Flower Power
Jun 26th, 2008 by Jenn
One of my Spring-to-Summertime hobbies is messing around in my yard. Sounds real professional, doesn’t it! Since I don’t consider myself a full-fledged gardener, I just consider it “messing around in the yard.” Here is a visual for you, to explain what I mean…What I am trying to say is I like to transform this…
into this…
People often comment on how pretty our yard is – and we even won yard of the month for our neighborhood last August! See?
So since some people put cooking stuff on their blogs, I think I’ll do some gardening posts on mine. Friends often comment that they can’t seem to grow anything in their yards which always confuses me because there really isn’t much to what I do. However, I have come to realize that it has to be something you like to do. I enjoy it. I love planning out what to plant, seeing what will grow back from last year, shopping for things to try this year, and digging in the earth. My husband kids me that gardening is my excuse to play in the dirt! Kind of true – I don’t wear gloves and by the time I have everything planted, I’m pretty much caked in it!
So once a week or so, look for a gardening post along with some pictures. I’ll give you my tips that I have learned from my mom and my dad who learned from their moms and grandmothers. Yes, this love of mine is a tradition, one I am passing down as well.
I don’t try anything fancy, and I don’t have a lot of money to spend but I’ll keep on doing it as long as I get comments like this one from the Drewster who was helping water tonight:
“Mom, do you know why I love flowers?”
Why, baby?
“Because I love you.”
I love you too, baby.
I’m having the back deck redone, as in stripped, stained, weatherproofed and screened in for Collette. She loves having flower pots full of all kinds of flowers she can take care of, but hasn’t been able to this year. She has a real green thumb compared to mine, which is capable of killing cactus, aloe vera, well, you name it.
impressive! I wasn’t aware that you were a recipient for that award! Also, I totally think that you’re not giving yourself enough credit with your work! Casey gave me three flowers to keep for my birthday…and I’m thinking they probably need to be thrown away. I need to learn more than a thing or two. Looking forward to the tips!
Awwww for Drew’s comment!
I gotta admit, I’m a teeny bit jealous of your talent and the results of your hard work. Love to look - hate to touch dirt. If the fake ones wouldn’t fade in the sunlight, my back yard would be beautiful.
i think i need to have us finally meet, and have you come over and give me some pointers …
its something i am very interested in, but get overwhelmed, and don’t know where to start!
Your yard really does look good-