Fertilizer Friday: In the yard

Today I'm linking to this wonderful blog party @ Tootsie Time ! Join in the fun!

I was really surprised to see this flower so big!

 A couple of bees were visiting! This one will bear fruit; I can't wait to eat squash!

On the other side of the yard, I decided to try growing pole beans. It was a first for me because I usualy grow bush varieties. The variety is Kanawake beans and they are heirloom

and originally grown here in Quebec.

I still don't have beans...But they're really growing !

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Fertilizer Friday: Lupins Gone Wild

Oh I've been a very lazy girl this week, it's only my second post....Bad Miss V!

I'm hooking up with Tootsie Time for some garden fun and Fertilizer Friday ! Last Friday just as I was packing my bag for my weekend at the shore...I was complaining that I didn't have any lupins in bloom yet; well mother nature sure did surprise me!

With all the heat we've been having, by tuesday morning all the lupins were in bloom and all over the place! I got back real late on monday and was unaware of all this gorgeous display!

 My love of lupins began innocently enough...In 1988 I vacationned in St-Thomas New Brunswick near Bouctouche and lupins were growing wild all over. When I bought my house in 1995, I was a beginner gardener and all I had was grass, lots of unmowed grass. I got the shovel out and dug borders. I was on a tight budget and bought only 6 perrenials including a yellow lupin.

Every few years I would buy a new color. I wanted to have the whole rainbow. However I find lupins are fickle and even if they are real hardy in the Maritimes and New England, they often die over the winter (I live in zone 5). So I never really got my rainbow....

But I got white! I never bought white....so funny the way nature works!

And I got blue and pink and funky mélanges of blue and red. By the way the yellow one is still with me but did not bloom this year. Oh well! I'm not complaining; I will just enjoy this beautiful gift of blooms while it lasts because one never knows...Will they grow back next year? Only Mother Nature knows!

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Fertilizer Friday: What is blooming now

Today I wanted to show some of the plants in my garden that are in bloom right now so I'll be joining Fertilizer Friday @ Tootsie Time .

I've been meaning to share some blooms for quite a while now but this being Quebec we've been having some crazy Spring weather!

Oops! I managed to take a pic of a dandelion! This is a rescued plant that didn't have a tag so I don't know what it is...I have 5 now. After the flowers die down, the plant is just green but still lovely!

 

I love creeping phlox and this pale lavender shade is just charming. I planted it  near the shabby stone wall so it would lazily cascade over...

I had a big bug infestation 2 years ago and the little !"/$%?& killed nearly all my irises. The ones I managed to save are starting to flower.

Here's some perrenial thlaspi, forget-me-not and a mystery flower in the back. I got the mystery one when I purchased some phlox through a catalogue. I had extra roots in the bag, which I naturally assumed were phlox too...Oh well!

I hope you all have a great day and that this weekend's weather will be nice enough so you can get dirty in your garden!