more pics.

Pictures of the baby hydrangeas.

I planted them last year and I am waiting for them to be at least a foot taller and fuller. I guess I lack patience when it comes to gardening. The only problem is they are so small that you can't see them when walking to the front door...I think I need to buy more! I will add more towards the front. I guess as with life foundation and patience is key!

I sure hope all this hard work will be rewarded come next spring and summer.

flower bed pictures

Well here are the pictures of my front yard. It consists of two flower beds on the left and right hand side of the front entrance. When I first saw the house I was happy to see such a beautiful greeting from nature as you enter the house. Now I have a love / hate relationship with the two flower beds. First of all I am a beginner at gardening and 300 sq ft. of dirt is just a lot of damn flowers to fill a space. Secondly, my job is even harder since the front yard faces East and can only inhabit shady plants. There's only a few shade plants that are beautiful and colorful. This is my dilemma, to fill all this space with just the right plants that only need partial sun. Good luck to ME!

My first entry...

Hey everyone or maybe just myself. ;-) Well I am very new in this whole blog world. Of course a very good friend of mine who has the same great ambitions or just plain neurotic (like me) has opened my eyes to blogging. My blog will probably be about my mishaps in gardening. I love plants, nature, sun, and anything to make my surroundings just a little bit more lively. Since I moved into my new home a year and a half ago my main project was to make the front yard more inviting! It is still a work in progress and I am struggling to keep weeds, bees, flies, and who knows what else from living on my beautiful flower bed other than flowers!!! This is harder than I expected! I am convinced that gardening is a metaphor for LIFE! One has many hopes for what life should look like but it's hard work to keep the picture in our mind to turn into reality (or to keep weeds from growing on my baby hydrangeas!) I am a bit frustrated with my large flower beds that leads to my front door. I want it to be inviting and to excite the senses of sight and smell. Right now it's just hard enough to keep it looking NEAT! Pictures of my flowers will be posted soon. So here I go trying to materialize that perfect garden in my mind into reality!