Note: Clicking on most of these photos enlarges them and shows off their beauty. Apologies that I couldn’t make them bigger on the screen. Oh, and this is not a contest as some folk think…it’s simply a glimpse into your gardens.
Let’s have a peek into your secret gardens now, shall we?
MS. FIRST NATIONS…
Rancho FirstNations, under fierce attack by Imperial Daleks.
THOMBEAU…
Here's a bit of my garden! It's sort of between blooms, but you get the idea. I planted everything but the trees, put in the stone walkway, etc.. Have veggies, too, but they're not as photogenic. I love gardening, it's something I never got to do during my 25 years in Chicago. And it helps keep me sane, whatever that means. Anyway, these may not be the sort of pics you have in mind---the only naked troll was the one behind the camera!---but I thought I'd share.
MITZI…
Mary Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow? I thought you might like this picture of old whore Libby Ellis.
I took pity on a bag of dahlia tubers displayed on a discounted shelf in Wilkinsons. The tubers had started to sprout in their torn plastic prison. That was four months ago and just look how they have rewarded me, although I'm not a dahlia person, they're well worth the 10p I paid for them. The ivy growing up the wall is a cutting I took from Norman Clegg's house from Last Of The Summer Wine.
WALLY…
This is my garden in New York City.
The best thing about it is that if you are in any room of my apartment and look out any window, this is what you see, not buildings, cars, trains and people.
Many different flowers, spring, summer & fall, If you are feeling peckish grab a nectarine or a fig or a bunch of grapes, savory herbs grow all around.
I walk barefoot around this, my home, and my little dog Mickey has never worn a leash; he runs free...
AYEM8Y…
We've been having the most beastly heat and drought this summer and as a result most of my potted plants have suffered a horrible death. Yes that is a water hose. I'm to lazy to turn the damn thing on.
CHICKORY…
I know, I know. I forgot to pose nekkid while being mounted by a rooster or something.
BOXER…
This is how I grow flowers. I don’t. Instead, I pot rusty metal ones that will not die from my lack of attention.
BEAST…
Note from Mistress MJ: Beast hasn’t time to write a blurb due to his hectic schedule as kitchen slave at Café C. Nonetheless, he manages to find the time to maintain a lovely garden oasis in Bournemouth, England. Click on his last photo to see the funhouse mirror!
JASON…
Here's my fairy ring which sprung up
just this morning!
INEXPLICABLE DeVICE…
I was quickly flicking through the blogworld the other day to see what I'd been missing and thought to myself I must do some hoeing! Unfortunately, time has escaped me, so I cannot offer anything of mirth or innuendo. Instead, I offer an update of Castle DeVice's vegetable garden as of the end of June. For those that are interested in its progression, there's a couple of photos in this post that show the 'before' and 'beforer'.
GEOFF…
This is the lavender bush the bees love so much. Unfortunately there are fewer bees this year than last. We are sad to see the bees disappear.
STEPHEN…
MR. PEENEE…
When we moved to Chez Peenee 14 years ago, the backyard was covered in an invasive weed called Scotch Broom. I pulled each and every one of those bitches out by hand and have been fighting with the yard ever since. I am pretty sure I am not winning.
LX…
The Cycad is my favorite yard plant because of its color, shape, and size. I have used these as feature plants on Maui and in Austin. Some people refer to these as "Sago Palms." They are idiots.
PRINCESS…
Some shots of around my garden, none current, as it is mid winter here (Australia) and the place looks a mess!
MISS SCARLET…
Here are the pictures of my poorly plant. I believe it's a clamatis.
But as you can see in the second pic... where there is life there is hope...
RANDOM CHICK…
I've attached my entries for your Garden Party contest...or Greenery Contest, or whatever it is. As long as we get to see more arses I don't care! These photos are from our low-maintenance garden. We just planted stuff and let it grow and it went wild! We'll be having corn, squash, zebra tomatoes, and green bell peppers for dinner forever!!
ROSES…
Please find attached two pictures: inside bush and outside bush. The inside bush...well actually there are several. The big one is a devil's ivy, there are two orchids and for the life of me, I can't remember what the purple/silver variegated plans are called. The outside bush...those were my adorable Hellebores.
COOKIE…
The garden (and the roses) peaked about a month ago.
Let’s welcome to Infomaniac two new Infomaniac Bitches: CoreyJo and IlDuce!...
COREYJO…
Here is a Peace Lily I received when my 2 year old daughter Maggie Alice past away. In front is a Redwings gnome I bought my husband for Christmas the year Maggie Alice was born. These items sit where you will see them anytime to go to any room in the house.
ILDUCE…
The front garden, up until two years ago this was all grass & chain link.
KEEP HOEING, BITCHES!
