Slowing Down, Smelling (and Seeing) the Flowers Part 2
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» jerrib - Gratifying, I'm sure, to have a garden like this.
It's good for your souls, and I'm sure you will continue to enjoy it all summer.Hope things are moving along with Roger. Sounds like he's recuperating fine. And what a wonderful outdoor environment you've planted for you both to enjoy.
Jerri
-- posted by jerrib
» Carol Wallace - You're right, Jerri
When we originally went house hunting we each had our list of things we've always wanted in a house - everything from "old house with good woodwork" to fireplaces, etc. My husband insisted he wanted a lot of land with it. I didn't really care one way or another - we'd done a small vegetable garden but that didn'tneed a lot of land - mymom grew veggies behind the garage on our very urban, small back yard.But now I am SO glad he insisted on that land. I think it's done me a lot more good than it's done him - not only giving me the pleasure of gardening, but essentially a second career.
And besides that - it's SO good for the soul!
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Carol Wallace - Garden walk
It looks a bit different from when you walked it, doesn't it Howie?But I'm still amazed by that quadruple poppy! And my guess is that without the slow, slow walking, I'd not have noticed.
Today's big discovery was Roger's. I was planting some of the Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum" when Roger noticed another ornamental grass for the first time - Carex buchananii - the one that is pale brown in color. He looked at it and said "And this one is dead, right?" I am having trouble convincing him that it's supposed to look like that. I was just so tickled by the descriptiomn in my ornamental grass book: "This plant appears dead all the time, which makes it a curious conversation piece for the garden."
And it is doing exactly that right now!
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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» Carol Wallace - CrabApple
Thank you. I find that I'm enjoying the tour more myself. There really is value in just slowing down and enjoying things without carrying the weeder and pruning shears for every tour of the yard!-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Carol Wallace - Temp vs. light
Howie, the one time I was successful U overwintered it in the sunroom, but not near the window. It was a low light situation. I used the same room, but this time directly in front of the window. The only other difference is that this time, I cut it back. I don't know if we can conclude anything at all from that.-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Carol Wallace - Howie
I moved our discussion to one with its own title, in hopes that someone out there has some foolproof way to get our beautiful pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' through the winter for us.-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Renie_Burghardt - Hi Carol,
your garden is so beautiful. Thanks for giving us glimpses of it with those great photo's. That poppy is gorgeous! And it's so good to hear of your husbands great progress towards a good recovery. Jolts like this make us realize just how precious and beautiful life really is, and things we've taken for granted for some time, are more appreciated and treasured again. Enjoy that beautiful garden!-- posted by Renie_Burghardt
» Carol Wallace - You're right, Renie
One thing about jolts like this is that you stop taking things (and each other) for granted. Just one more examle of how something good can come out of something seemingly bad.-- posted by Carol Wallace
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