survive, and the other one hasn't bloomed. I figured it was something on her end, and not the choice of the plant for her.<br /><br />Your gardens look great to me. I'd like to try oakleaf hydrangea again. The one year I grew it, it was in a spot that was not ideal for it. Your blueberries are loaded! I hope they ripen well and don't get consumed by critters.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-20798401180904926822011-08-05T19:12:57.131-07:002011-08-05T19:12:57.131-07:00This was a really nice tour of your gardens. I lik...This was a really nice tour of your gardens. I like your pond a lot and it looks like all the fish do too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-17611009140522615532011-08-05T14:49:23.869-07:002011-08-05T14:49:23.869-07:00Catherine, What a great payoff for all your hard w...Catherine, What a great payoff for all your hard work to be able to sit out in your newly-fenced front garden -- and then being able to revisit the back is like icing on the cake. I found this view of your pond enchanting; and even if your path is not at its best right now, it still beckons a visitor to enter. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-31185887959609810682011-08-05T10:06:13.497-07:002011-08-05T10:06:13.497-07:00Beautiful garden! That's what heaven may look ...Beautiful garden! That's what heaven may look like.Asha Ramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497991305532837318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-72265552700640040942011-08-04T11:56:34.543-07:002011-08-04T11:56:34.543-07:00I love visiting your pond, I miss having one here....I love visiting your pond, I miss having one here. Your pond area is looking very lush, despite the cool weather this summer. Our blueberries set a lot of fruit this year too, but sadly the birds seem to have stolen most of them. Next year, I think we need some nets!Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-71162417479158936502011-08-03T17:39:10.320-07:002011-08-03T17:39:10.320-07:00Rainy and cool, huh? What a concept! I was even th...Rainy and cool, huh? What a concept! I was even thinking it was unusual to see such sunny pictures from you! Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-66279845548389306022011-08-03T14:04:30.361-07:002011-08-03T14:04:30.361-07:00I love looking in your yard and gardens Catherine....I love looking in your yard and gardens Catherine. I love the little paths you have in the back especially leading to the pond. The pond is beautiful this time of year. The clematis bloom is so pretty. Oh and I love the beautiful corn poppy. I have shared more seeds from the poppies you sent me 2 years ago. Lots of people are growing your poppies Catherine.Becca's Dirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245107413671341365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-90850822526850297162011-08-03T06:52:27.577-07:002011-08-03T06:52:27.577-07:00Hi Catherine, I had to chuckle at your comment abo...Hi Catherine, I had to chuckle at your comment about the sunflowers not growing where you had intended :) Yeah, I can relate! See, this of year we work for and it finally came. So nice that you and your family are outside enjoying your beautiful yard!Rainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-71415446993803754562011-08-03T04:55:34.959-07:002011-08-03T04:55:34.959-07:00Wonderful tour! I love Oakleaf Hydrangea. I've...Wonderful tour! I love Oakleaf Hydrangea. I've had to move mine two years in a row and it's not very happy with me. I hope it forgives me. I've had many, many bugs this year - much more so than usual. You have such a wonderful variety of Clematis - and all so very happy!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07694829333592209275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-12855594006918431832011-08-02T13:51:08.787-07:002011-08-02T13:51:08.787-07:00Your gardens and pond are so lovely! I agree about...Your gardens and pond are so lovely! I agree about 'Rozanne' but I'm struggling to keep mine going in day-after-day of 100 degrees. It's convection heat, even in part shade areas.<br /><br />I'll bet your fish are happy living is such luxuriant gardens and pond! :-)F Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558874651743241988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-59727206031925961022011-08-02T10:06:18.216-07:002011-08-02T10:06:18.216-07:00Your gardens are looking great! The house color se...Your gardens are looking great! The house color sets them off so nicely too.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-87182565504781059772011-08-02T09:02:50.684-07:002011-08-02T09:02:50.684-07:00Hi Catherine. Your clematis blooms may be smaller ...Hi Catherine. Your clematis blooms may be smaller but they are still so pretty. I love the Lamium in the barrel.Your blueberry bush is loaded!Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-32277169519279776532011-08-02T08:07:40.157-07:002011-08-02T08:07:40.157-07:00I have Rozanne in my garden and it is doing quite ...I have Rozanne in my garden and it is doing quite well! I love that pretty poppy, what a sweet color. Hope you got your sawfly answer. What a shame to have the current stripped.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-22137687431176652952011-08-02T08:06:30.868-07:002011-08-02T08:06:30.868-07:00Your garden is relishing your sunshine and it show...Your garden is relishing your sunshine and it shows! Your Littlest Gardener must be thrilled with her poppy. What a treat when she will get to sow seeds from the flower and see them grow!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872899189875117518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-36942706807919597802011-08-02T02:40:38.326-07:002011-08-02T02:40:38.326-07:00Hi Catherine, Everything looks pretty and how nice...Hi Catherine, Everything looks pretty and how nice to see the bright sunshine finally! I love the Littlest Gardener's poppy - such a sweet color. You and the girls might enjoy a bird bottle like I have pictured on my blog. Wishing you a great day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-11924154372224392282011-08-02T01:24:44.614-07:002011-08-02T01:24:44.614-07:00lovely garden! i'm in awe.
-ANGELlovely garden! i'm in awe.<br /><br />-ANGELANGELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765298847363510709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-32686148894631705782011-08-02T01:18:23.291-07:002011-08-02T01:18:23.291-07:00A lovely garden tour. Your plants seem to be thriv...A lovely garden tour. Your plants seem to be thriving. The clematis are super. I love the colour of blue your house is, very striking.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-6897691738484354212011-08-01T21:24:57.650-07:002011-08-01T21:24:57.650-07:00Hi Catherine, I'm sorry about your Current. Yo...Hi Catherine, I'm sorry about your Current. You know, I've never been able to keep one in my garden for more than a few years and I never really knew why. I wonder if sawfly was the culprit with mine too. I hope you can get yours to recover. ... I know what you mean about the blueberries. Most of mine are still green too. ... I love your wine barrel planter. Isn't Lamium gorgeous? Great photos as always. Aren't you just loving this sunshine? :)GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960442494452732795.post-22412591317622947612011-08-01T21:13:05.946-07:002011-08-01T21:13:05.946-07:00Catherine, what beautiful pictures! I bet your Li...Catherine, what beautiful pictures! I bet your Littlest Gardener had fun sprinkling that Fairy Mix!! What a beautiful Corn Poppy. Its fun to see what comes up when you have planted one of those packets! Your pond garden is beautiful! Thank you for visiting my blog and giving ideas for shade perennials! I have written them down and will do some investigating! Thanks again and Happy Gardening! MindyThe Ebullient Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698662142735655430noreply@blogger.com