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Mary, Mary...how does your garden grow?

5 years ago

Just wanted to share a few pictures of my garden.

First, here it is when the azaleas were in bloom almost a month ago.

Here is today. A bit hard to see in the light, but this is a New Dawn rose that was crowded out by the climbing hydrangea that has pretty much taken over the arch over the garden gate but has climbed into the Bayleaf magnolias. I live when roses cling into trees!

The campanula is the result of two tiny pots I bought at the original Smith & Hawkin garden center. Bought then while in San Francisco for a dog show in 1987, love it!

This front, middle section was planted today. I had allowed Fall-blooming anemone to take over and force out what was previously planted there. Hopeful...

In a book called "Elizabeth and her German Garden", it has a phrase that says it's the occasional "glimmers of success" that keep us going with our gardens. SO very true...

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Adella Bedella

5 years ago

Beautiful!

I lost a lot of plants this past winter. I used the opportunity to clean out the beds. I replanted, but the bunnies have been eating all the pretties.

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Fun2BHere
5 years ago
Absolutely gorgeous!
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30 something lbs of wild blueberries in the freezer. I picked in the overgrown field where I grew up. Had a big drama when my little dog wandered off while I was picking obsessively. 26 hours later after many hours of friends and neighbors searching he deigned to bark and I found him deep in the woods truly stuck. Relieved and mortified. Whew. Blueberry muffins for the neighborhood tomorrow. Tomatoes are coming in - Sungolds, Oregon Spring, Magic Mountain and Príncipe Borghese so far. Peppers too. Lots of broccoli - Piracaiba is a new favorite. Squash is going nuts - got through a cucumber beetle infestation - next infestation is holding off. I put up an small archway and the squash is going UP. Cucumber may be swamped by the squash vines - poor planning on my part. Haricot vert bush beans are about start producing. Napa and Toscani kale. Leeks, carrots and cabbage are coming along. Lots of herbs. My peas are looking miserable - I mean to pull them but they are still producing a bit. Lettuce needs to be pulled up. And I need to plant some fall crops. It is very dry in central Maine right now.
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marylmi
5 years ago
Very pretty! The deer or rabbits, or both, ate the tops off all of my tulips. I just planted them last year! Love hydrangeas!!
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Suzieque
5 years ago
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
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skibby (zone 4 Vermont)
5 years ago
Just lovely Anglo.
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dedtired
5 years ago
Very nice. Lots of work and love. Wish I had that much space to garden
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kathyg_in_mi
5 years ago
Lovely!
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Rose Pekelnicky
5 years ago
You have a lovely garden, beautiful landscaping. My garden is of the vegetable type.
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5 years ago
Just beautiful!
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5 years ago
My garden is really quite small. It's only about 1/4 acre. It's amazing how much plant material one can cram into a small plot! My grass, both front and back, is sort of like two area rugs! Less to mow - DGS's can mow in less than 15 minutes.

It's taken 33 years to get to this point, with many setbacks due to trees blowing down/dying. Always a work in progress... wish I could still work in the garden - for the last 2-3 years, I sit and point! I have a yardman (whom I've trained - totally untrained when hired) for 4 hrs a week. This time of year, I could use him everyday but he has other yards and also works full time in housekeeping at a local hospital - has worked there for 32 years. Nicest man on earth!
nickel_kg
5 years ago
How beautiful, looks like such a peaceful place to enjoy a morning's cup of coffee :-)
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I used to have my breakfast in the garden every morning. I had Adirondack chairs by the pond with small tables on each side. They killed the grass underneath, were a pain to move when the lawn was being mowed (and never put back in their proper place), and then my allergies really got bad. No more sitting in the garden. Fortunately, over the years, we've added large windows on the back of the house in the DR, kitchen and breakfast room, so I can sit there and see my garden with no pollen! I do miss sitting out there, but breathing is pretty darned important to me these days!
sleeperblues
5 years ago
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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