tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396015931168575462024-03-20T00:44:43.525-07:00Sonnie's GardenGardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-40241696866358241912012-02-03T12:07:00.000-08:002012-02-03T12:21:11.776-08:00Erica<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7F6z5SVWKv0h3JZl7cWlMIV4k-TbzsnjUWnTPYhn76QV0V0frmp_ciu6vAszDD53UVlvNJHuE3MfTB_9zGUPmEPEGg_CgkYCoa7Okn2b7DQGiEW9FBjRVTG_u2JINicOLxL8ZqKuHME/s1600/CIMG5012_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7F6z5SVWKv0h3JZl7cWlMIV4k-TbzsnjUWnTPYhn76QV0V0frmp_ciu6vAszDD53UVlvNJHuE3MfTB_9zGUPmEPEGg_CgkYCoa7Okn2b7DQGiEW9FBjRVTG_u2JINicOLxL8ZqKuHME/s400/CIMG5012_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705006959304331218" /></a><br />This Erica I got from Frances and Brian, who migrated to New Zealand. I have not been very lucky with Erica so far, but this one flowers every year and keeps growing. The delicate pinks and white of the snow are beautiful.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L5FfROv8ickV32VGB9_8tmMMLPfZ2A_AN12VJLY1A8ORGXdatqIRDyNH7Pgzj3GYiyso7XRyqY23JuZ8aGdFg_mGlqGHq9gRSJURbRmvXhjI08Gd72Et_hHiztDBy3vpXf5K_WAKI3M/s1600/CIMG5009.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L5FfROv8ickV32VGB9_8tmMMLPfZ2A_AN12VJLY1A8ORGXdatqIRDyNH7Pgzj3GYiyso7XRyqY23JuZ8aGdFg_mGlqGHq9gRSJURbRmvXhjI08Gd72Et_hHiztDBy3vpXf5K_WAKI3M/s400/CIMG5009.JPG" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-59625303118689939472011-11-11T12:43:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:12:32.413-08:00dry, dry, dryDry, dry, dry. And warm. Last week, November 5th, we sat in the sun outside and had lunch. I am sure it was 20 degrees in the sun. Amazing. There is a high above Letland and it keeps the Atlantic rains at bay.<div><br /></div><div>So, the flowers keep growing in the backyard: Chrysthemums, of course. But lots of others too: Pelargonium, Verbenum, Herfst stijl, the roses. And the colors of the trees last for weeks! Amazing. And great.</div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-3177138956443978192011-10-23T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-25T12:07:06.136-07:00Alchemilla<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbiTGimZ6qpVl5VufTacAc0SMG_9hDX6-RG7j8XvmIZRcFTpd80ZsR4IkLHm0vagcHbyVOJ2tzxC9CF0Sq17PdqB88Kec63z8oq08P3GpLBS48wO0siau9e1UnfMWk0LgrBmXz_JVm_I/s1600/CIMG3864_sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbiTGimZ6qpVl5VufTacAc0SMG_9hDX6-RG7j8XvmIZRcFTpd80ZsR4IkLHm0vagcHbyVOJ2tzxC9CF0Sq17PdqB88Kec63z8oq08P3GpLBS48wO0siau9e1UnfMWk0LgrBmXz_JVm_I/s400/CIMG3864_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667507239833925730" /></a><br />I like the Alchemilla. I bought several variations this summer, this one too. I even pulled one from the street curb, a plain white one. But I am sure a tough one.<div><br /></div><div>Nice effect when zooming into the photo! And flowering into October, albeit a warm one.<br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWWJh5VuYo8CSwYitANYBdGffmHi6j3Tsn1CVIsodF85KiCMVYfuGM_N_N-Y7ADz3fMefRwQVC7uEjT83pfp4h0WScqTzjTYV5HfNxSvhFur-8XJjiUz-5i8gdVfb7_RdgVj0dAMSISw/s1600/CIMG3864_sm_sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWWJh5VuYo8CSwYitANYBdGffmHi6j3Tsn1CVIsodF85KiCMVYfuGM_N_N-Y7ADz3fMefRwQVC7uEjT83pfp4h0WScqTzjTYV5HfNxSvhFur-8XJjiUz-5i8gdVfb7_RdgVj0dAMSISw/s400/CIMG3864_sm_sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667507448375419554" /></a></div></div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-82800616887675240482011-08-21T12:35:00.000-07:002011-10-25T12:09:13.412-07:00Pear harvest this year?