Gardening

is that I moved 3 xs in the past 10 years. So my gardens fit each of the different spaces.

This time (we've been here almost 3 years) I started with the hardscaping, building beds (we have several tons of rock lying around that we've used), seating the arbor and arches and benches, building the fence (one acre of deer fencing) and setting in the perennial bushes, trees and flowers. I'm still in the process of installing the drip system and hope to have that finished by the end of the month. So far, I've laid over 1500 feet of mainline tubing and I'm still working.

When we moved here, there was this LARGE expanse of grass with a row of cedar bushes that had overgrown into the house, blocking the sidewalk and all the light into the bedroom. Those and the useless Bradford pear trees were removed immediately after we bought the house and I've been working on killing all that grass ever since we've been here! It's a tough battle, but I'm determined.

My spring was very difficult with the death of my mother, dog and a broken kneecap. Things had almost gone to hell when I got my next wind; hired a man to weed eat and dig holes while I worked on the other stuff. The garden is starting to look lovely again. Next spring should be stunning and hopefully we'll get some food to eat this year as well.