September:  Sirens Of  The Soil  Meeting 
                 

   We met at Carol Parsley's house to make a  flower bed for her Mom who lives behind her.We made the bed along the front of her home where she will add potted plants.  Carol has been a great asset to her Mom, Metta who has been suffering with Parkinson's Disease.

Carols homestead is becoming self sufficient. She has a nice garden, chickens, and practices composting.

Here is her Mom's finished bed.  We ran out of materials so Carol finished the bed herself!  That was some heavy intensive labor but it turned out very neat and tidy!  It will look spectacular when she fills the bed with plants.

When she moved her Mom here from Pearland, she brought her ladder and made this nice little bed featuring her Mom's ladder. These two pics were taken several months apart.

June/July and August Hiatus

Sirens of the Soil hibernate during those hot, Hot , HOT Days of summer.  It is just to hot to be outside so we wait patiently for FALL!!!!  We all vacationed, and only headed outside for a quick photo op or a dip in the pool.

But not all the flowers in our gardens were from the plant kingdom!

In The Merry, Merry Month of May

                  We had SOS one day~~~In the Merry, Merry Month of May
                                            May 14, 2013 We met a Sybil's house for 
                                                   Breakfast..............

                                 Sybil had a fantastic Breakfast ready for us when we arrived     at 9:00 a.m.. We had a breakfast casserole, pigs in a blanket, watermelon, danish pastries, biscuits, fried pies, juices and milk. Then we headed outside too full to 
                                                           work!!!

                        That was her sneaky little plan.  She took us on a  
                            consultation tour.  she ask about companion plants,
                        When and how to fertilize so we fertilized and
                            pulled a stray weed or two.  It was a fabulous day!!          

                                           SUNNY, CRISP and COOL.

                          She had a cute little montage at the corner of her home.

Margaret fertilizes.

                                    Her strawberries were beautiful!

The roses were KNOCK-OUTS!

                                 Her vegetable beds were full and healthy.

                              Carol gave us a White Texas Star Hibiscus!!!

                                                  Thanks Carol!

                                           We have a new Siren!

                                       Welcome Nancy Peterson !  (In white shirt.)

We are glad to have garden friends to play with us.

Then Sybil revved up the All Terrain Vehicle

and we took a tour of Nancy's new home.

Nancy is Sybil's neighbor.

Working in the Clouds!!! (On Cloud Nine)

When I got out of my car this is the first thing I saw~~~~`

                                                 What is it???

                                            Margaret told me it is Gaura!!!  Beautiful!!!

                                                                Now I need some of this.

Work Day at Margaret's House
We met together April 16th  at 9a.m.
It was a cloudy, misty morn perfect for working in the yard.
Everybody ask about her beautiful Gaura.
She has it in several different colors.

                                          Margaret had everything set up for us to get started!
                                            It didn't take long until we were finished.

                                         And then the fun begin~~~touring her beautiful yard!!

                                                We stepped into a magazine with amazing vistas.

                                                                Container plantings

                                                      Art and an amazing potting shed.

                                                             A relief of us!!!   I just love it!!

                                                                          Painted Pots

                                                                         so pretty

                                                                   Blooming Sedum

                                                                             Us by the pool

                                                                           Pond area

                                                                         Mosiacs

                                                                     Cottage garden

                                                                         A brain!!!

                                                                           cacti

                                                             

                             Margaret prepared three delicious salads for us ~~~Corn Salad~~~brocolli salad~~~
                                                         an orange jello fluff salad...It was all yummy the the
                                                        visit and conversation were the BEST!!!
                                                         Thank you Margaret for the Super Fun Day!!!