PENNYROYAL MASTER GARDENER DAYLILY CLASS AND GARDEN TOUR

 

This past weekend I drove to Madisonville, Kentucky and attended and class and tour put on by the Pennyroyal Master Gardeners at the Hopkins County Extension office.  This class was on daylilies!  It was an amazing time, I learned so much, and even picked up some more daylilies for my collection!  My girls also went along with me and had a great time learning as well.   The class was on everything daylilies, including the subject of hybridzing, to which I am very interested.  I learned a lot and want to send out a special thanks to the Pennyroyal Master Gardeners for putting on such a great event.  After the class we toured one of the master gardeners gardens, and boy does she love daylilies!  I wanted to share a few pictures I took of her amazing garden!

Happy Gardening!
Mindy

THE MASTER CARVER AT WORK AGAIN!

As those of you who follow my blog know that my husband is very good at creating masterpieces in my garden; however, he also has another past time of which he very talented at . . . . . MASTER CARVER!

He has been making turkey calls and competing in national level competitions at the National Wild Turkey Federations for many years!  He has several awards to show for it! 

We have been taking very enjoyable drives to the river to collect driftwood for some of his work!  On one of our trips he found a piece of driftwood which was very unique and he carved me an amazing piece for my living room!  I thought I would share it with you!

He carved the face into the piece of driftwood!  He is very talented and definitely has an eye for carving!  I am so happy to have this piece made by him!

HOW AMAZING IS THAT!!!!

Hiding under the broccoli leaf is a little gardening buddy of mine!  His name is Mr. Toad!  This toad actually climbed up the broccoli plant to the second level of my raised garden pots!  He had quite the hiding spot up there!  We decided to try to feed him some mealworms we had!

He moves to get a closer look!  And to our surprise he was interested!

And then BAM!

And then after his meal, he looks just as happy as can be!  He definitely thinks he has a great "spot" for hunting!  We just helped him out a bit!  Guess we'll have to watch for him in the future.  My daughter's gecko will have to share her mealworms with Mr. Toad!

Be sure to look in your garden for hidden little creatures like this one!  You might just find them where you least expect them!

Happy Gardening! Mindy