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Today something wonderful is happening in our back yard. Everything is in order. Nothing needs to be done. Unless I wanted to get compulsive, which I usually try to avoid. Last night Hub Man mowed the lawn while I clipped all the dead and dying Shasta Daisies. I pulled weeds and uprooted spent flowers and spread grass clippings over the bare dirt. I coaxed my winter squash plant down off the fence where it had climbed up using some of the tomato plants for ladders and laid it on the new grass clippings. I picked the first ripe tomatoes too.

So in a word, today the back yard is perfection. Or as close to it as our back yard will ever get I suppose. Here is a picture of my "To The Garden" sign that is being taken over by morning glories:

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Here it is in better context:

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We actually have a very small back yard, but it is amazing to me how much care it requires. But then we have interesting things. Blackberries, an orange tree, peach tree, tomatoes [six varieties], two [I hope] kinds of melons, one of winter squash, eggplant, parsley, basil, and the already harvested potatoes. Plus all the bushes, potato vine, hydrangia, butterfly bush, lavender and rosemary. And of course the flowers.

It is not very often a tidy garden. But today it is. I'm thinking about moving a comfy chair from the living room outdoors today and spend some time just admiring it.

The other day I had occasion to visit a neighbor's back yard. It was 4 times as big as ours, but it was a conventional yard that every landscaper puts in around here it seems. Grass in the middle and a bunch of non-descript bushes all along the fence with shredded bark under them. It was neat, it was tidy, it was big, and it was boring.

At least today I have neat and tidy.

And that's enough for me.

Comments (11)

Supertrooper (Legacy)

Your garden is a true oasis of pure beauty ....my morning glories are that exact same colour ...wonderful !

InStitches (Legacy)

We have miles to go before we reach order, but it isn't boring so we must be on the right track. :)

Pragmatist (Legacy)

That seems like a LOT of stuff in your small back yard, but actually everything is quite neat and under control. Doesn't look overgrown at all.

I guess that's what comes of planning.

Shalom

allimom (Legacy)

You need to take pictures of the whole thing so you have proof in the future that at least once everything was as it should be in the back yard!

I do that with my desk and closets from time to time. It's nice to have the proof.
Alli

welshamethyst (Legacy)

Well, feel free to come tidy mine! The garden needs to be weeded, the roses dead-headed, and the lawn patroled for bombs *sigh*.

Thanks for sharing the pics! There's just something so cheery about morning glory!

SitsWithAnAddingMachine (Legacy)

A little bird (named welshamethyst) told me that you are the Scone Lady and that you might have a recipe for black cherry scones. That sounded so promising I thought I'd come over here and try to beg for the recipe. :o)

Dustbunny3 (Legacy)

Ripe TOMATOES AGhhhhhhhh
You gotta share. May have 5 green golf balls here.

mamallama (Legacy)

Good for you! It looks wonderful and the morning glories are beautiful. Okay, now you can come and do mine. :o)

And I'd like that scone recipe, too, please.

Parett (Legacy)

I would like to see pictures of all your delicious sounding plants! I'm getting hungrier by the minute.

Luv you....Parett

bookworm (Legacy)

I think your backyard is a lovely place because you make it so. ;-)

ImNotLisa (Legacy)

How lovely! I'd come sit with you in a pinch if I could. :o)