Herb Garden

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The herb garden is finally in the ground! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I can't wait to get the border put around it and the lattice up along the decking to hide the mess behind it. We planted Echinacea, Black Eyed Susans, two types of Bee Balm, Lemon Balm, Curly Parsley, Italian Flat Leaf Parsley, Cilantro, Basil, Lavender, Thyme, Garlic Chives and Chives. I think that's it! I can't wait to start using them in my cooking!

~BLESSINGS AND PEACE~

Lisa

Herbs and Flowers

It's a beautiful, sunny day here. I am so happy to see sunshine after a week full of rain. I've been doing yard/garden work most of the day and wanted to share my harvest from the herb garden as well as some pictures of my morning glories.

Chives, Parsley and Basil

This is my favorite one...

.....but the pink is beautiful too.

I plan on posting more information about drying your own herbs at home sometime this week.

Blessings,

Lisa

Outdoor Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Welcome to Outdoor Wednesday, hosted by Susan, A Southern Daydreamer.

Visit her place and the other participants' blogs to see what's outside of their little corner of the world.

Here's what's blooming in my little corner of the world:

Hosta with little purple blooms

Echinacea in the herb garden

A bee enjoys some of the coneflower

Clematis

Orange coneflower

Enjoy this day!

Blessings,

Lisa

Show and Tell Friday, June 5, 2009

I thought I would share some of the plants in my gardens and yard. I love our backyard during the spring and summer months because it becomes so private and intimate in the middle of our busy city neighborhood.

These are our hostas and my book fairy on the shaded side of the house. I love the contrast of the bright green and white against the dark brick of the house.

These are the flowers of the white bleeding heart plant in the bed by the garage. The rounded leaves are from the black eyed susans beside it.

There are actually two plants here. You can see the blooms on the chives, as well as the bright leaves of Lemon Balm in our herb garden.

Tarragon

I can't remember the name of this plant. Anyone? This is a cluster of three plants.

One of our first Stella D'Oro daylily plants to bloom.

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the plants in our garden. Be sure to visit

Kelli's House and view other wonderful show and tell posts!

Blessings,

Lisa