In My Garden

Good Evening Everyone!

You might remember that back in the Spring I told you

Lehmer and I were killing my overgrown (30+ years old)

flower beds.  Well, it was a lengthy process and Lehmer

did most of the hard work.  It is really strange to look

at the beds now and see vast areas of mulch.  I did

plant a few perennials and will do more in the fall,

but now it is too hot and dry to do more. 

Even though it looks very sparse indeed, it looks better

than the weed infested snarl of plants that was there.

It broke my heart not to dig up and save dozens of

mature perennials, but you know what, if I didn't

work I could have done that, but sometimes you just

have to give in and say "I just can't do it all" and 

that is what I did.  Now, it is so nice to be able to

walk in the beds and deadhead the plants without

fear of the dreaded copperhead moccasin which

is abundant in our area.

As promised, here are some pictures.  Do you like

to decorate your gardens? I do.

I think it is a very similar thing.  I've been collecting

garden "stuff" for years and love moving it around

the garden every spring.  The only difference between

decorating inside and outside, is that I like colonial

colors inside, but outside I like pinks, whites, and blues.

Here goes ~~~~

 Boxes and boxes of stitched models are stored

in the little shed.

 Mint for my tea.  I found out many years ago

that mint needs to be confined to a pot.

 The upstairs of the garage is where I store most

of my inventory and other Homespun Elegance

stuff.  I make dozens of trips up and down

those stairs every week.  You would think I

would lose some weight.

Now you can see where I spent a lot of time

this Spring.  With this heat we are dealing with,

I only go out when I have to and that is to 

water my poor plants.

Anyway, there it is.  By next summer I will have

filled in with some more plants in the two beds

and it will look a lot better.

Hope you enjoyed my little garden tour.  

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra