In the Garden

A White Winter Flowering Quince and Whitney

2012-02-13T06:00:00.040-06:00

I spoke of my three quince shrubs in Friday's post but only posted pictures of the two red quince. I thought today's post would spotlight a white quince. Once upon a time I didn't even know what a quince was let alone that they come in a variety of colors including white. Then one year while visiting the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show I found a vendor who had several pots of white flowering

Winter Bloomers in Tiger Gardens

2012-02-10T06:00:00.004-06:00

Winter has hardly made an appearance here in my section of Tennessee and the blooms in the garden sure are putting on a great show with the unseasonably mild weather. I'm not complaining at all but hope the trees and shrubs don't break dormancy prematurely. If so there could be dire consequences for them. We are still experiencing the loss of large and mature trees due to the late freeze and

"Duh" Moment

2012-02-07T04:30:00.000-06:00

BY SKEETER I am ever so busy with many things going on in my life right now. Yes, still too busy to be able to visit bloggers but I just had to pop in here and share this today. The Saints parents and large dog have been visiting with us and we had a great time together. While entertaining at meal time, I took the easy way out and purchased a bakery cake rather then bake one myself. The cake is

A Wonderful Winter White Camellia

2012-02-06T06:00:00.027-06:00

As it is so often happens here in Tiger Gardens I am surprised by what is blooming in the garden. No surprise is as grand as a five foot tall white camellia in full bloom as viewed in the woodland garden. What a shock it was for me to find this camellia blooming! Usually this white camellia (and the other spring blooming camellias here) will get zapped by a freeze. I expect at some point this

Another Glass on Glass Mosaic for Winter Color

2012-02-03T06:00:00.001-06:00

There is not much going on in Tiger Gardens other than the usual--life. I've been busy with one project or another and with work and preparing for spring. The pond is still giving us fits too but it will all work out in the end; I just know it will. So today's post is a short and sweet one. My original glass on glass mosaic has been a mighty popular post here at In the Garden so I'm following

The New and Updated Pond After Dark

2012-01-30T05:00:00.000-06:00

You may recall my post this past Friday where I showed you my pond. That post also talked about a few problems with the pond that have since been rectified. Like all things you do for the first time you might not get them right and that was the case with the pond. My main problem was the edging and how to hide the pond liner. Initially I had built a mound on the edge of the pond over which I

The Next Stage in the Building of the Pond

2012-01-27T06:00:00.037-06:00

The first of tens of thousands of daffodils have begun blooming in Tiger Gardens! All the other foliage you see in the above picture is muscari foliage-they'll be coming into bloom in another few weeks to a month or so. 25 January 2012 Despite bad weather and other commitments the pond is still progressing. Mr. Fix-it and I turned the pump on for the first time on 24 January 2012 and it was a

I'm Still Alive!

2012-01-26T07:52:00.010-06:00

BY SKEETER Long time no chat from me! Here is what's happening in my Georgia Garden right now. Spring popping in January? Yes, we have had a really mild winter thus far. And now Spring is trying to arrive. Daffy's, Phlox and Hyacinth are here!Hellebores are here and the Butterfly Bushes never left us this winter! One crazy winter for sure but as we all know, Winter is not over as of yet. Some

'Empress of China' Evergreen Dogwood

2012-01-25T06:00:00.049-06:00

In the fall of 2010 I took a little trip to Louisville to visit my daughter. Both of my girls are great gardeners and have a love for plants just as I do. That being said I guess you know what Liz and I did during my visit. We visited a few of her favorite nurseries. Louisville is about three hours from my home in northern Tennessee but I happen to think Louisville is one of the best cities to

Mobile Paper Shredding and Recycling-On the Job

2012-01-23T06:00:00.002-06:00

I was at a business in Hopkinsville when I came out to a sight that made me smile. I never knew there was such a thing as a "Mobile Paper Shredding and Recycling" unit-but here it is-on the job saving our planet a wee bit at a time.... in the garden.... Words and Photos Property of In the Garden Blog Team, In the Garden

Progress on the Pond-It is Now a Lined Hole with Water!

2012-01-20T06:00:00.001-06:00

January 15, 2012The pond is coming along nicely-with lots of struggles and challenges but it is working out. Today I'll show you how Mr. Fix-it and I spread the underlayment and pond liner in our new pond. The above picture shows the pond filling up-the last step of a long day. I wanted to fill the pond completely in order to try to find out exactly where the water level would be located and

Helping the Birds in the Winter with Home Grown Food and Shelter From the Garden

2012-01-16T06:00:00.056-06:00

Joe Cocker's song I get by with a little help from my friends always plays in my mind when I think of the little birds outside on cold, frigid nights during the dark days of winter. (Psst-scroll down and press play on Joe Cocker's audio while you read this post) I wonder to myself how something that weighs barely what a handful of coins weighs can survive the cold nights. Birds that do not

The Digging of the Pond and Digging in the Broken Concrete Patio

2012-01-09T05:10:00.000-06:00

Digging of the pond has been the easy part of building my new pond-and Cuddle Bunny-our resident Fertilizer bunny agrees! He is my constant helper in the garden while I have been working on the pond. I thought I'd share some pictures of the frontyard transformation and also document my pond building experience. Today's post in only on digging the pond and digging in the new broken concrete patio

