Hallson Gardens

harryshoe, wish you were closer so you could shovel mine too.

tigger, it sounds like it's all a mix of good and bad events and timing, but I'm sure your gardens will continue to look fabulous!

kHT, nitrile is made from a synthetic rubber and doesn't contain any latex. Have you tried them? I must admit that they work best when they're a good fit to your hands and fingers, and fit varies by glove.

WOW!!! Beautiful gardens, everyone! LOVED seeing some COLOR!!!

Here's a favorite pic from one of my gardens from last summer.

My hands used to be stained filthy all summer -- usually with some deep cracks in my index fingers that were permanently packed with dirt. I tried to wear garden gloves as much as possible, but always had to remove them for better dexterity. Then two years ago my niece gave me the ugliest bright pin...

Thank you, Pia. I agree and love the old classics.

Thank you, Tigger! I've seen the gorgeous photos of your gardens over the years and your kind comment means so much to me!

Hi all -- Just a quick photo of one of my little gardens that I thought might even be worthy to post here. I just love this M. aureomarginata! The "star" of this garden is actually mostly out-of-sight in this photo. At foreground is Dark Star and I got it in my one and only hosta trade and that was ...

Hey Ed way out there in Wisconsin Winter is brutal here in central NY too!

Congratulations on Appleton Sweet Start! It's a real beauty and I LOVE the name!

Phyllis, that is great news! and thanks for posting the name of the drug!

Nice selection -- I LOVE the coloring on the first one!

Pia, there is no hope of me ever getting rid of the slugs and snails... my yard borders a huge field that's full of them! After a good rain you can stand near the field's edge and watch hundreds of them march into my yard. LOL! That field also brings me mice, snakes, bunnies, deer, birds, mosquitoes...

Darn. I liked Karma's answer best. lol! But since everyone with a growing season similar to mine says to NOT cut them back now, I won't. :p All the rain we got made my hostas huge this year -- and their flowers are unbelievably beautiful!!! It's been nice to not have to water for months, but trust m...

haha! We've had a REALLY tough "summer" here... it started raining in Mid-May, got cold, and continued to rain through the first week in July -- when my entire village was flooded for the first time in recorded history! Then we had a week of extreme heat, then cold and rain again, and basically gene...

Great pic!

Love the colors on the first two! The last looks like my 'Black Eyed Susan' daylily -- I love the colors in that too.

and you just reminded me that I meant to plant more! the seedlings I planted out didn't do well in the constant rain and cold we've had for the last 4 weeks. :p

Beautiful! wish someone would play that game with me!

Jasmine is beautiful -- love the first pic!

Little Sunspot. :p

Looks good! we had cloud cover so couldn't see it, but it was cold! I''ve learned to never plant out before a full moon at the end of May or beginning of June.