Monadnock Region Open Days 2012

Don't forget that the Open Days garden tour for the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire is coming up this Saturday and Sunday, June 30th-July 1.

Color Bursts

Many of the iris, like this one that's just about to open, are still blooming.

Wet weather during the past several weeks has not been ideal for many of the early summer flowering plants. Some have gotten waterlogged and others have been totally flattened by heavy downpours. Nevertheless, having a diversity of plant life is one way to ensure that there will be a variety of color throughout the garden, regardless of what Mother Nature dishes out. Here's a look at a few of the plants that have been providing the color around here over the past week or so.

Birds In The Garden

Photo of Yellow Bellied Sapsucker courtesy Dominic Sherony for Wikipedia.org

I always thought that having plenty of birds in the garden was a good thing.  Well, not always.