Waning Summer
We spent some hours today pulling the stubborn Perennial Sweetpea from the outer edge of the garden between our lawn and the drainage ditch that runs along River Cove Road. We call it "the berm"; it's a mound of dirt that we had installed, when the logging company removed our pole pines a few years ago, to protect our property from a flooding drainage ditch. We planted two young Maples in the berm to replace the trees that we lost (they were old and damaged) and have been adding ground cover to try to hold back some of the weeds. After I have have spent time sweating and laboring in the garden, I like to take a few minutes wondering around just looking at what the garden has been up to. What are the new bloomers? What has bloomed its last? What are my annual flowers up to? During today's stroll around the garden, and inspired by what I have been learning watching Monty Don on Gardeners' World, I was intrigued to look much more closely at some of my flowers.