Flowers love the Rain and updates!

There has been some changes in my yard lately!

Some small and some large!

We have had some days that it rained a lot and

some just a little, but it sure helped my flowers.

 Just look at this huge Elephant Ear plant.

This pretty Crape Myrtle was planted last fall.

 The 'America Climbing Rose' has reached the top of the arbor trellis!

 I am loving the pretty Roses that continue to bloom.

 The Hosta's always thrive here.

Now to update on what's going on:
 

This next photo was taken at the beginning of spring.

My patio looks so much different and better now.

A few weeks ago I was surprised when my daughter

came and asked if I was ready. I said 'for what?'

We had been talking about taking down the patio cover, well she wasn't going to do it herself, but the boys and men were on their way too!

Here they are! My two older grandsons loved being on top of the roof. It had began to look a little a lot ragged, to say the least.

 This is how it looks now.

I had to move half of my plants to the front porch since there were no where to hang them.

I am always moving them around, can't ever decide how I like it best!

We never used the front porch much, so I didn't get around to putting plants in the planter box my hubby built for me a few years ago, maybe I'll put mums in them soon, for fall.
We sit on it mostly now since it's been so hot and the patio is in the sun. Milo (cat) has moved to it also.


Update:


 I put this post in the draft until I could buy the mums, now I am ready for fall!

I hope you are having a great day.
"This is a Good Day 
to 
Have a Good Day"

Be Blessed
Sylvia

Tea Garden and Tea

I was at the grocery store the other day and this Georgia Gardening magazine caught my eye, my hubby said, 'are you going to buy it' (knowing I am not able to garden much anymore).  I said"Yes."

It wasn't until later that I realized , without knowing it, why I was drawn to this magazine. On page 48, this is what I found!

 

"Where there is tea, there is hope" -Arthur Wing Pinero

Now I was really surprised to find an article about Tea!

I won't be able to tell everything it said about tea because this post would be too long. It said that tea is a refreshing beverage that contains no sodium, fat, carbonation or sugar..(unless you add it,of course). It is virtually calorie free and has been shown to have a wide variety of health benefits, including reducing some forms of heart disease and cancers.

Now pardon me as I run to the kitchen and make myself a cup of Green Tea!

Now I would love to have a 'tea garden' . I did plant fennel, mints, and other herbs. The mint, I planted in a pot since it's so invasive but it grew out the hole in the bottom and still took over my flower bed.

Some of the plants in this Tea Garden are:

Chamomile- it soothes anxiety and is easy to grow.

Rose hip- tea is high in vitamin C and can be effective for hives.

Strawberries- can be added for color, and adds flavor to herbal teas.

Mint- can increase focus and ease tension.

Fennell- is a natural carminative and aids digestion.

It also says to add unique herbs to your garden such as pineapple sages for color and blooms. They also add a dash of flavor to a tea you make yourself. To use herbs  use 1 teaspoon dry herbs per 1 cup of hot water.

I found this very interesting, now I want to grow a Tea Garden!

Guess I'll just wait until it gets warmer and someone can help me dig holes in my hard and rocky dirt. For now I'll enjoy my cup of "green tea" in my new Lenox cup I found while visiting an antique store last week, and be happy that I'm getting healthy.

See how great my cup goes with the magazine articale, it has a bee inside the cup. Bees are good pollinators in a garden.

My tea cup is Lenox Butterfly Meadow Basket.

I love the basket wave around the top of the cup. I was so excited when I found it.

Have a Tea-lightful Day!

Sylvia

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