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QSk9q55gJuNtiKAs2i2x2A7Wn2HwZ1_LO5fovaRAgk6HrBMhnZV-rTNodqoAHZSKtC7F5b02B9URewTpf06CWBuH9Sxk_cTIfUm0fHnhn9ML7i-dvorqmnT88uZwyEQ49uZNJCsHgwQ/s1600/CIMG3127.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QSk9q55gJuNtiKAs2i2x2A7Wn2HwZ1_LO5fovaRAgk6HrBMhnZV-rTNodqoAHZSKtC7F5b02B9URewTpf06CWBuH9Sxk_cTIfUm0fHnhn9ML7i-dvorqmnT88uZwyEQ49uZNJCsHgwQ/s400/CIMG3127.JPG" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><br /></div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-56079748900246828242011-08-21T12:32:00.000-07:002011-08-21T12:39:43.421-07:00Anemones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq7ys1EvoRfZEi31xaxCMNXlfePJ4US4t2KPqTdzviNhEXf8qw1a8RiID7aNG30c1Mz_LyLLpLBYQesBq8czdDJFkMc_E18P2X-rsuZzebE8kK9pnQFa34vTRlWazwRpaCfMAmtOfHkU/s1600/CIMG3122.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEq7ys1EvoRfZEi31xaxCMNXlfePJ4US4t2KPqTdzviNhEXf8qw1a8RiID7aNG30c1Mz_LyLLpLBYQesBq8czdDJFkMc_E18P2X-rsuZzebE8kK9pnQFa34vTRlWazwRpaCfMAmtOfHkU/s400/CIMG3122.JPG" /></a> This year the anemones have really taken off. And they are flourishing, nearly so much that they are weed. Well, not quite, but aren't they cute.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-22356827585619317282011-08-21T12:31:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:37:17.673-07:00Anemones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw0N9YnjvTtGc-rm29M4p5EN3Lpv3LfiAtWZ7rrfHAQZ40yKRGGf40YdQyx2vPj-Srm9r9QP50UwMAoonqt5-NXy0zwq6qdpThYsWNtqMbaz-GGRD8jHCJh6P6zloiABjtXKWpS0oR-o/s1600/CIMG3117.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKw0N9YnjvTtGc-rm29M4p5EN3Lpv3LfiAtWZ7rrfHAQZ40yKRGGf40YdQyx2vPj-Srm9r9QP50UwMAoonqt5-NXy0zwq6qdpThYsWNtqMbaz-GGRD8jHCJh6P6zloiABjtXKWpS0oR-o/s400/CIMG3117.JPG" /></a>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-31148513689440706362011-08-14T12:29:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:36:49.890-07:00Obedient Plant<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCo-bMC5Qeop7LqLx1uFlb4L_eB2tV7T17gwWU24rQw1VvbiBo5f7hIxcvE6UtEk_pTP-c9S6IjAlJ9sEWqkjppgG3lTCBnYygkArtRrLhCuEuWbTG38uXF5QuxBkJglGJpaRniDzP0RI/s1600/CIMG3113.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCo-bMC5Qeop7LqLx1uFlb4L_eB2tV7T17gwWU24rQw1VvbiBo5f7hIxcvE6UtEk_pTP-c9S6IjAlJ9sEWqkjppgG3lTCBnYygkArtRrLhCuEuWbTG38uXF5QuxBkJglGJpaRniDzP0RI/s400/CIMG3113.JPG" /></a>What a name for this plant: Obedient plant or Physostegia or scharnierplant. You can turn the flower, as our friend Brian showed us. <div>
<br /></div><div>When it is dry in spring, as it was this year, they don't grow high. Last year they hardly flowered: the rain must have come too late. But this year they flower nicely. And being a bit shorter is actually nicer.</div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-56144133569540962972011-06-06T04:15:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:37:51.415-07:00Purple nettle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqo4Tm-q0pkWPEl3yFTT5XwqDUVr2RbOPwTHAMty1TQQeWpRc4i9TOirru7j4skT3EjKVTjtsGxoSbommE8ntuaE5kqmbRZ2P8dPrA2iNFscE9iA0SVnrwwdPfe3a6Slr4nQMNdUFiDJY/s1600/CIMG1357.