Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

So how are you today?  Hope well.

Rain showers have become less frequent.  Yeah!!!!  Floods still in the area, folks displaced, roads closed and rescues occurring.  Grass uncut, plants drowning, ants finding higher ground.  Oh My!!!!!  However good news is on the horizon .... forecast for next few days is less rain, more sunshine, more heat.

OFW, here you can see the weather stats at Oakville Farm.

And the daylilies are thriving.  Oh yes, thriving.  

Here is wishing you a good day.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.

I've noticed something about gardening. You set out to do one thing and pretty soon, you're doing something else, which leads to some other thing, and so on. By the end of the day, you look at the shovel stuck in the half dug daylily bed and wonder what on earth you've been doing.  ~Author Unknown

This was sent to me.  Thanks!  Really like it.

Like yesterday ..... began pulling weeds in one flower bed, then picked the tomatoes, fed the goats, fed kitty, walked along the fence in pasture, drove around yard in Gator, rain inside to avoid rain, ate sandwich, watched one episode of Young and Restless, weeding in another area, transplant several houseplants, talked on the cell phone to family,  ran away from goundhog hiding in high grass, then back to original weed patch.  How did I get soooooo side tracked?  And not ONE thing accomplished!  Had lots of fun flitting from one to another, though.  :)


Around 630 AM had  .6" of rain. Everything is nice and soggy.  And so beautiful.  I always like the look after a rain.  Outdoors has such a clean/bright/alive appearance.

So will begin again today.  Not in the original weed patch, that was the mistake yesterday!  New area, with camera in hand.  Not weeding yet either, too wet!!!!  So will photograph a while.  That should keep me more focused.  Love that camera!!!!!

Hope you have a good day.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.

                                                                Nicholas Leigh daylily

Enjoy.  :)

 Smile .... make a beautiful face.  :)

Love y'all.  :)

Hope you all have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Then followed that beautiful season...  
Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hope you enjoy this first full day of summer.  Third weekend in June, already!!!  Where has this 2013 year gone???  Am gonna get a glass of sweet tea, walkabout in the daylilies and take in this beautiful summer day.

Hope you have a good one and until next time, Happy Gardening.
 

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer   ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

Yes, it official, summer began this morning at 1:04.  And the weather here is absolutely gorgeous.  Lows in 50's, low humidity, bright sun, cloudless sky ... perfect for late June.  I'll take any day of the week!!!

So how are those daylilies growing in your yard/garden?  Here at Oakville Farm .... Oh my!  Blossoms are everywhere.  With the great amounts of rain this spring ... daylilies, weeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, yes just everything is looking good.

Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

 Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War.  It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant.  It means justice.  It means liberty.  It means happiness.... Every color means liberty.  Every thread means liberty.  Every star and stripe means liberty.  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Happy Flag Day to one and all.  

From the middle of May until the last of July, I display flags, red/white/blue banners, bunting, Uncle Sam items ... a very patriotic time for us all.  Yes?

Had more rain yesterday afternoon, about 1/4".  And with that storm blowing thru, it brought, cooler, drier, bright blue skies and an awesome sunshine.  77 degrees day.  So fantastic.  

All for this time.  Hope everyone has had a good day.  The weekend is upon us ... please drive safely.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.  

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.  ~Gerard Nerval  


Hello all.  Today the weather is forecast to bring 90+ degree temps.  Phew, sounds like a day to work outdoors this AM.  So guess I best get going.  Will return ....
Until next time, Happy Gardening.
 


 

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... ~ Susan Polis Schutz 

I like to dance, I like the sun, I like to pick flowers ... how fun that sounds to have wildflowers in my hair!!!!  A hippie.  From the 70's.  Yep!  Sounds like me!!!

So how are your flower beds lookin'?  The daylilies here at Oakville Farm are showing themselves.  Had so many distractions today, did not get to photograph them.  That is certainly on my list for 'morrow.

