Garden Musings

I desperately want to write about my garden, but I feel unprepared to do so without my camera. Unfortunately said device is nowhere to be found and I'm unwilling to describe without images. while I wait to find my camera and start snapping, I've realized the great irony of my garden. Today as I was cleaning up grass and weeds I realized that everything that I've tried to eliminate in my garden - chickweed, wild yarrow, aspen, and other weedy wonders, have come back stronger than ever. Conversely, many of the perennials that I've coddled and loved, failed to make a return appearance this Spring. Is the key to success to ignore the garden, do I have to resign myself to growing "weeds" in the garden, or is there something else I'm missing? In my northern garden, the most impressive sophomore perennials to date have been the anemone, delphiniums, maltese cross, columbine and surprisingly hostas. I'm hopeful that next year more of the perennials will make a return appearance and, with time, I'll figure out exactly what survives in a Yukon garden.

Sierra posted this on Jun 21, 2007 from the garden | | permanent link