Mom's Pets

Her Hand-Me-Down, Non-Egg-Laying Chickens and assorted felines.

 Buzz. First in command. 

Duckfoot. Bottom of the totem pole. All are molting in these pics which is why they look a bit sickly. April 27, 2012.

And another of Duckfoot just because she's everyone's favorite.

The Babe. Or Stewpot Chicken if she's being contrary. 

Mrs. Olsen. Named after Harriet Olsen from Little House on the Prairie because they look alike.

Former Chief of Security, Barney the Rooster. Named after Barney Fife. He went to that big hen house in the sky last year. He was a great rooster.

The buds, Tigger on left and Otis on right.

Loo Hoo, the Princess.

Shade Garden

Taken late April 2012 with North Bed in background. 

Plants Seen in this Pic:

Heucheras

Heucherellas

Native digitalis (white flowers)

Pink azalea

Blue columbine

Jacob's Ladder

Boxwood

Astibles

 Mystery blue columbine, April 22, 2012

 Columbine, Aquilegia 'Swan Red & White', April 22, 2012

 Perennial oxalis. Blooms all summer. Carefree. No scent.

Sunny side of the Shade Garden.
 Baron Girod de l'Ain, hybrid perpetual, April 27, 2012. Smells luscious, occasional repeat.

Baron Girod de l'Ain, April 27, 2012

Sunny side of the Shade Garden with Baron Girod on the corner and Baby Bloomers to the left. North Bed Knockouts in background. April 27, 2012

North Bed

North Bed 2011 before mulching.

North Bed 2011 mulched.

Plants:
Weigela
Mystery evergreen
Two pink spireas
Maiden grass, Miscanthus sinensis
A purple crape myrtle
Roses include Hansa, The Dark Lady, Sixteen Candles, Schneezewerg, Quadra, Viking Queen, three Knockouts, and Clair Austin and a mystery David Austin.

 North Bed, April 23, 2012

 North Bed, April 27, 2012

North Bed, April 27, 2012

The Dark Lady rose, North Bed, April 27, 2012

Tamora, North Bed, Apr 27, 2012

Quadra in its second year, April 27, 2012

North Bed Knockouts, April 27, 2012

South Bed

Spring 2011 before mulching.

 Spring 2011 after mulching. Much better.

April 2012

Plants:
Ninebark

Weigela

Purple butterfly bush

Mystery viburnum

Bee Balm 'Jacob Cline'

Yarrow 'Angel's Breath,' Achillea ptarmica

Purple salvia

Mock orange

Roses include Double Pink Knockout, White Koster, La Belle Sultane, Ispahan, Madame Pierre Oger, Paule Neyron, and Tausendschon.

Blue salvia with St. Francis and rosa Ispahan (pink flower at bottom right). April 22, 2012

 South Bed with Double Pink Knockout, Ninebark (burgundy shrub), and mystery rose in foreground. April 23, 2012.

South Bed. April 23, 2012.

Double Pink Knockout rose with Ninebark. April 23, 2012.

Tausendschon climber that I rooted from Peg's. South Bed, April 27, 2012

My unscented mock orange, April 27, 2012