Friday, May 11, 2012

i love to putter in the garden...


i've been on my hands and knees all week
plucking weeds,
laying down mulch,
moving baby plants from here to there.
i love baby plants.


of course you know i'm a softy,
 so some weeds get to stay
if they're pretty.
i love wildflowers.


we've had this pile of river rock
leftover from a project last summer.
it's on the grass.
it needs to move.
so i used it as a border for some of the garden.
there was a pretty brown snake sunning in the pile
so i scooped it up and made a little home for it in a bucket
until Elsie got home from school.
i love snakes.


the "lawn"
is either dead
or it's covered in dandelions, rocks
or wild strawberries.
i love berries.


i'm trying to get all this done
before the blackflies arrive.
i do not love blackflies.


i've had to cover my hostas with netting.
either the deer or maybe the bunnies
had munched them down to nothing.
the nets are working...
so glad because,
i love hostas.
happy gardening!
xox

1 comment:

lisaroy said...

Sounds like you've been having some fun digging in the dirt! I miss that. We had a lot of deer that considered my hostas part of the salad bar - they didn't last long. Should have tried netting. :)