Faerisweet's Garden Diary

22 Jun '07 1:32 am

What a lovely new border!! Imagine when it gets completely covered by blooms!!Wonderful!

It is so tender what you did for your Banjo!! In our garden rest the physical bodies of two of my beloved old cats , having passed away during the two last years... The garden had already been created , though, and I never thought to create a garden , where their bodies rest...But I know they are both well, feeling only they have just moved into another....style of life....The truth is, I do not like and I never visit cemeteries, knowing in my heart, that my beloved ones are not really there...

22 Jun '07 7:07 pm

Thank you Liza. While I know he is in a better place and not really there it helped us to make him this garden bed. My daughter did not want the lawnmower running over his grave, once the grass grew back, sounds silly but the thought of that upset her a great deal. So by incorporating the grave into the garden and having her help work on it and choose plants for it, it took care of her thing with the mower, (he will be covered in flowers and no mower will get near) it helped her deal with his loss a little I think. It also helped me, in a couple of ways, grieving his loss and just to be able to do this with her. At her age spending time in the garden with mom... Well let's just say she can think of alot of things she'd rather be doing. So it gave us a project to do together and that is precious time to me as she is growing up so fast. Who knows maybe when she is older and settled into life a little more...she will find the joy in gardening that we do, I hope so.

22 Jun '07 9:22 pm

You are SUCH a sweet, and wise, and tender person, my good friend!! We are so lucky having you here with us!!

You know, I think it is SO wise what you did for your little girl!! But, don't worry, if she is not as much a garden lover as you are!! It is sure, she is going to be a wonderful woman, a human, and a mother, like yourself!!

26 Jun '07 5:19 pm

Liza, I feel very lucky to be here on this forum. There are alot of wonderful people from such varied places and with so many talents, there are artists here, with paint, fabric, and plants. It is a pleasure to be able to share this little part in the lives of such an interesting community of people.

28 Jun '07 5:50 am

Dear Faerisweet, what a lovely little memorial garden. I know how hard it is to lose a beloved pet, but now his memory will remain strong whenever you view your garden. I used to live in Poolesville, Maryland. Isn't it funny how the same town names (or very similar) crop up in so many different states? Hope you haven't been flooded with all those rains that have been plagueing Texas. Wish you could share some of that wet weather.

28 Jun '07 5:48 pm

Thankfully we haven't flooded, just water moving over a road or two during the worst of the rains but it seems to run off as soon as a break in the rain comes. I am glad our drought is over but sure wish I could get a couple of sunny days to get a few things done outdoors. I have plants that need moving and need to dig a bed to put them in. I planted alot of annual seeds that had piled up over the past few years, some as much as 6 yrs old. I thought most would not come up being so old but they did and now they are so crowded I need to thin them out. I want to put a garden and path between the house and garage and so I thought I would transplant some of these there to fill it for the summer. I can not afford all the perennials and such to fill it all at once, so I thought I could use annuals and replace them with perennials and shrubs as I get them.

29 Jun '07 4:29 am

Yes, your idea of using annuals until you can afford to start collecting perenniels is a great one; and one I have often used. If you can locate a local garden club, that is a great resource for sharing plants. Of course, you have to find one that has "real" gardener's. Some garden clubs are nothing more than social clubs.

You also might just keep your eyes open when passing your neighbor's property and see which ones might be gardeners. Those are the ones you want to seek out to become friendly with. Gardeners are always so generous with their time and their extra plant material. It pains a gardener to toss out perfectly good plants whenever they have to be divided.

Another good resource might be your newspaper if they have a column devoted to neighborly exchanges of goods or services. Many papers have such a column where people can advertise for free if they have something they might be willing to share or swap.

If you are brave and bold enough to approach developers whenever you see a piece of property that is about to be developed sometimes you can find wonderful plants on old homesites that are destined to be bulldozed. One of my acquaintances does this and she is always finding wonderful things.

Good luck with your plans and I hope you get those sunny days soon.

29 Jun '07 4:47 pm

all very good ideas, thanx.

13 Jul '07 4:40 am

6 weeks can make. I just noticed this today while taking pictures. I had to use the cell phone camera due to the fact that my digital has bitten the dust. It is so much bigger and fuller, mostly annuals, zinnia and cosmos, a few sunflowers, a balloon flower, hollyhock and tomatoes. The humming birds and butterflies love it, as you can see so does Patches my cat.

13 Jul '07 5:35 am

What a difference in deed. That must be very inspiring for you. Results like that would get me thinking about my next border. Well done.

Faerisweet's Garden Diary

Banjo's Garden

Fairysweet= Mothersweet!!

Thank You

wet weather

All in good time.

Good advice

What a difference

Those are striking before/after shots!