Do you ever have a day where you think everything is going smoothly, then when you sit down in the late afternoon and reflect over the day ... well, things might not have gone so smoothly???  It was one of those days here.  Like, had plans, then an unexpected visitor, then phone calls, then family issues, then grocery store, then bill payment, then school, then home, then dinner.  Oh my, sounds like a typical day.  So where did the plans unravel?  Will contemplate on that for a bit.

Hope you had a good day. 

And until next time, Happy Gardening.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.  ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tropical Storm Andrea is gone from here.  She left behind more than 5" of rain here at Oavkille Farm.  Driveway washed out in a few places, quick stream of flowing water ran thru daylilies, water standing under the goat shelter!!!!  And speaking of goats, have not seen them for 2 days.  They do not like to get their hooves wet.  Have found high ground, Somewhere in and around the pasture.

Have been outdoors and the things I see!!!! Much more green, shrubs laying down from rains/wind ... I was in awe!!!

Goin' out again.  Hope you have a good Saturday and until next time, Happy Gardening.

No two gardens are the same.  No two days are the same in one garden.  ~Hugh Johnson

True, oh so true.  My brother-in-law always has a beautiful vegetable garden.  So clean, well manicured, well thought out.  And my sister has the same in her flower garden.  All so beautiful.  Strive to be like them in my older age!!! 

Daylilies are a very forgiving perennial that should be in EVERY yard/garden.  Good green foliage, drought tolerant, disease free.  Just a perfect plant. 

This is the daylily Hemerocallis Cabbage Flower.  It is an early bloomer.  Double yellow.  Nice thick scapes.  Blooms stay close to the foliage.  A good contrast of color between bright yellow and rich green.

 
Hope you will find that one daylily (then two, then three, then MORE daylilies) will enter your life.  They will provide many  years of enjoyment.

Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.
 

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.  ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Flower arranging, sunshine .. two good parts of ones day.  :)

So how are your daylilies?  Have four new bloomers today.  Just can inside for a glass of iced tea and to pick up camera.  Gonna "shoot me some daylilies"!!!!

Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

 

 Life is the flower for which love is the honey.  ~Victor Hugo

Yeah, a nice little shower last night.  About 3/4" of rain.  It was sorely needed.  Goin' out now to see how perky everything is lookin' ...

Friends are flowers that never fade.  ~Author Unknown


Want to share a few sayings that caught my eye.  Hope you had a good day.  Until next time, Happy Gardening.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.  ~Henri Matisse 

Nothing more to say .....

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.  ~Henry David Thoreau

Yard art.  Do you like yard art?  I do.  Rusty, ceramic, concrete, colorful, large, tall, short, small ... it is interesting to me.  I have friends whose yard is everchanging.  They make new flowerbeds, tear up soil for more yard area, add water displays ... it is always a treat to visit and see what new they have.

And with daylilies, when separating, ya might want to move them from one area to another.  Add a water feature in the middle of them.  Or you may want to incorporate the power pole in the yard and make a display using daylilies.  Daylilies do add such beauty.

Well, hope everyone has a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.   -  Gerald De Nerval

Hope you will reflect and remember those who have died for our freedom.  Bless them all.  Happy Memorial Day.

    

Have a good day.  Spent with family, friends, on the lake, at a cookout ... enjoy all.  And until next time, Happy Gardening.

Adopt the pace of nature:  her secret is patience.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience, oh my, patience.  Think I can say that I don't have much.  I do try and it does come upon me more often in my older years.  (Not so much when I am driving, though!!)

When it comes to plants, shrubs, bulbs, seeds ... patience is extremely important.  My patience has been tested not too long ago.  Been watching for the tuberose to peer thru the ground.  And not so much, ya know.  I have been away for several days and upon returning,  thought about the bulbs.   Went out on the back porch, peered over the porch railing and yes ... there it was, greenery peering thru the soil.  Tuberose.   Yee Haw!!!