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqo4Tm-q0pkWPEl3yFTT5XwqDUVr2RbOPwTHAMty1TQQeWpRc4i9TOirru7j4skT3EjKVTjtsGxoSbommE8ntuaE5kqmbRZ2P8dPrA2iNFscE9iA0SVnrwwdPfe3a6Slr4nQMNdUFiDJY/s400/CIMG1357.JPG" /></a> As I am blogging this in June, I have already forgotten that these purple nettles were there. They are natural, I think, and I like them for it. I hope I haven't removed them in my re-modelling!!! Awell, if they are natural, then they'll return.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-76217965825049317812011-06-06T04:12:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:38:05.097-07:00Anemones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5_HCwUoXez4EJpN_64FYn4cc7twDldjwU8NRmk2Sz0AysEJ8olGrM9VMRQVHYqO8LmzMBjJs4Kqwxe_NYnO1XvX6IQgwUFZuH-Awh-H4Z5-jnDv_nSQ4lGJ4QVUV22ZiXdXSoxYZQQI/s1600/CIMG1356.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5_HCwUoXez4EJpN_64FYn4cc7twDldjwU8NRmk2Sz0AysEJ8olGrM9VMRQVHYqO8LmzMBjJs4Kqwxe_NYnO1XvX6IQgwUFZuH-Awh-H4Z5-jnDv_nSQ4lGJ4QVUV22ZiXdXSoxYZQQI/s400/CIMG1356.JPG" /></a> Wow! They are back. And doing well, expanded from last year. I must say, I do take great care of them, and weed out anything that overwhelms them. And that is a lot with these little plants! But they reward me early in the season.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-46868409527632266242011-05-09T04:06:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:38:46.466-07:00Lis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfgrSkqeUtcoNH3kjN4zZ6We8gpQ1paAmLcq1BI1_jvY9Utj79I4z6v4VMpXwvCqJnfTwoLh7VBvubNm3uNIimuDJLElcOSuG_TMC0LRkvKoUKuYjPawwf8jEyv28KYYZzeRmHK2Tvjk/s1600/CIMG1642.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfgrSkqeUtcoNH3kjN4zZ6We8gpQ1paAmLcq1BI1_jvY9Utj79I4z6v4VMpXwvCqJnfTwoLh7VBvubNm3uNIimuDJLElcOSuG_TMC0LRkvKoUKuYjPawwf8jEyv28KYYZzeRmHK2Tvjk/s400/CIMG1642.JPG" border="0" /></a> I see these in the fields and waterways outside our town. So a natural. But a beautiful one!!GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-34313283268256724252011-05-09T04:05:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:39:09.340-07:00purple large field flower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLPGiUnVdpudCHXZLNhsGLEgJlJ-YfmzTJP7sVQa88Hvf2b-SdEDh3Ai0YvC6da3RdktaJ5sKesHiEcWwiynjZf5JgSPVWfJte1BzLnMyW9yguDbUCV4tDlA-LssyfA1wgpGq7nNoTfU/s1600/CIMG1648.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLPGiUnVdpudCHXZLNhsGLEgJlJ-YfmzTJP7sVQa88Hvf2b-SdEDh3Ai0YvC6da3RdktaJ5sKesHiEcWwiynjZf5JgSPVWfJte1BzLnMyW9yguDbUCV4tDlA-LssyfA1wgpGq7nNoTfU/s400/CIMG1648.JPG" border="0" /></a> The field flower seeds that I threw in last year, gives lots of surprises this year. Also these purple stalks. No idea what it is, and a disappointing amount of bees and bumblebees on it. But they last long!GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-40997300824894885322011-05-09T04:02:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:39:21.235-07:00field flower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJHDw38Z5kbmkLtodq-tllc2_nBCxAkX2_AYzk5BwLOtB2wg-mxYzv5w3xk_MV_jq_rjaTROS3VswPzPahlp6_XSoLVAy7SfZm1CzCJboIlVecR0vTgEnMRcfKjaBwO88aYCDjrVtKO0/s1600/CIMG1652.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJHDw38Z5kbmkLtodq-tllc2_nBCxAkX2_AYzk5BwLOtB2wg-mxYzv5w3xk_MV_jq_rjaTROS3VswPzPahlp6_XSoLVAy7SfZm1CzCJboIlVecR0vTgEnMRcfKjaBwO88aYCDjrVtKO0/s400/CIMG1652.JPG" border="0" /></a> Self-seeded field flower, again name elapses me (pregnancy???). It is funny it grows in the 'forest'.