Garden Tour Part 4 ~ Finale

This was my favorite garden

on the tour, and this is just

the side yard.

It seems to be the closest

to what I could accomplish

at our own home.

The soil, the partial shade from the trees,

are the same challenges I contend with here.

Cousin Joyce asked

why our gardens don't look this good.

Probably because we

don't quite have the same

time, energy, money, determination

etc. to put into our yards.

But this garden is

proof, that it can be done

given enough time

and tons of compost to amend

our red rocky soil.

 I ( well actually Rick)

could rip out the lawn, 

which is the

only flat space we have.     

I'm sure the deer would

absolutely love this.

I'd have to install higher fencing  ~~~

  

I wish I could spend more

time there seeing the garden

change during the seasons.

I'd love a garden bench

somewhere in the middle.

It would be wonderful in the mornings

wandering about with a mug of coffee.

 I'd be enjoying the garden visitors,

the birds, butterflies, frogs, lizards,

and bees.   

But not the deer.

They just don't understand

that this isn't a grocery store.

A gal can dream right,

because in truth, I'm

barely keeping up with

the gardens I already have.

Granted they are all on a hillside

and not nearly as lush as this

garden was.  But someday perhaps

they will be ~~~

if the deer let me.

After every garden tour,

we come home full of enthusiasm

 to renew our gardening efforts,

and then the heat sets in...

and we head to the lake. 

Ah, summertime.  Gotta love it.