Jun. 21, 2008 - More Flowers, Less Wild
My neighbors have pointed at it and asked me what it is.
Steve has called it a monstrosity.
I call it my wildflower garden.
It is a large patch in the back of our yard. Yes, it looks weedy, but it also has colorful flowers in it. It is supposed to look wild.
But now I am going to tame the wildlflower garden. I have a plan to plant some flowering bushes and perennials and make it into an informal garden. I even have a plan for a path with stepping stones.
But right now I need to work on pulling out all the weeds and grass. I am trying to keep the flax and lupine in there. So everyday I go out there with a bucket and pull weeds til the bucket is full. My goal is one bucket per day because for my life right now, that is realistic. But that plan is starting to give me a Shawshank Redemption kind of feeling. Not that I feel like I'm in prison, but that...well, if you've seen the movie you might know what I'm talking about. This is going to take YEARS.
Comments
Jun. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Carla
One bucketful at a time and in a couple of years you will be FREEEE!
I think your garden is beautiful!!
Jun. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Katie R.
Gardens take time and patience. Hang in there and know that baby steps are good, even with the shakles. :)
Jun. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by knoser
I hope it doean't take you as long as Andy Dufrense. And I really hope you don't have to crawl through what he had to to get out! Yick!
Keep bucketing girl!
Jun. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Kara Jo
Great Post. And I like the Shawshank Redemption parallel! I am not even at the stage of "beginning gardener." More like "gardener wanna be." So I'm impressed with any floral progress at all! Right now I'm just proud of my hanging baskets and the fact that they're still alive. That's even after one got inhabited by a bird's nest, then fell during a storm and had to be re-potted. I can't even take credit for the re-potting, though...that was thanks to Wade.
Keep us posted on the bucketing.
