Getting there

Things are starting to unfold. I am so happy I decided to keep the perennials in the window boxes!

 

 

OUT OF HIBERNATION

Hello there! I have been hibernating all winter but now plan to return to blogging about my little balcony. What a lovely day - started out with fog horns and warm salty southern Spring smells. Now the sun has broken through and I have been puttering around outside. I am trying to keep the spending down and primarily use perennials even in the window boxes. So here is what has returned.

 

Creeping phlox, Violets, Creeping Jenny

 

 

 

Pinks (about to pop - pics to follow) Creeping Jenny, Coral Bells

 

Some annuals have been mixed in here -Portulacas, Pansies (and Nasturtiums, which are still underground!)

 

Can't wait to see this develop - perennials and seeds require patience, but they make you feel so triumphant when they arrive.

 

 

 

There is a lot that came back and a lot that the hard winter stole away. One clematis out of three survived, the rose is gone, but the strawberries are here for their third summer! More to follow.



 

A Walk in the Park

Not much happening on the balcony so I thought I would post a pic from a walk in Prospect Park with my brother. It was a lovely journey through a haze of hungry dragonflies and we (he) spotted this catbird amidst the chokecherries.

Sunset on the Balcony

Forever September

I don't want winter to come and take this all away.

Experimenting with Nasturtiums

Every spring I optimistically plant nasturtiums and then by midsummer I am looking at shriveled and sickly discolored leaves that are absolutely pathetic and have virtually no flowers. So this year, I am trying an experiment. The last week in August I planted 4 packages of nasturtium seeds. My theory is that as the cool weather hits I will have exploding plants that resemble the spectacular displays I see in midsummer Maine. I just hope a frost doesn't hit before the flowers. Here are some of my many 2 week old babies. (Oh, and the color is back in my petunias - returned as mysteriously as it disappeared.)

 

 

 

 

 

iphone!

Got an iphone! Am playing around with its camera. Here is the white box I was sick of a month ago...Am liking it better. And the other window box I wasn't sure of...Am liking that one better too!