I suppose it's silly, really, but in the autumn, when I see these photos of leaves and squash and things, this is when I feel most community with other parts of the hemisphere. We are sharing a season together.
We had such strong winds last night that most of those old nasty oak leaves blew into the neighbors yard and the woods. Just the right wind change and they will all be back into mine. LOL!
I never touched a plant till Pat and I moved to Cleveland from Chicago. Our house came with trees and trees and more trees. it also came with overgrown landscaping that hadn't been tended to for 15 years. Pat's always been the gardener. I love hanging out with Pat and I know how to use a shovel. Along the way I discovered a love of gardening. But first, We had to take 12 trees down and 40 dead bushes out. Hosta, ligularia, and sedum are my favorite plants.
Our yard is clay. Clay, clay and more clay. Clay all the way to the center of the earth. The people at the conservation district told us that " we're at the wrong end of the glacier". I nodded the nod of the intimidated and have repeated it ever since. We are true belivers in sweet peet and work in 15 yards every spring. Our back yard faces north and is a good 6 feet lower than the house. Most of the back yard is moist year round. Except for the north east corner, the yard is under shade or partial shade. The front yard is mainly sunny. We are in zone 5b.
9 comments:
It's time to run the mulching lawnmower over those leaves Jim.
I suppose it's silly, really, but in the autumn, when I see these photos of leaves and squash and things, this is when I feel most community with other parts of the hemisphere. We are sharing a season together.
Esther
We had such strong winds last night that most of those old nasty oak leaves blew into the neighbors yard and the woods. Just the right wind change and they will all be back into mine. LOL!
Lovely! I can just imagine these stirred up by the wind. ;>)
Love it, Jim. A golden brocade woven into the lawn. :)
Very pretty! Now, if you just had access to my little lawn sweeper... ;-)
Oh, how I long to see green grass with leaves on it. No such luck. Snow and gravel til spring....
Christine in Alaska
That looks familiar!
Dear Jim, Did you take this picture in MY garden. I think you did! Pam
Post a Comment