the work continued this weekend in the upper garden. i tell myself it's good for my left hand to do some activity of a different sort than sitting around typing.  the garden isn't totally cleaned up yet, but it's getting there. i have a strong sense as i'm weeding and fixing and tending up there (i say up there because our yard is on a hill and this little garden is up that hill) that this activity is very good for my soul. i find myself slowing down, breathing more evenly, listening to the bird song, feeling the dirt under my fingernails. it can only be good for me.
[Image]roses now tied to the trellis so they can begin to climb and climb.i think i said before that i'm not THAT fond of roses,but these are a beautiful, vibrant orangey red.the one on the right has suffered a bit from neglect, but i am hopeful it will come back now that it's been fertilized and given new soil and had all the dead bits trimmed off.
[Image]6 beds fixed, 3 to go.you can see that i'm still unable to "weed" the strawberriesthat have escaped their bed and are crawling over towards the other one.they're nearly done bearing fruit, so perhaps then.
[Image]two giant buckets of weeds!!now that my peonies and the one giant poppy are done, there's not much color up here.hmm, perhaps i should go get some pretty plants that are blooming from the nursery.that hydrangea on the right should bloom soon tho'.
[Image]these little primordial plants, while rather pretty, are an insidious weed.they may look cool, but their roots reach up to 5 meters into the soil.this makes them very nearly impossible to get rid of!they were here in the time of the dinosaurs and i guess they will long outlive me.
well, i'd best get back to work, there's plenty more to be done and i can see that my lavendar is covered in butterflies, just beckoning to be photographed. i wish you all a happy, slow, lazy sunday.