Category: garden design
Before the sun sets…
Talk about getting in under the wire… as the sun is literally setting behind the pines at the edge of our yard, Tim is putting the final screws into the garden tool mailbox. So, how did we do? 1] Rototill new pumpkin patch. Check. 2] Build 2 flower boxes. Check. 3] Garden tools mailbox. Check….
Weekend plans… Run away while you still can, Tim!
Well, it’s Friday. The weekend’s here. Time to relax, right? Not in our universe. At least Tim and I both like a good frolic in the gardens! So here’s the long and mighty list for the weekend. I’m well aware of the fact that we won’t get EVERYTHING done BUT… to quote Bill Shankly (and…
Straw Path
A couple of years ago at our Annual Pumpkin Carving Party, Tim and I made a straw fort out of 30 bales of hay. Over the next year it became a snow castle, a hide-away, then more or less a science experiment as the kids watched plants seeding themselves and interesting molds and fungi settling…
The Dragonfly Garden Sign
I like naming areas of our yard. We have our Serenity Garden, deep in the trees, with a cement bench, for silent reflection. There is the Fairy Forest, the Shade Garden, and our veggie garden is named The Dragonfly Garden, in honor of the dragonfiles that like to frolic in it and as a semi-tribute…