Over the years of posting on this blog I have lived in at least 4 homes and worked on gardens in each, digging ponds, moving dirt and planting, only to leave and see all of my work undone. I CAN'T HELP IT! Not only is my thumb green, but all of my fingers are various shades of green. Above, you can see that these areas next to the house were completely covered with two layers of heavy landscape barrier and these rocks. I was thrilled to see the two snapdragons struggling next to the house trying to grow and they are beautiful. However when I removed the black barrier fabric, I discovered that most of their roots were between the rocks and the fabric and that they were a perennial variety with large roots at least an inch in diameter. After exposing the roots in order to remove the rocks, I struggled to try to cover them up and I am not sure they will survive, but I believe they will at least produce seeds and hope to use them. The rocks in this first bed below were also under the plastic (backfill perhaps) and took me a week to remove them. I have successfully cleaned the next bed and amended the soil with compost and manure. YES! Hope to plant in the fall and next spring.
Note the ugly grass also. The Mr. is fond of chemicals. Actually, the soil in the back yard is not very good and we had a lot of crabgrass so die, die, die! He has already re-planted some of these areas and we are confident that we will have another beautiful yard in time.
So another bright spot in my day today, actually two, was a text from an old friend from many years ago who discovered that I was back in the city. I was so pleased to hear from her (I should have reached out earlier..my bad) and since we are both quilters, we had much in common with which to communicate. In other words, the conversation was wonderful and lengthy and so glad to share news of the "kids" and "grandkids". The other bright spot was that the Mr. sold his flatbed trailer which had taken up half of our garage since we arrived here. We really do not have a need for it here and now we will have a work space.
3 of my quilting buddies and I trekked to Ft. Collins Tuesday and we had breakfast at the Silver Grill (our favorite place to eat there), checked out the Cupboard and other shops and hit two quilt stores. I now have several projects to keep me occupied when the weather starts to turn white, as well as many UFO's to complete. It was a great day!
Thanks gals!
"One of the wonderful things about women is that we are bonded by shared experiences." ~ Anita Roddick
