It's that time of year when there is one dry day in early spring and I put on my rubber boots and walk through my yard. It's a bittersweet moment as I review those plants that made it and those that probably didn't. This is also a tough time for my garden as it's about 9 years old and things are falling down. With all our wet weather, wood rots, so I noticed that a side board has fallen out of this planter, a little fence or two have fallen down and the odd plant post is not longer effective. But this year the worst hit was my pergola. A large accumulation of snow followed by heavy rains caused the wisteria/clematis canopy to break the support horizontal supports and even pulled down the large vertical pole. Here's what it looks like right now after I found some 2 x 4's etc to help it up a bit.I'd better do something before the plants become active and start to pull the mess in other directions. This well need some serious attention if we are able to walk into and sit -in the pergola this year.
It's a little disheartening to see all the work that needs to be done. Garden magazines don't really talk about how to deal with an aging garden, do they? Also, it looks like the roof is failing on my 12' x 6' garden shed, so I'm thinking that I might just shingle it myself in the next few weeks... before my vacation in.................San Antonio, Texas.
Here are some happy, fuzzy magnolia blooms. The tree that flowers first and then leaves out:
3 comments:
Gee whiz. You're gonna start thinking I'm stalking you or something. I haven't been blogging or surfing for a few weeks, so now I'm catching up. The more I read your blog, the more fun I have. Then I saw the picture you drew of a Warbler. I've only started noticing birds since we moved up north and am now quite taken with them. I've never tried to draw one, although I used to draw cats and horses all the time. Maybe I should pull that artist back out of the cobwebs.
No, I don't think you're stalking me! (giggle)I'm happy that you're reading and commenting - that's terrific. Thank you. I guess once you got out of Burnaby, you
see more than just crows, seagulls and robins!
Yes, anyone who can draw horses - should never stop drawing! Show us your drawings.
I think I will. I just have to dig them out. I was never good at drawing people, but I did a self portrait when I was around 15-16 and am quite proud of it. When I get home I'll scan some of my drawings.
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