#austingardens

These are some of the last daffodils to bloom in my garden! The variety is called ‘Ice Follies’ and I think, it is my favorite. The daffodils rescued my frost damaged spring garden from being a complete disaster and brought much color and excitement to it. I am so glad that I planted them last winter! Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it! I have given myself a complete day off today and I am looking forward to potter around in the garden. I didn’t have much time to work in the garden lately and it desperately needs it. I hope, I will be able to cut back the last of the frost damaged foliage and then start planting up the flower beds in the front yard. I also plan to set aside some time to bake and have a lovely Easter Tea with my husband. If we are lucky with the weather, we can have it outside in the garden. That would be so lovely! What are your plans for the day? #daffodil #daffodills #organicgardendreams #icefollies #icefolliesdaffodil #icefolliesdaffodils #daffodilicefollies #inmygarden #inmygardentoday #centraltexasgardener #centraltexasgardening #austingardens #austingarden #austin #centraltexas #gardening #garden #gardens #privategarden #privategardens #spring #springgarden #austinspringgarden #springintgegarden #instagarden #gardensofinstagram (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNPq28YHs5Y/?igshid=1qtdk4wryiwo8

And so it begins... What you ask? The creation of my new white garden! I am beyond excited. Up to last weekend I mainly have been trimming back trees, weeding, preparing the future garden beds by putting down a thick layer of mulch, and edging the beds with natural lime stones that can be found on our property. And even though I only have been able to get a small part of the frontyard ready for planting, when we had to go to Home Depot to buy something essential that we needed for the house, I couldn’t resist the temptation and popped into the nursery and got the first plants for the white garden. Yes, this white delphinium was relatively expensive and it probably won’t last too long in the Texas summer heat but I couldn’t pass up this beautiful unnamed variety and see it as a gift to myself for all the hard work that I have put into the garden so far. I have always adored these amazingly pretty and elegant plants and I am so happy to have one blooming in my own garden now! On another note, this is already my 500th post on Instagram! I hardly can believe it! I thought about what to post on this special occasion and even though I was tempted to pick a particularly beautiful photo from one of my garden tours in England I decided to choose one from my own budding garden here in Austin, Texas because that, my friends, makes it very special to me! . . . #delphinium #delphiniums #beautiful #elegant #special #whitedelphinium #whitedelphiniums #mygarden #privategarden #white #whitegarden #moongarden #austin #austingardens #austintexas #texas #texasgardens #gardening #whiteflowers #500thpost #garden #gardens #centraltexasgardening #centraltexasgardener (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ht7xfg7J-/?igshid=v4f051x44pp0

More work at the #ChaffeeGarden. This time we saw the watermelon was squeezing out all of the other plants, looking for a place to grow. So, we built a trellis and trained it to go vertical. It gives the bed a bit of afternoon shade from the #Texas sun. One win for #verticalgardening #permaculturegardening #austingardens #forthoodtx (at Fort Hood, Texas)