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-47328516127991724712011-05-09T03:53:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:39:31.789-07:00Name?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ARYyn6rOpLJ6JMkO4OZnG_GysrI2nIneCFPr-4G-ezEgm2NFbc350sbamOhdd-kl6bGmvxip-g7Yx7um9cFIc548Bgg0AoT7lKxDZZ0TsTFbjcUpvKbFgj0niqOUGrHI_xlqTG3uAsk/s1600/CIMG1653.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ARYyn6rOpLJ6JMkO4OZnG_GysrI2nIneCFPr-4G-ezEgm2NFbc350sbamOhdd-kl6bGmvxip-g7Yx7um9cFIc548Bgg0AoT7lKxDZZ0TsTFbjcUpvKbFgj0niqOUGrHI_xlqTG3uAsk/s400/CIMG1653.JPG" border="0" /></a>The name elapses me right now, but I like it. It stands right behind the Dicentra in what is now to become my vegatable patch, as you can't see the part of the garden from the house, and is thus useless for the visual part. When it is finished flowering (and I am not pregnant anymore), I'll dig it out and put it in the middle of the garden. It will nicely brighten up the early spring. I hope.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-73244398587073819772011-05-09T03:49:00.000-07:002011-08-22T12:39:57.389-07:00A weed? but beautiful! Ah, it is Geum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNfpyZm4SQdjZtHVklbDGwKV8USXAVZM4DikBkU_FXJI0ci-9NUbdyvlX5YMrxJrHW3lG3yT3jRSsT-eL9ojTLO4AU_1Xwiy87RSsYOF-8y59_kUBE3G0M0ZezsSEuINzlOStfgSInPI/s1600/CIMG1669.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNfpyZm4SQdjZtHVklbDGwKV8USXAVZM4DikBkU_FXJI0ci-9NUbdyvlX5YMrxJrHW3lG3yT3jRSsT-eL9ojTLO4AU_1Xwiy87RSsYOF-8y59_kUBE3G0M0ZezsSEuINzlOStfgSInPI/s400/CIMG1669.JPG" border="0" /></a> It stands in the lower lawn, just near the steps. Evidently self-seeded. But bright, and keeps well in a vase. Whatever it is....GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-10799548536956561702011-04-02T04:17:00.000-07:002011-06-06T04:20:12.067-07:00Swiss Mountain Primula<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKfQuD-ttJqDcfaDLQoUKEKL-oppHAmh3YsC_c4VB2dImlkjqEdRs_HeVZRd0k_a5GDYGfbFygBMxJXj9iG7oZhIa5uk6jd03DcGsQHqlIlDuISNDmwVxpS3wfnAAN2G2iZNNlLtypU8/s1600/CIMG1253.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKfQuD-ttJqDcfaDLQoUKEKL-oppHAmh3YsC_c4VB2dImlkjqEdRs_HeVZRd0k_a5GDYGfbFygBMxJXj9iG7oZhIa5uk6jd03DcGsQHqlIlDuISNDmwVxpS3wfnAAN2G2iZNNlLtypU8/s400/CIMG1253.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Perhaps a bit illegal, but I guess they are not that rare. I took this from the garden in Morgins, Switzerland. And it took here! In Switzerland it stands next to the running rivers in the forest. A typical Primula environment: forest and wet. I placed it here also in 'our' forest. My little Switzerland in the garden.</div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-4158350882657153172011-03-24T12:38:00.000-07:002011-03-28T12:43:43.144-07:00Daffodils again<a href="http://localhost:49424/c24a03043ce5bc3e962b9422d901bd07/image/d41471098c059aad.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/c24a03043ce5bc3e962b9422d901bd07/image/d41471098c059aad.jpg?size=400" /></a>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-22538410624903486282011-03-18T12:15:00.000-07:002011-03-20T12:22:55.783-07:00Winter Salad<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDZrlVTMsn6cxjsU8Cn6uFq9J6gWamk4s0ekToCRJbicjJ-k2moeD4dCuDAeX2s12W7dyf_xqfOrJ1CTp3aDYJZ7HVPI-O907qlNxz7OKGpQHR37TOQAj3eLitDaXrlZy5WziW_0_67g/s1600/CIMG1101_sm.