Oops

Enjoying the beautiful spring days....

I was cleaning out deadwood, unfortunately  I was wearing my fav flip flops,  slipped on the pieces of dried out sage root and down I went. My left side took the the brunt of the fall, hit a cement fountain and brick work. I sat there for a few minutes..picked myself up slowly assessed the damage..the fountain was still standing, and I, although , bruised and abraised could stand, walk with out pain. Of course, over the next 2 days, Motrin became my best friend. My hubby banned me from the garden, so I feel like a cat that can just sit and lick my wounds.(lol) I will be back in the garden this weekend , hopefully keeping my feet on solid ground.

Beautiful day

                                I spent the day clipping, digging,
                                 pulling, transplanting plants...
                                Putting together a Ivy topiary,
                                The Ivy takes root  and adjusts
                                 pretty quickly.
                                 A  little plant food, a protected place
                                  the garden, and in  a month, a
                                  nice little center piece !

Window boxes

                                     

A real french garden

Childe Hassam, American (1859-1935). Gathering Flowers in a French Garden, 1888, oil on canvas. Worcester Art Museum.)

                        

Some of my favorite flowers

Poppies and the blue pincushion plant

My Cottage Garden

The garden looks like this on a sunny day. I have been weeding, pulling out dead plants and planning my spring garden and plotting a transition to more heat resistant plants and flowers.

I really love wild flowers and enjoy " a natural garden" with perenials, re seeders. It just makes it easier, every spring the flowers come up and then I fill in the holes with annuals.