Monday, April 28, 2014

my garden my life

My Dad and Mom always grew lots of plants and flowers.  My oldest memories contain various gardens, plants and trees.  How can I resist the urge to put something in the ground and watch it do its dance.
Her are my main beds.  the place where I will draw the line and pull all weeds.  the only place. Lots of Kale left over from winter. Kale chips anyone?  
Here also is Ziggy he is associated with the forces of garden destruction.  He is our new dog and he is mellowing out but about 300 ft. of drip irrigation is ruined at this point 
I allow lots of phlox to grow some years they are fuller than others.  I mow where I don't want them . How easy is that?  

Very easy to start - scatter roadside weeds in your yard.

Here is a garden view fro about three years ago,  pre- Ziggy.
this is Bubba , we miss him.
Here is one of my many hummingbird friends.

So I've shown you lots of flowers and not many veggies.  that's because after so many years the flowers have worked out to feed me just as much as the veggies.

I rely on lots of fruit trees too a have figs and blueberries and persimmons and grapes and peaches and pears to eat and they don't take much work at all. the bananas and avocadoes don't work very well here.

basically, I am a lazy but experienced gardener and I like what I like.