Welcoming Two Newcomers

Earlier this spring, I wrote about my obsession with fig trees.  I'm proud to report that I am now an owner of a fig tree.  A Chicago fig, to be exact.  It's only a couple feet tall, but it's a manageable size.  And the price was right.  Ten dollars for an experiment isn't bad.  Figs are unknown territory for me.  Well, really all fruit bearing plants are new territory and this is my first real season growing them.

Here is my fig!

If you look closely, that little round nubby thing by the stem is a fig in the making!  There are about three of them. Impressive for such a young tree.

There is another newcomer to the garden this week.  This is going to sound totally garden geek, but I have been wanting a crane garden statue since I installed the first phase of my shady dry creek garden.  It just begs for one.  Sunday night I decided to do a Google search to see what I could find.  I've been regretting a pass up purchase from a few years ago when we were at Sam's Club and they had a pair of cranes for what I thought was an expensive price, only to find out it was a steal of a deal.  I got to page three of the Google search and there it was -- and for the right price.  Who was selling it, you ask?  Kmart, of all places.  My hubby works at Sears, which is part of the same corporation, so he gets a discount.  Add that to the near expiring Shop Your Rewards points and a gift card with a small balance left on it, and yes my friend, I've got a crane for next to nothing.
 

Introducing the Crane!

The rest of the pics are a progress report on the latest changes.  Photos taken today.

The Annabelle Hydrangeas are doing fine after their aggressive winter pruning.

 

 

 

 

Hydrangea "Pee Gee".  Striking in full bloom.

Coreopsis that climbed up the chicken wire trellis I made for a clematis.

Lavender is just starting to bloom.  I need to harvest a few tablespoons of flowers to try out those lavender cookies I read about in BHG a few months ago.

I think it's a little early in the season for these "Roadside Orange" daylilies to be blooming, but I'll take it.

The backyard garden that transitions from the house to the woods is definitely a little wild.  What started out as a sparse planting has naturalized, and needs some taming.  Not to mention dividing.