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 288px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586243247962722962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDZrlVTMsn6cxjsU8Cn6uFq9J6gWamk4s0ekToCRJbicjJ-k2moeD4dCuDAeX2s12W7dyf_xqfOrJ1CTp3aDYJZ7HVPI-O907qlNxz7OKGpQHR37TOQAj3eLitDaXrlZy5WziW_0_67g/s400/CIMG1101_sm.jpg" /></a>This is a winner!! I put the seeds last autumn in the ground. And all through winter there is salad!!<br /><div></div><br /><div>Easy and such a nice treat!</div><br /><div>A few spring flowers mingle in.</div><div> </div><div>And look what a nice salad it makes!!</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-SezA3f-PajwK5iim2BykOXYeBlc2FdwUEZeOJ7PZwRglB2555BwynqdWogN_MKhOBeDc1DtuPRY1IDjOkBbs4jgS9tgwPDHclmvmg-R8fBq0XRLYt2FMh_8sttHRR6lzpBgIQWA7RE/s1600/CIMG1111.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586244609509903442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-SezA3f-PajwK5iim2BykOXYeBlc2FdwUEZeOJ7PZwRglB2555BwynqdWogN_MKhOBeDc1DtuPRY1IDjOkBbs4jgS9tgwPDHclmvmg-R8fBq0XRLYt2FMh_8sttHRR6lzpBgIQWA7RE/s400/CIMG1111.JPG" /></a>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-91986403698641496502011-03-16T12:36:00.000-07:002011-03-28T12:43:18.847-07:00Daffodils<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:49424/591e244530408169e8a724f356d26b68/image/2e4ca47fb54fdda2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/591e244530408169e8a724f356d26b68/image/2e4ca47fb54fdda2.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div>These daffodils are the small type, small and delicate. Much nicer than the large ones, reallyGardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-17895743575697654492011-03-16T11:58:00.000-07:002011-03-28T12:06:27.891-07:00Ces' Prunus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Kp4GVPxtWLJmdwE_FaOP-7ZZ_vaFEr7J_oaFSJbv1sG3iUGgn8Foo4josVm8W_sL2dzA87R0HsPyrvlOlVVsUNDHHdMDQSm6FFBLI2aaZnAmPUq80iHga36Utb_ERkWwvE1fR3VDCOY/s1600/CIMG1125.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589208212994081314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Kp4GVPxtWLJmdwE_FaOP-7ZZ_vaFEr7J_oaFSJbv1sG3iUGgn8Foo4josVm8W_sL2dzA87R0HsPyrvlOlVVsUNDHHdMDQSm6FFBLI2aaZnAmPUq80iHga36Utb_ERkWwvE1fR3VDCOY/s400/CIMG1125.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://localhost:49424/419b14cf46028ad53bccc3c19eaf4ca8/image/29f988b18f2a09ff.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/419b14cf46028ad53bccc3c19eaf4ca8/image/29f988b18f2a09ff.jpg?size=400" /></a>We got this little tree from Saskia and Mariet, when Ces was born. It flowers around her birthday. This is its first year in our garden, transplanted from the holiday home, which was sold last year. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I was afraid it hadn't survived the transplant (in August!!), so much moss growing on the branches.... But look how it flowers! Actually, after this photo, the flowers became even more abundant.</div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-22321422504452326282011-02-05T12:13:00.000-08:002011-03-29T12:14:25.076-07:00Hazelnuts<a href="http://localhost:49424/f6792b4cd86bb0b0539e1c2eb568d7f8/image/3f85f17ea9227871.