And thank you for sharing your beautiful greenery with us.
yay first. all homegrown ...
ReplyDeleteOh, THAT'S what I smell!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a collection of green thumbed Bitches!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed...
I was going to say what a bunch of hoes but you've been kinder.
ReplyDeleteInexplicable DeVice- It's called "Hoing" and I suspect you've been doing it for years.
ReplyDeleteRoses- When you said "Inside Bush" I was expecting a totally different picture and must say I'm mighty disappointed.
Don't ask me or Mr Pirate to look after your greenery when you're on your hols, that's all I can say.
ReplyDeleteSx
I am very impressed with everybody elses green finger work though.
clicks box.
ReplyDeleteSx
Wow! Beautiful gardens & plants. I really need to plant something outside. I feel like such a slacker. lol
ReplyDeletelove the fun house mirror & the Dahlia's...
I love Wally's urban garden. It's hard to imagine there's a city anywhere near this place. I love this!! More photos!
ReplyDeleteKELLY RED: Inexplicable DeVice- It's called "Hoing" and I suspect you've been doing it for years.
ReplyDeleteRoses- When you said "Inside Bush" I was expecting a totally different picture and must say I'm mighty disappointed.
You tell ‘em!
SCARLET: Don't ask me or Mr Pirate to look after your greenery when you're on your hols, that's all I can say.
I am very impressed with everybody elses green finger work though.
Did you poison each others’ plants after that incident at The Infomaniac House of Beauty?
COREYJO: Welcome to Infomaniac!
Wow! Beautiful gardens & plants. I really need to plant something outside. I feel like such a slacker. lol
love the fun house mirror & the Dahlia's...
Get outside and get dirty!
BOXER: I love Wally's urban garden. It's hard to imagine there's a city anywhere near this place. I love this!! More photos!
More photos? MORE photos?
Mistress MJ needed pep pills to download all THESE ones!
with two puppies and continued aftergunk, i've got compost for whoever is willing to haul it away!
ReplyDeletebravo to everyone!
oh princess...that sweet house, and that wisteria!
I'm with Boxer... i love Wally's little patch of serenity in the middle of Metropolis!
ReplyDeleteGreat work everyone!
Hugs
Jon
They most certainly are hoeing with the best of them.
ReplyDeletePersonally I don't like getting my fingers dirty, and no. My fingers aren't green.
I especially like Jason's fairy ring. Nice bit of serendipity for the event!
ReplyDeleteAlso, bravo to Wally on his Gotham City oasis!
princess's house. its as charming as it gets. disassemble that, and ship it to:
ReplyDeleteredneckville, North georgia.
thank you.
all were lovely. i laughed at the cat's comment.
thanks MJ!
Well, this was fun...
ReplyDeleteA little peak over everyone's fences & some lovely spots.
Thanks, Mistress, for putting it together for us.
Wow! La Diva is SO VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU GREEN THUMBED BITCHES! But of course, it was what I expected. Such pretty gardens, so lush! (most of them, anyway!) If I'd been able to get to my garden with my leg injury, I would have participated. (hubby has been kind enough to stop by and water but I've not seen it in three weeks!) I'm growing herbs and Asian herbs I can't easily get here in a Victory garden plot run by the city of Miami Beach in South Beach. Well done, all of you Maniacs!
ReplyDeleteYay! I knew that most people here have brown thumbs (for whatever reasons) but it's nice to see some green ones as well!
ReplyDeleteNORMADESMOND: with two puppies and continued aftergunk, i've got compost for whoever is willing to haul it away!
ReplyDeletebravo to everyone!
oh princess...that sweet house, and that wisteria!
Isn’t Princess’s Palais adorable?
DEEPBLUE: I'm with Boxer... i love Wally's little patch of serenity in the middle of Metropolis!
Great work everyone!
Hugs
Jon
Est-ce que tu as vu les ruelles vertes de Montréal?
CYBERPOOF: They most certainly are hoeing with the best of them.
Personally I don't like getting my fingers dirty, and no. My fingers aren't green.
You’re so coated in glitter we’d never see the green anyway!
LX: I especially like Jason's fairy ring. Nice bit of serendipity for the event!
Also, bravo to Wally on his Gotham City oasis!
Do you ever hide behind that Cycad and then spring out at unsuspecting passersby?
I know I’d be tempted.
CHICKORY: princess's house. its as charming as it gets. disassemble that, and ship it to:
redneckville, North georgia.
thank you.
all were lovely. i laughed at the cat's comment.
thanks MJ!
Can’t you picture Princess greeting us all the front door in his feather boa and tiara with the scent of wisteria heavy in the air?
Did you know that he makes jams and jellies and he quilts too?
Can this vision get anymore idyllic?
WALLY: Well, this was fun...
A little peak over everyone's fences & some lovely spots.
