Fall in my gardens this year was a sad state of affairs.The word disaster comes to mind: D - Determined is what I was in the beginning until…I - Ivy, as in poison. And we all got it after working in the side garden.S - Slack is what happened after the heat set in.A -Ashamed … Continue reading GWG#12: Describe fall in your garden
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Sneak Peek
Snow Removal
GWG#3: Describe your garden right now
My gardens right now at this very moment...sadly need some TLC, big time! Aside from the fact that it is fall and everything’s going into sleep mode, they really could use a face lift. This spring I added mulch, pulled a weed here and there this summer and planted half a handful of perennials in … Continue reading GWG#3: Describe your garden right now
Gardens Ho!
By mid-July I had unpacked the majority of the house and was really starting to get the itch, and not from the poison oak, to get out and garden. The previous owners attempted gardening at the front of the house so I figured that’s where I’d begin. It took 2 hours to dig all the … Continue reading Gardens Ho!
Lesson Learned
Two weeks after we moved in I decided to take a break from unpacking and spend a Sunday outside in the existing gardens...which ended up consisting mostly of weeds. I noticed a few days earlier a vine growing up our lovely maple tree and decided that it would have to go. Sunday morning out I … Continue reading Lesson Learned
The Backyard
Dan took on all the yard clearing work last summer as I was hard at work unpacking the house. He really did a wonderful job considering what he was up against. Out he would go with his pruners and his axe and hack away at the sea of sumac. Once the side of the house … Continue reading The Backyard
Holy Overgrown Batman!
Did I mention that we purchased the house in April? After we made the deal we didn't drive passed the house much...so when we moved in in late June - this is what we found. Apparently, the previous owners weren't big on yard work.
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