Some Pretties and Happy New Year

2011-12-28T08:00:00.000-06:00

We have had such a mild winter this year in Tennessee that you'd hardly know it was wintertime! Blooms in the garden in the winter is a very delightful thing for me because 2011 has not been a very good year yet the garden always makes me happy. I thought I'd share a few pretties with you all today and also wish you a very safe and wonderful welcome to the new year. First up is the first

The Yellow Button Mum Hedge

2011-11-28T05:15:00.023-06:00

Got mums? Boy do I have mums here in Tiger Gardens. The mums are not all that special but they make up for any shortcomings by being bright and prolific. I wonder if those two are connected somehow? Bright and prolific? Hmmmm. Five years ago I got a start of these beautiful yellow button mums (I don't know the botanical name) from a fellow master gardener on a master gardener garden tour and wow

One of My Favorite Nurseries-We Du Natives

2011-11-23T05:15:00.010-06:00

Are you a plant collector? If so it is possible there are many plants on your list of must haves that you might not be able to find locally. I myself have this problem. It seems most of the usual suspects (viburnums, hydrangeas, evergreens, and spiraeas, etc) are mainly what I can find locally in any big box store. I rarely shop at local nurseries but when I do I find they rarely have anything

Happy Holidays, In the Garden

2011-11-22T04:30:00.005-06:00

By SKEETERThere are still a few pretty things in my Georgia Gardens. One would be this African Daisy. Oh how I wish I had picked up more then 1 as it has been blooming since planted...Phlox is loving this cooler weather. Wild Thing Sage is looking awesome.And of course, the Camellia bushes are filled with buds.The first Camellia bloom of the season! Back in Oct, I talked about the Wags to

The Front Sidewalk Garden

2011-11-21T05:15:00.041-06:00

The Front Sidewalk Garden in my garden is uniquely positioned to be a showcase garden where I can grow everything and anything-with some restrictions. Anything I plant in this garden has to be: less than three feet tall, has to bloom a long time, and has to look good most of the year. One restriction I place on the garden is that it must have interest all year long. This garden gets enough sun

Storing Green Tomatoes Before a Hard Freeze So You Can Enjoy the Garden in the Winter

2011-11-18T05:15:00.027-06:00

The summer garden is finally finished. Upper Middle Tennessee experienced a hard freeze this past week and any hopes of keeping warm season flowers and vegetables around for a bit longer were mostly dashed. Of course we all knew it was coming way before it hit. Geez, it's November already so I think the hard freeze was overdue. Prior to the hard freeze I had removed the very tall tomato plants

Unwanted Visitor named Jack Frost

2011-11-17T04:30:00.002-06:00

By SKEETER I normally enjoy visitors to my Georgia Garden. We were out of our gardens for 4 days recently and upon our return, I suspect we had an unwanted visitor. How do I know this, well, just look at the above picture which is how we left our gardens. Cypress and Cardinal Vine so thick on the Swing Arbor that it looks like a tree! Coleus beaming brightly below.Coleus before we left... All

Color-Everywhere In the Garden

2011-11-16T04:15:00.000-06:00

I thought I'd display some of the wonderful colors plants can offer us in our gardens-sans blooms. This fall has been splendid and as I wander my garden I try ever so hard to appreciate every small thing my eyes take in-and it is a lot here. Mr. Fix-it says our garden is 'cluttered'. Those are just about fighting words but because I love him I tend to overlook that opinion and just head to the

Blue Ridge Mountain View

2011-11-15T04:30:00.001-06:00

By SKEETER The Saint and I left our Georgia Gardens over the weekend for an unexpected trip to Virginia. Some times, those are the best trips. As was this one. When we go to visit The Saints family, we go different routes to keep the drive fun. This trip, we decided to take the mountains so we could leaf peep along the way. I was shocked as to how much color remained in the trees as I assumed

Yellowroot

2011-11-14T05:15:00.007-06:00

Have you ever heard of yellowroot? Let me clarify it a bit for you, have you ever heard of Xanthorhiza simplicissima, syn. X. apiifolia? No? Me neither until one spring Perennial Plant Society meeting. There was a whole bag of yellowroot free for the taking. Not knowing what yellowroot was I was a bit hesitant to grab a start but one of the members (Joanne) is very well informed about

Our Florida Vacation

2011-11-11T05:15:00.045-06:00

This is part two of the Ramsey family's Florida vacation scrapbook. Florida is such a nice destination for vacations and whenever I think Florida I think flamingos. Do you all also think that? Or perhaps you think sunshine and fresh squeezed oranges. All wonderful thoughts of this sunny state. Our flamingos were on display in Busch Gardens Tampa. Did you know Busch Gardens is owned by the

Forget-Me-Not

2011-11-10T04:30:00.001-06:00

By SKEETERHere you see a Blue Daze flower blooming in my Georgia Gardens. This is NOT a forget-me-not flower as I do not have one to show you. But it is as close as I could get without borrowing one from the Internet. With our recent issues of a blog thief, I decided to not borrow one from the Internet. I will ask you to click HERE so Wikipedia can show you one. The Forget-Me-Not flower has been