yet everything is accomplished."
-Lao Tzu
I've started my garden/yard planning list, and while it feels good to have somewhat of a plan down on paper, I can't help but feel overwhelmed. How I wish I had a gardening friend who could help me in my yard, and I in turn in hers - I bet it wouldn't feel like work at all. It seems everyone I know either has no interest in gardening or just has a wild yard that needs little tending.
Well, enough whining - I do have my kids to keep me company by digging for worms at my side, and a husband who is always willing to whip up a little raised bed or haul my heavy wagon full of wet weeds up the hill for me. Here are some of my notes for the yard this year - it's funny how in my notebook I follow almost every entry with a question mark -
-Field of poppies to north of barn? Must check if they are deer resistant.
-Ornamental grasses in deck pots instead of flowers? Too many bees by the sandbox last year!
-Add Creeping Jenny around boulders down hill?-Make 2X4 raised bed outside patio door for lettuce only. Purchase bagged soil - do not let Mike dump in Bobcat loads of weed-seed-laden soil from the field.
-Buy a Harry Lauder's walking stick tree for the kids. Where to buy?-Plant sunflowers near the mailbox - or would this bring too many bees around it?
As you can see, it's not an overly ambitious list, but it's about all I can handle right now. Even if I only accomplish one of these things, I'll be satisfied because it will be more than I did last year!
4 comments:
I am totally impressed that you even have a list. I am always grateful for the perennials that come up year after year despite the fact that I am an inept gardener at best and seem to only manage to do well with container gardens in the pots on my front walk.
I remember your beautiful flower photos from last year - I think your thumb seems pretty green!
This is one of the great joys of blogging - finding people who share one's interests. Sometimes I think I spend too much time sitting in front of this lovely macintosh computer, but I receive so much pleasure and knowledge and ideas and companionship from reading blogs that it is time very, very well spent. It enriches my life immeasurably.
I totally agree, Nan!
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