Whose woods these are? I think I know! Mine! My yard is an overgrown maze of weeds, vines, leaves and plants that look like they’ve barely survived a nuclear winter. After neglecting it for so long as well as dealing with the overabundance of rainfall last September and a recent knee surgery, [...]
Aerial Photo of Douglasville, GA courtesy Telegraph.co.uk
This past Fall was a particularly trying time for me and some of my neighbors. In September 2009, certain areas of Georgia were flooded out where there were no official flood zones. We were graced with torrential rainfall that is only seen once a century. [...]
The downturn in the economy has created a surge in the phenomenon known as Staycations, where people opt to stay home instead of spending money on expensive vacations in other cities. In an effort to tighten financial belts in response to an era of vast uncertainty about the future, people are seeing the wisdom [...]
Journaling is a time honored tradition that allows the writer to record his or her most secret and sacred thoughts, however, it has also become useful in other applications. The explosive popularity of gardening has reincarnated the journal into a natural extension of how we approach the way we plan and maintain our gardens. Despite [...]
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I’m not a big fan of cold weather. For obvious reasons, no one aspires to become the human equivalent of a popsicle, so having to withstand constant wind shears is no one’s idea of having a good time. However, for me, the worst thing about this time of year is watching your garden [...]
As I walk through the tall arched wrought iron gates, I pause briefly to glance at a cherub faced sentry urging me down the pathway. Immediately, I’m greeted by a kaleidoscopic explosion of honey-colored buddleias, diffident irises and sweeping climbing roses painted in brilliant pinks surrounded by hedges of variegated hydrangeas each larger and more [...]
Well, I finished the new bed with the overturned pot. It looks really good….I may add seed to it and monitor the existing perrennials and see how they turn out. We filled in the older shade beds with three varieties of fern and a few sweet woodruffs. I am going to make a new shade [...]
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My entire body aches. Every last inch of it. Carisa and I worked like battered mules this past weekend. I’m almost too tired to type this entry, it’s that bad…..ouch!
Luckily, we have something to show for our pain. I got to use my new honda mini-tiller and I LOVE it! It was so easy to [...]
Ok, so I had to work this past Saturday, but I made sure that we made up for lost time on Sunday when temps hit 70 degrees. Whew! Since my last journal entry, we managed to construct the new wooden bench…..it’s absolutely gorgeous, by the way…..ahem….moving along…..we redesigned our diamond shaped bed by digging up [...]
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I have embarked on a full scale attack on the results of old man winter. The yard is strewn with debris, leaves, trash. It’s a royal mess….but no real surprise. This time of year, I like to spend a few weeks, before the onslaught of Spring, cleaning out the yard and preparing it for more [...]
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Wow! I guess this post is a little overdue, eh? Ok, let’s play catch up. Since my last entry, I have managed to get so much done. I refuse to let something like cold weather get in the way of my stated goals. lol
I have been spending time improving my [...]
It is just early winter and my mind is racing trying to plan activities that will result in making mine a more beautiful garden. I have made a few decisions about changes that need to be made and it will require more labor than inspiration. I would like to rework my existing beds so that [...]
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I ran across this picture from this past summer and I marvel at how things have changed in my garden already. Beauty in the garden, as in life, is so fleeting.
And as with all things, we tend to miss things most when they are gone. By fall, we’ve forgotten about the beautiful harmonies [...]
I just wanted to post some pics of how my front yard looks now (well, the pic is about two years old….so this is how it looked two years after moving into the house). I wanted to illustrate how much can be accomplished in such a short time span.
I’m still not entirely happy with it. [...]
Another thing is that I want to do is to incorporate more statuary into the garden. I think it makes an attractive statement and provides dimensional elements to the garden. This greek goddess is one of several that I plan to place in strategic areas of the landscape.
However, I do not want it to [...]
Ok, back to the problem at hand. My Yard! Here’s another view of the property right after I bought it. This is the left, front side of the property. I had major drainage problems on this side of the yard. Water from the gutters were diverted to this area which resulted in [...]
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