My husband is a true gardener. I have managed now and then to keep a house plant alive, but not much more. Charlie loves planting, weeding, watering, pruning and harvesting(blueberries, raspberries, tomatoes.) This masterpiece of our back yard is all his doing. In June he will plant the annual seeds I have ordered(zinnia, four o clocks, cosmos) in the dirt patch on the front left of this photo.
We had to take down the playhouse at the back of the yard after it succumbed to twenty winters, leaving a bare patch in back. So this past week we went to a nursery and I pointed to two lilacs, one azalea and one hydrangea plants which he has planted along the back fence. I know what plants and flowers I like but have minimal interest in maintaining them. Thank heavens for my husband.
Spring comes in New England later than it did in our Pacific Northwest home. Just when I think nothing will flower and the trees will remain bare forever, May comes along and proves me wrong once again. And it manages to show up in true splendor making the wait worthwhile.
May my friends in the Southern hemisphere enjoy our spring as your autumn unfolds.
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Looks so pretty. 💕P&B
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Looks beautiful!
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Thanks.
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Well done to Charlie. I plant nothing, and pay someone to cut the grass on our lawns. I have never been a gardener, and I think it is too late for me to start now. My arthritis hardly allows me to hold a trowel, let alone dig with it.
Spring has hardly happened here yet, and it feels like November.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I couldn’t ‘leave’ your post pass without adding this anonymous quote:
“A garden is a thing of beauty and a job forever.”
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So true! God wot.
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Charlie loved this quote.
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Good for Charlie!
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Absolutely.
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😊
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splendid; I love seeing other gardens around the world and realising how many plant species we share.
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I think especially here when so much was settled by people from England who wanted to recreate some sense of home.
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Our gifts to the world: efficient exploitation of native peoples and gardens.
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How wonderful! You get to enjoy the fruit of his labors!
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I agree.
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That’s a great backyard/ garden. Looking forward to the pics as it evolves through the season.
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The beginning of May looks like nothing will ever bloom, and suddenly by the end of the month everything blossoms. Thank goodness for Charlie! He is doing a great job in the yard.
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Exactly right about May. In Oregon it was April, so it continues to take us aback that it waits until May.
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Your backyard is beautiful!
Michelle
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Thanks.
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My mom can also make anything grow. Her small house is stuffed with plants, most of which I’ve bought for her because I love plants but I also can’t keep them alive.
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I am reassured that at least one friend can’t grow anything either!
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Your garden is very beautiful. Please convey my wishes to your husband. The trees add to the beauty.
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I will. I am daily grateful to him for the beauty around us.
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What a lovely back garden Elizabeth, I love the white fencing! Hubby is the gardner in this house as well. We are having an Autumn cold snap at the moment that feels more like a Winter cold snap!
Blessings, Jennifer
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My husband actually made all those pickets and then painted them since I love white picket fences and the ready made ones were very expensive.
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Awww, what a wonderful husband you have Elizabeth!
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He really is a gem. And he hates being idle!
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