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/f6792b4cd86bb0b0539e1c2eb568d7f8/image/3f85f17ea9227871.jpg?size=400" /></a>The last of this year's hazelnuts. Last year I had made a mistake: I had peeled them and kept in an air-tight plastic container. They molded soon. This year I did it better. We made cookies and a vegetarian meal.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-9448059486329365432011-01-20T12:03:00.000-08:002011-03-29T12:06:02.955-07:00The tree<a href="http://localhost:49424/1f813fb0b72956c10597a6b883015452/image/88901352be8e27af.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/1f813fb0b72956c10597a6b883015452/image/88901352be8e27af.jpg?size=400" /></a>I made this picture, so I could compare the size with a picture I took two years ago. We could not find much differences, or growth. Now we are looking at thinning the inside a bit, for our neighbours and the sun. It will have to wait untill after June according to the tree man.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-32865017052266966982011-01-16T11:57:00.000-08:002011-03-29T11:58:29.713-07:00Hamamelis hamamelis<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEPJNS7Pe6GwSDkCr6MNItb_gWW2uYMLPJr7C97h0KiKCTuY0ByVGQEI6q88RPgflxXKJBUfNa2dUMH1UxRUdB4IDM8IHTBV0eyuAyreSq3UZi4rByWGe_CtdQ6FHaYAE1KwR7ZvWJSs/s1600/CIMG0702_sm.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589578134660849074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEPJNS7Pe6GwSDkCr6MNItb_gWW2uYMLPJr7C97h0KiKCTuY0ByVGQEI6q88RPgflxXKJBUfNa2dUMH1UxRUdB4IDM8IHTBV0eyuAyreSq3UZi4rByWGe_CtdQ6FHaYAE1KwR7ZvWJSs/s400/CIMG0702_sm.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="http://localhost:49424/2dfaed0b6314e6ef8b7d4451bc2b54e6/image/4a56798e3161ca08.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/2dfaed0b6314e6ef8b7d4451bc2b54e6/image/4a56798e3161ca08.jpg?size=400" /></a>I bought this last year. I wanted it, because it flowers so brightly early in the year, in the winter. It is not much yet, it was overgrown somewhere in autumn, so that may have stopped the flower growing.</div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-48929279671042205452010-12-04T11:42:00.000-08:002011-03-30T11:42:50.874-07:00Asters in the snow<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://localhost:49424/8d1b9a8f0cf99acfe6722d1db49be032/image/4f28249b614ac867.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/8d1b9a8f0cf99acfe6722d1db49be032/image/4f28249b614ac867.jpg?size=400" /></a> </div>GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-81621337132723344182010-12-04T11:38:00.000-08:002011-03-30T11:40:11.095-07:00Snow!<a href="http://localhost:49424/d6e6cf4ac6ee8f8813637ccb60d59f26/image/70f0686fb9b2aa5e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/d6e6cf4ac6ee8f8813637ccb60d59f26/image/70f0686fb9b2aa5e.jpg?size=400" /></a>Lots of snow this year in December.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439601593116857546.post-59019937137071382382010-11-20T12:09:00.000-08:002011-03-30T12:10:46.531-07:00Kiwi<a href="http://localhost:49424/2f5f33db5a393730f78a318f6038cc7f/image/69e6eda409c7d0c0.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CLEAR: both" border="0" alt="" src="http://localhost:49424/2f5f33db5a393730f78a318f6038cc7f/image/69e6eda409c7d0c0.jpg?size=400" /></a> Picked and un-picked sides.GardenSonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15369045473116653022noreply@blogger.com0