I’ve been browsing images of the garden from last year (see posts June, July, October) to see the changes that have occurred. Many plants are much bigger this year and things are filling in. Other plants have struggled and we’ve had to decide to see if it will survive or needs to be removed. That’s gardening … you win some and you loose some. Overall we are very happy with how things are progressing and we love our view from inside.

This space has been a peaceful place to go for all of us. My husband loves to sit on the deck and enjoy the privacy plus no grass to take care of. My daughter loves to tend to her potted plants and check in on how the veggies are doing. I love the creativity it provides me, not only in gardening but also with photography. Although, I do admit that I find it hard to cut flowers from the garden when they look so beautiful out there.

I haven’t added a lot to the garden this season. I put in a few more Nepeta on the east side where there was none. It’s a plant I really enjoy so wanted to see it throughout the garden. My daughter wanted to add some Lavender so I added a few of those. I had picked up some Stone Cress in the spring that was added also. I did add a David Austin Rose early spring but the original stems never did anything so they are going to replace it next spring which I’m so glad. There is however a little new sprout, separate from the original stems, that has come up from that rose so we’ll see what happens with that.

A few things have struggled. Early spring we discovered a vole that took up residence in my ornamental grasses and ate up a lot of the roots. Guess he thinned them out for me. We have had 2 junipers struggle, one we have already removed it was so bad. The other we were waiting to see if it would pull through but so far only the bottom is doing well so we’re trying to figure out what to do. My other little roses haven’t done well either. Many of the stems died and looks pretty straggly. The forsythia never bloomed and stems died but it’s got some new growth at the bottom. And one of the willow bushes is looking pretty sad. I can’t figure out if it’s getting too much water (rain rain rain) or not enough.

This I how the garden has mostly looked in June. Seriously, I’ve covered the garden at least once a week trying to protect the new tender plants from hail. My daughter and I have quite the routine, each knows what they are covering and we can get it done in no time. We’ve even been hailed on trying to protect things. What a crazy month of weather it’s been.

And let’s go all the way back to how this garden started in 2020 and 2021. I love seeing the progression of how it looked with nothing but weeds to how it looks today. The moment we walked into this house 3 years ago and I saw this very non-traditional backyard I knew exactly how amazing it could be. I’m so happy with the results we have gotten so far and I’m excited to continue to watch it grow.

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