Thanks, Mistress, for putting it together for us.
Everyone seems quite taken by your urban oasis.
Well done, Wally.
LA DIVA CUCINA: Wow! La Diva is SO VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOU GREEN THUMBED BITCHES! But of course, it was what I expected. Such pretty gardens, so lush! (most of them, anyway!) If I'd been able to get to my garden with my leg injury, I would have participated. (hubby has been kind enough to stop by and water but I've not seen it in three weeks!) I'm growing herbs and Asian herbs I can't easily get here in a Victory garden plot run by the city of Miami Beach in South Beach. Well done, all of you Maniacs!
This is a photo of your garden plot, isn’t it?
THOMBEAU: Yay! I knew that most people here have brown thumbs (for whatever reasons) but it's nice to see some green ones as well!
Oh those stubborn stains.
Your garden is a delight to behold, Thom.
It seems the perfect venue for one of your famous Sissy Boy Slap Parties.
Yay! MJ you found it! Dang, you are good girl! Muchas gracias, mamita! xo
ReplyDeleteLove the mushroom fairy circle
ReplyDeleteWhere's my garden picture MJ? Actually, I'm quite relieved you didn't show it, after seeing such lovely gardens t'would have put mine to shame.
ReplyDeleteAyem8y and Scarlet I think your compost needs pruning!
They're all wonderful and I'm so envious of the beauty and effort it took. Except for keeping it mowed my yard would be a blank canvas for a "How to Landscape" booklet.
ReplyDeleteLOVE all the talented hoes here today!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to send a pic of my "garden", but I didn't think a big pile of rock, broken concrete and dead weeds qualified.
I have bush envy .....
Unbelievable, you guys! Wally's oasis, Princess' gorgeous little house, Ms.DeVice's veggies, and everyone! I loved looking at these!
ReplyDeleteI am quite impressed by everyone's entries.
ReplyDeleteOh. And the garden stuff is quite fetch too.
bada bing!
Seriously. Can "Wally" slice off a bit of that paradise for my 1-bedroom in Chicago?
Great job, everyone. Except 'Mean Dirty Pirate' who needs a hose boy. Or man.
LA DIVA CUCINA: Yay! MJ you found it! Dang, you are good girl! Muchas gracias, mamita! xo
ReplyDeleteDe nada, La Diva!
NURSEMYRA: Love the mushroom fairy circle
I expect Jason also has a daisy chain.
MITZI: Where's my garden picture MJ? Actually, I'm quite relieved you didn't show it, after seeing such lovely gardens t'would have put mine to shame.
Ayem8y and Scarlet I think your compost needs pruning!
OMG! There’s always ONE photo that goes missing!
I’m on it NOW and will post it.
TJB: They're all wonderful and I'm so envious of the beauty and effort it took. Except for keeping it mowed my yard would be a blank canvas for a "How to Landscape" booklet.
Plant something and we’ll do this again NEXT year.
BLAZNG SCARLET: LOVE all the talented hoes here today!
I wanted to send a pic of my "garden", but I didn't think a big pile of rock, broken concrete and dead weeds qualified.
I have bush envy .....
See my comment to TJB.
NATIONS: Unbelievable, you guys! Wally's oasis, Princess' gorgeous little house, Ms.DeVice's veggies, and everyone! I loved looking at these!
What is that colourful stuff flapping from the roof of Rancho First Nations?
Bunting?
MICHAEL GUY: I am quite impressed by everyone's entries.
Oh. And the garden stuff is quite fetch too.
bada bing!
Seriously. Can "Wally" slice off a bit of that paradise for my 1-bedroom in Chicago?
Great job, everyone. Except 'Mean Dirty Pirate' who needs a hose boy. Or man.
Haven’t you seen Mean Dirty Pirate’s hose?
*Clasps hands with Scarlett and forms commiserating circle with healing chants*
ReplyDeleteI've neglected my bush recently, I'm sorry to say.
ReplyDeleteI practise the Darwinian Art of Gardening, if it survives my neglect, it's survival of the fittest.
MAybe a cut back and some dung will help with this poor neglected thingy, Pirate ...
ReplyDeleteAYEM8Y: *Clasps hands with Scarlett and forms commiserating circle with healing chants*
ReplyDeleteOr you could try the Infomaniac House of Beauty “Super Detox Purification Total Energy Renewal Optimal Health Fat Flush Anti-Aging Miracle Cleanse Solution.”
ROSES: I've neglected my bush recently, I'm sorry to say.
I practise the Darwinian Art of Gardening, if it survives my neglect, it's survival of the fittest.
Do you, like Miss Scarlet, have an unruly bush?
MAGO: MAybe a cut back and some dung will help with this poor neglected thingy, Pirate ...
