Even though I have lost my garden during this tumultuous fall… some things in my life are still beautiful. And blooming for the first time in years… my ladyslipper!
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Lavender Fields
This year's pathetic lavender bouquet
Have I not mentioned how much I love the smell of lavender? I’m semi-obsessed. It never grows here as well as it does further south, so I end up cutting it back every year and bringing the cuttings into my office and my closets and everywhere else. I’ve been most successful in places with great drainage- like along the driveway that has that terrible fill under 1 inch of topsoil.
Terrible soil must be the crucial reason why there are so many lavender fields in France. A very good friend who was just there told me that the smell was incredible and permeated everything.
Yet another reason to head back to France!
Hot Colors Garden 2011
In my last post, I mentioned my front garden through the years… here is my hot colors garden- this year is its finest ever.
A Convert.
Beets.
I have planted Bulls Blood Beets every year for absolutely ages. For the first year ever, I actually got gorgeous, delicious beets that look like a heart when you peel them. Ultra-red and surprisingly sweet, we’ve eaten them on salads and tonight I decided to pickle the leftovers. Yummy- I’m finally a vegetable gardener! (After all, tomatoes are a fruit.)
A Slice of Humble Pie
A wheelbarrow full of mistakes
Even experienced gardeners make mistakes. Good Old Bindweed. I could have sworn that it was the morning glories (heavenly blue, of course) that I planted from seed this spring. It grew up right at the base of the trellis, I thought for sure it must be. But no, it was bindweed. I thought (foolishly) that for sure this would be my best year ever for morning glories. Not quite. They look similar- the key, of course, is the flowers.
Bindweed on the left, morning glories on the right
Drat!
Grandpa Ott's on the ground, I'm holding the blasted bindweed
Only thing to do is rip it out and hope it didn’t reseed for next year. Yikes!
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Front Garden 2011
hostas in the front garden with hydrangeas
Annuals
Over the years, my front garden has evolved from perennials to annuals and back again. I hope you enjoy my photos from this year’s front garden.
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Oy vey
Res ipsa loquitor.