Hope your vegetable plants/seeds and newly planted outdoor items are showing growth.  Be mindful of weekly waterings. :)

Guess all for this time.  Hope you had a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.
 

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.  ~ Author Unknown

Growing a plant, either indoors, outdoors ... it does a body good.  Talking to your plants, singing to your plants, playing music for your plants or giving a little extra TLC, your plants will reward you.  Yes, reward you with height, color, fragrance, oxygen and more.  What a deal for a nice Mother Nature gift.

Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Remember those men and women who gave their life serving our country.  Memorial Day 2013.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom.  They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.  ~Jim Carrey

And what's bloomin' in your yard?  No daylilies blooming, however the peonies are opening.  White, light pink, dark pink ... so full.  Love 'em.  And how do you say the word "peony"?  Have heard "pee OH knee"  "pee uh knee".  My Mother cringed every time she heard it said the first way.  Our Indiana way was the second.  

High school graduation for family member coming up this weekend.  Congrats!!! :)

All for this time.  Hope you have a good night and until next time, Happy Gardening.
 

Just because you've only got houseplants doesn't mean you don't have the gardening spirit - I look upon myself as an indoor gardener.  ~Sara Moss-Wolfe

Indoor gardener?  Not a bad idea.  Several years ago, I received a  ZZ  (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)  houseplant.  A houseplant that is almost indestructable.  Now what I like, it withstands limited light.  Overhead lighting, diffused window light .... this plant stays green, grows and takes little water.  Great  plant.

Now for outdoors, the DAYLILY is the perennial of choice. (thought I would say differently?) :)

Want to send heart felt wishes to those in Oklahoma.  What devastation.  

Weather here brought us over 3" of rain since Sunday afternoon.  Water standing in daylily rows.  Sounds like a day for Muck Boots.


Hope everyone has a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.”  ~Author Unknown

Hello all.  Here it is, overcast skies, light precip.  Not complaining, we need the rain.  And right here at Oakville Farm, it is a nice drizzle.  It all adds up.  :)

Anyone have blooming daylilies?  Not here, however the scapes are coming forth.  OOOOHHH, the surprises ahead.  So fun.

Thank you Brenda, Heather, Anita, Laurel, Bill and others for your daylily orders.  Oakville Farm is again online and offering price reductions on many daylilies.  Please check us out ... Oakville Farm  If you are in the area, stop by and visit;  if you are online, check us out;  email at, oakvillefarm@yahoo.com; or give us a call, 252-257-4454.  Look forward to hearing from other daylily enthusiasts.

Hope everyone has a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. ~Walt Whitman


Yes, what a beautiful day.    Are you a gardener who is always checking the weather?  Well, I am.  Rain? Sun? Storm? Freeze?  Frost? Winds?  Yea, I want to know about it.  If you are interested in the weahter here at Oakville Farm, check out OFW

Hope you had a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Terri Guillemets


 Good Morning ...

Green, green, everywhere green.  Was mowing the grass last night and was just enthralled with all the growth.  Newly planted shrubs/trees, 100 year old oak trees, pasture freshly spread with fertilizer ... all beautiful hues of green.

Hope you find lots of green and lots of LOVE in your life today.  Have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy.  ~Robert Brault

 
Yes, there are seed fairies and there are blue skies.  Not always seen, yet always there.  :)

Good Morning all.  Sorry that I have been offline for sooooo long.

It is a beautiful spring day here in Macon, NC.  As with most of us, weather has been cool/wet.  The goats have not liked it.  I personally liked it. And the DAYLILIES are thriving.  As have weeds.  With all the rains, I can not get out in the fields to work, however drier days are ahead.  Right?

So what are you planning for your yards/gardens this year?  Planting daylilies is always a good perennial.  They thrive in most soil types, are drought tolerant ... just a very forgiving plant.  Try some ... in a place with lots of sun where most plants struggle, daylilies are a perfect perennial.  Daylilies also like to be close to your house, so you can see their beauty.


Guess all for this time.  Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.