Last summer was a rough and busy year not only physically and mentally for the people, but the landscape and gardens too. We didn't have much time or money with all of the running to job interviews, doctor visits, helping MIL, and all of that to keep anything close to what I normally like to so. You can really tell the toll the relative neglect has played on our landscaping, on our raised vegetable beds especially.
I wasn't around enough to keep them as weed free as I normally do, and now the grasses have claimed my wonderful soil and sent their tendrils to take over entire beds. I have wished many times that I had gotten all of them mulched that lay dormant last year, but with all of the chaos and confusion I guess I wasn't really thinking of future gardening here. We got the place ready to sell, convinced that we would never be able to stay in the place we had called home for 8 years at that point.
So now ahead of me lays the task of getting the beds weed free, dividing perennials to fill in gaps in the landscaping (I'm pretty sure the critters dug up and ran off with some of my plants), moving bushes and shrubs (that must have been planted in the wrong places because of labelling issues), and a long list of other maintenance issues. It's almost like we moved to a new place as long as my list has become once again! I'm sure there are some out there who can relate.
So, in the coming weeks I will be posting some before and after pictures as I work my way around the garden (again). I love to chronicle my yard with pictures so I can look back at how it has changed over time, don't you? My memory isn't as great as it used to be.
Thank you for stopping by to chat with me. Please leave me a message. I'd love to hear your thoughts! Cindy
I wasn't around enough to keep them as weed free as I normally do, and now the grasses have claimed my wonderful soil and sent their tendrils to take over entire beds. I have wished many times that I had gotten all of them mulched that lay dormant last year, but with all of the chaos and confusion I guess I wasn't really thinking of future gardening here. We got the place ready to sell, convinced that we would never be able to stay in the place we had called home for 8 years at that point.
So now ahead of me lays the task of getting the beds weed free, dividing perennials to fill in gaps in the landscaping (I'm pretty sure the critters dug up and ran off with some of my plants), moving bushes and shrubs (that must have been planted in the wrong places because of labelling issues), and a long list of other maintenance issues. It's almost like we moved to a new place as long as my list has become once again! I'm sure there are some out there who can relate.
So, in the coming weeks I will be posting some before and after pictures as I work my way around the garden (again). I love to chronicle my yard with pictures so I can look back at how it has changed over time, don't you? My memory isn't as great as it used to be.
Thank you for stopping by to chat with me. Please leave me a message. I'd love to hear your thoughts! Cindy
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