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Here's the garden. I was looking today at the chair cushions and how sun-faded they are and I always protest, "But I JUST bought them!" but they are probably 3 or 4 years old. I do take them in for the winter, but they are basically outside from April to November. Gee, you'd think they'd last forever, right? |
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These are all the baby seedlings that self-seed from the morning glories. The small heart-shaped seedlings are morning glories, and by mid-summer they will have grown over the entire fence. By September, sometimes there are dozens of morning glories blooming. |
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The big vine is clematis and the one down at the end is a honeysuckle bush which hasnt bloomed yet. That wood wall is the one that will be covered with morning glories. |
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These steps definitely need more work. The thing at the foot of the steps on the right is a drain. One item that DOES last forever is the hose hanging on the fence. It's a Flexogen and it's been left out for a number of winters and is still in perfect shape. A gift from a long-gone lover -- he's gone, but his hose remains. Ahem. |
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I become mesmerized by fire escapes and how people could actually get out of a burning building and end up in my garden. This is the back of my building, and the scenic view from sitting in the garden. |
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These will grow bigger and look lusher. If you look in the top one, you'll see a little garden fairy. I don't usually buy stuff like that, but I bought a set of five or six of them -- some have broken, but I do get a kick out of half-hiding them, not so open as in this pot, and they do look real sometimes. |
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I forgot the name of this plant -- but it's grown a lot. This are will also have morning glories -- I move them over from the other part, and they grow up the brick wall, then up the fire escape.
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The good news is I don't have to paint the floor or the stairs, but I do need a bunch more plants. The fences are new as of last year, and I am glad to see they are getting a little weathered looking so that new lumber yard look is going away.
2 comments:
It's so much fun watching a garden grow
It looks so cozy and inviting- even though it is still "young" for the season. You'll have to post a photo later this summer when the morning glories are climbing the wooden wall.
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