Agecroft Hall garden visit

Agecroft Hall  originally built in Lancashire England in late 15th century.
The Langley and Dauntesey families of England for hundreds of years called it home.

In disrepair at the end of the 19th century - Agecroft was sold at auction in 1925.
Richmonder Thomas C. Williams Jr. purchased it, had it dismantled and shipped across the Atlantic in crates to be assembled in a Richmond neighborhood on the banks of the James River.  Reminiscent of it's original site in Lancashire on the Irwell river.

James River seen from the rear of Agecroft Hall.  I zoomed in on the river here so it makes the river look closer than it really is.

A short clip of the entrance to Agecroft.

This clip is a little shaky when expanding it to watch. Don't know why.

Entrance to gardens this evening

Beautiful Sunken Garden.  Gardens are designed by landscape architect Charles Gillette.  As stated in the brochure - a stroll through these gardens feels like a stroll back in time.  This sunken garden is based on the pond garden at England's Hampton Court Palace.

a clip of the pond and surround flowers

some close ups of a few of the flowers on bloom this evening.

One of so many blooming Magnolia trees.  The grounds were scented with these flowers in bloom.

This is one of my favorite zinnias in bloom

One of the many large trees on the property

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It's Tuesday

Out earlier as it was cooler and much nicer than yesterday.  Mosquitoes still bad.
Through our jalousie porch you can see the sunflowers coming up really well.  I have patio tomatoes with red peppers planted in the tall planter.  There are carrots in there too. Will see how they fare along with some Okra. 

Froggy among the begonias and Lavender playing his trumpet

The leaves are large.  I have pulled these things out every year to thin but they are persistent.  Come winter, one would never know they grew here.

Sweet frog hiding in the lettuce.

Every time it rains,  these nasturtiums grow an inch or so more it seems and flower

I think this color combination is what I really like.  It pops

These flowers will go in my salad today. Love their peppery taste. Actually the taste reminds me creasy salad,  as we say here.

Cukes coming in.  More I pick the more they grow.

Hanging on our porch.  Just because Steve liked it and here it is.

Will take a few more hot days,  but the oregano will be up in no time

The only turtle I want to see in my yard.  They send chills for some reason when I see them hiding in the grass or on our front porch.

I read that sometimes the small cukes like the one pictured has not been pollinated. 

I guess you can see where I am going with this.  I have about 30 more to color.  Will share if they turn out like I want when I finish crafting with them.

Happy Tuesday

Happy Sunday

Guess what?  More rain coming.  So what else is new?
I finished raking the yard of clippings and picked a few lavender sprigs that were close to being in full bloom.

I will pull off the purple flowers as it doesn't take many and make some ice cream.  I know I can use them dried but I like the purple flowers.

I know,  I butchered the crepe.  The thing was about 12 feet tall and just out of sorts.  The bottom was all over grown with growth that took away from the blooms I believe.  So I whacked it.  Steve helped.  It's coming out nicely.  I cut out about 5 stalks also.  It's called California Red.

One below is on other side of boxwood.  This one had a tree fall on it and split it a few years back.  It came back pretty good.  Had to do some severe cutting of this one too.  They always come back.  I don't really worry much about plants like this and cutting them to look right.  If they don't then I take'em out and plant new ones.

Hung this planter on an exposed nail.  They look good here on the side of the house.

I didn't really do a garden this year except to put some veggies in beds near garage and these extra squash I put into pots with garden soil and a mushroom compost type mix with worm casings in it.  Looks like it likes it.  I hope not to the extent it doesn't produce squash and just leaves. If so, its still pretty.

I see no blooms

Another pot on other side of walk.  These are in front of the house where a lot of sun is.

I think I like the leaves of the plant as much as I do the flowers.  The nasturtium has this pretty lily pad leaf, I call it that anyway.  The variegated ones are not as pretty.

A short video of all of the rock put back after the last storm pushed the water through so hard that it gave us rock from the other side.  Steve had to open up the center and put it back so it would drain.

Just in time for another storm brewing.