Sunday Flowers on Saturday #SixonSaturday

Today, I bring you six things on Sunday, which should have been posted yesterday.  Time isn't what it used to be.  It stretches and warps, so being late isn't the problem it used to be.

I recently found out about Six on Saturday through Lisa's Garden Adventure, a garden blogger in Oregon whose blog I discovered through the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge.  Here's my six, located in my zone 5b gardens in the Southern Tier of New York State:

1.  Daylilies.  A lot of my front yard flower garden is devoted to them now as they grow so easily where I live.  This isn't quite as red as the picture shows, but is lovely nevertheless.  I bought these at Grace Gardens near Penn Yan, New York last year.  Daylilies, where I live, are almost carefree. 

Here, you drop them in the ground and they grow.  And that's it!  Seriously, that's it.  I wish they bloomed all through the summer but they don't, with a few exceptions.

I've blogged so many times about daylilies and the lessons they teach us - each bloom only lasts a single day.

Here are some other daylilies, from a few days ago.

This brings me to:

2.  Project Back Yard.  Spouse will have to help me.  Our shady back yard is being taken over and needs to be thinned desperately.  Spouse did a lot in the spring, but our back yard is being taken over by brunneria,  dead nettle, pink turtle head, and other plants that are wonderful in moderation, but not in quantity.  I have a bad back.  He has bad shoulders.  Not a good combo. 

So, why is there another daylily pictured here?  Because I have a bunch of day lily plants there, only the grand total of three are blooming this year.  Here is one of them.  I really need to have these divided.  Our yards are small, though, and finding room will be a challenge.

3.  Potpourri.  I really was going to make some last year and I didn't.   Then I was really going to this year.  I've prepared some of the ingredients.     I also had an experience using cat litter back when many of our stores were closed down.  My scented geraniums in a container - orange, nutmeg and pinewood, are waiting patiently for me.  I dried a few leaves but, once dried, they amount to next to nothing in size.  These remind me that I need to get going with this project.

4.  Containers need to be watered. Today we will have near record breaking heat.  Here are two of my containers.  The one close to the bottom are Bravo impatiens, which are a relatively new variety that are supposed to be resistant to the impatien downy mildrew blight that, for a time, almost made growing impatiens almost impossible.  They were a wonderful go-to, never fail plant for me.  In the background (next to the hostas) is a pot of coleus, another go-to plant for me.  I have a lot more container and hanging baskets, though, including...

5.  My strawberry experiment.  This didn't have a tag on it at the nursery, but I was attracted to this strawberry plant with a pink flower.  I had read about pink flowered strawberries and decided to try one.  It was supposed to be an everbearer (meaning, it produces through the gardening season - I suspect it's more like "dribbles through the season".)  The berries are tart but have good flavor.  However, now the plant seems to be sulking a bit.  Here is its only flower right now.  The white stuff is row cover (Reemay) which I'm using to try to discourage birds.

6.  We community garden for our veggies as our back yard (see #2) is way too shady.  (Although, this year we are growing cucumber and zucchini in our sunny front yard, in containers).   Peppers have been a success for us so far, but my spouse will not eat green peppers.  We have four different varieties and they are producing their little pepper hearts (so to speak) out.  But.  Nothing is turning red. 

Our dilemma - should we pick green, or wait?  (Peppers to the left, cabbage to the right.  This is in my community garden plot, which has a raised bed area for those with disabilities or other issues.  Spouse as a more traditional plot in another area.

It's a bit late to join this hope,  but I am going to do it anyway, since I was taking some pictures around my garden  yesterday-ish.  If you want to join into Six on Saturday next week (and I'll try to remember), here is the participant guide.

Happy....er, Sunday, and a shoutout to my cousin who turned 30 today and became engaged on Friday night  Happy birthday and may all your dreams come true!