Wanted to share some of the ups and downs of my garden walk-through. Prepare yourself. I know gardeners are very self-conscious about letting other gardeners see their big fat mess before they have a chance to plant and beautify.
Perhaps we should look at the plus side first. Buds on the mophead hydrangea and the climbing hydrangea, big pink buds on the magnolia. And best of all, crocuses by the bird bath. How nice is that?
But what a mess the rest is. I cut back some ornamental grasses and packed what I could into a bunch of heavy contractor bags. This was a week ago. I've fallen down on the job since then .. and look at the mess that's my garden right now.
It's hard to imagine what this same space will be in two months. It's probably irrational, but sometimes I worry nothing will come up. Of course it will. But look at it now. How many times have people said oh, I'd like to show you my garden but it's horrible right now!
Well, mine's pretty horrible! It's a bit of a shock to see it all out there, so brown and tangled. Sharing one's horticultural inadequacies with the blogosphere is a little scary.
But I can't gather everything up like a pile of magazines and hide it in a closet till the company leaves. I can't pull a tarp over it. And I didn't really have to show it to you -- but there it is.
Eventually I'll have to post a photo to prove that the work was done, the flowers came up and the new stuff planted. It will be green, not brown, and lush, not dry and hopeless. Sigh.
This could take a while, folks.
