A little fanfare please - here in the southeast, spring now surrounds us.
I have to admit that yesterday the house and garden looked lovely
in the sunlight of late afternoon. I took these photos with my phone.
Bob had spent over three hot hours, mowing, trimming, blowing etc.
We walked about for a while but the pollen was
extremely heavy so no sitting outside. We checked the
shrubs, many now blooming, and perennials such as
peonies and hostas poking their way through the earth.
We felt good about how the garden looks this week.
I joked with Bob about perhaps we should put out a FOR SALE
sign with so much 'curb appeal' going on!
Our lawn is thick and green, the best I can recall in many years thanks
to over seeding heavily last autumn. For those of you interested in gardening
but living in other areas of the US, or overseas, we prefer to grow fescue grass
which remains green all winter into spring, dies back somewhat in hot, dry
summer weather if not watered, but then greens up again in autumn.
It does require weekly mowing in the spring and summer as it grows tall but
is lush and dark green.
Others prefer Bermuda grass which turns brown in winter but does well all
summer in the heat, staying green and quite short without much water.
Here, behind this urn with pansies, Queen of the Night
The azaleas were happy in the rain of recent days and
are now coming into bloom.
How does your garden grow?
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