There is a saying… “Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.”
Perhaps Pirate could use some moisturizer.
congrats to our many greened thumb responders. Kabuki's desert garden is still in its infancy, kabuki hopes to show off a little next year. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.
ReplyDeleteKABUKI ZERO: congrats to our many greened thumb responders. Kabuki's desert garden is still in its infancy, kabuki hopes to show off a little next year. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, where have you been?
Mistress MJ has been crying into her (fluffed) pillow night after night.
Secondly, we shall be holding this Garden Show annually (geddit? “annuals?” ha!) so prepare to show off next year.
Easy on the waterworks, Mistress!
ReplyDeleteThese down pillows are a bitch to fluff when soggy!
LX: Easy on the waterworks, Mistress!
ReplyDeleteThese down pillows are a bitch to fluff when soggy!
I shall use a ShamWow in lieu of a pillow.
mustn't mix up TB and TJB.
ReplyDelete...The colorful stuff flapping from my porch awning is a string of tibetan prayer flags. A lady who walked by every day bought them for me because she said my garden was a 'blessing'. No shit!
ReplyDeleteMr Peenee: What are those tall slender wandy things like Ents in your first picture, top center right? Theres three of them waving around there. (Oh, I know I've just set SOMEONE up for a series of dick jokes there...) But seriously, what are they? They're cool!
If you decide to do this again next earlier in the season, my yard will knock the socks off of you. But by the end of July, every blooming thing is spent.
ReplyDeleteNORMADESMOND: mustn't mix up TB and TJB.
ReplyDeleteOops!
Apologies to all concerned.
NATIONS: ...The colorful stuff flapping from my porch awning is a string of tibetan prayer flags. A lady who walked by every day bought them for me because she said my garden was a 'blessing'. No shit!
Mr Peenee: What are those tall slender wandy things like Ents in your first picture, top center right? Theres three of them waving around there. (Oh, I know I've just set SOMEONE up for a series of dick jokes there...) But seriously, what are they? They're cool!
Tibetan prayer flags OR your KNICKERS?
Where is Mr. Peewee, er Mr. Peenee?
COOKIE: If you decide to do this again next earlier in the season, my yard will knock the socks off of you. But by the end of July, every blooming thing is spent.
Since we’re all in different hardiness zones, when is the ideal time for next year’s Garden Show?
r/e TB &TJB I think that we already mixed up about 10 yrs. ago, a Motel 6 outside of Reno.
ReplyDelete... have no problem with hardiness.
ReplyDeletebut are you an annual or a perennial? It makes a difference, you know.
ReplyDeleteTB: r/e TB &TJB I think that we already mixed up about 10 yrs. ago, a Motel 6 outside of Reno.
ReplyDeleteYou really get around, don’t you?
MAGO: ... have no problem with hardiness.
Nor a problem with hardness either…or so I’ve heard about you.
NATIONS: but are you an annual or a perennial? It makes a difference, you know.
Is that like asking “Which season are you?” when shopping for clothes to suit your skin tone?
I don’t look good near yellow flowers, in that case.
Oh Princess Steph your garden is BEEYOODEEFOLL!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm late. As usual.
ReplyDeleteIs that really MItzi? Brave woman and she looks great too! LOL! :-)
DAMIEN: Oh Princess Steph your garden is BEEYOODEEFOLL!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAussie pride!
RANDOM CHICK: I'm late. As usual.
Is that really MItzi? Brave woman and she looks great too! LOL! :-)
That brave woman is Libby Ellis …
www.libbyellis.com
mrpeenee comes staggering in, late and surly. Who knew so many infobitches were gardening geniuses?
ReplyDeletefirstnations, the tall stuff in my picture is called echium "The Pride of Madeira", viper's bugloss and one of the most invasive plants in Australia. Here in San Francisco, it grows with absolutely no attention and has now cross pollinated in my backyard till I have about twenty kinds wandering around. The giant green penis-y looking things are the seed heads, left over after the purple flowers have all fallen off.
How very lovely to included with such esteemed company. Thank you!
ReplyDeletePEENEE: mrpeenee comes staggering in, late and surly. Who knew so many infobitches were gardening geniuses?
ReplyDeletefirstnations, the tall stuff in my picture is called echium "The Pride of Madeira", viper's bugloss and one of the most invasive plants in Australia. Here in San Francisco, it grows with absolutely no attention and has now cross pollinated in my backyard till I have about twenty kinds wandering around. The giant green penis-y looking things are the seed heads, left over after the purple flowers have all fallen off.
Australia, eh?
If it’s not marauding rabbits upsetting the ecosystem, it’s The Pride of Madeira.
STEPHEN: How very lovely to included with such esteemed company. Thank you!
Thanks for showing us your beautiful Portland garden, Stephen!