These are growing around the border of our vegetable garden. We decided to add some color by trimming the garden with an assortment of colorful flowers. These bright orange marigolds go a long way to provide the color we were trying to get.
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Yellow Gerberas
These yellow Gerbera Daisies are in our centerpiece vase this weekend. Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. The domesticated cultivars are mostly a result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and another South African species Gerbera viridifolia. The cross is known as Gerbera hybrida. Thousands of cultivars exist. They vary greatly in shape and size. Colors include white, yellow, orange, red, and pink. The center of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colors.
Aster Dwarf
We got these aster dwarf starter plants last weekend in a six-pack from the garden shop. I haven’t even planted them yet and they’re already blooming nicely. In addition to this nice bluish aster, there are several other shades of pink showing up.
Purple Morning Glory
These gorgeous purple morning glories were seen during our trip to the local home improvement warehouse’s garden shop.
Red Epiphyllum Flower
A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of our first cactus blossom of the year. Now, here’s our first Epiphyllum flower of the season. We’ve been at the gun show all day, so enjoy this beautiful flower that you wish was in your yard.
First Cactus Flower of the Season
This is the first bloom this year from one of our cereus cactus plants. This one was still opening when I got this shot last night. Its the first of many more to come on this cactus (one stalk has five flower pods, another three and most others with one or two pods. More photos will come later, I’m sure.
Memorial Day BBQ
This is part of the meal we prepared to celebrate Memorial Day. We started cooking this morning with baby back pork ribs in a special barbecue sauce in the crock pot. The ribs cooked all day until we took them out to the grill and browned them up for about 10 minutes over some smoking hickory chips. The corn was roasting on the grill in their husks before shucking them and browning them a little with butter and pepper brushed on. We also had Cole slaw and baked beans. This meal was every bit as good if not better than your favorite commercial BBQ restaurant.
We took the time last week to send a donation to The Wounded Warrior Project knowing that some of our soldiers would be facing this holiday with serious injuries and we hoped that we could make it a little better holiday for those recovering from their injuries. We hope that you might consider donating to one of our fine Military Charities. Look in our sidebar for a few links to some organizations that make a difference for our troops. God bless our Military Men and Women.