I am a thrifter. I like finding the deals on pretty things. I also like the rescuing of things, giving new life, loving worn well-used things, saving from the trash heap.
So it goes, also, with the garden. I pay full retail for the food we grow, and the hardscaping. (And a chunk of our food starts from seed.) Flowers are gifted, swapped, or rescued, the latter mostly from the clearance/distressed racks of big box garden centers.
a flat worth was rescued today
a rich purple
to the shaded area.
and daylilies fill the shaded area by the fence
that leads to the memorial space.
for my mom. now, it will be honoring
the memory of both my parents.
The garden is messy, not as much as it has been, but more so than it will one day be.
from the tomatillo and tomato beds just
to the north of my parents’ memorial.
to the biggest project of last year.
from the tomato bed:
the back left bed is carrots and radishes,
the back right one is The Fiery Bed O’ Deathā¢.
from last year’s annuals.
our cattywampus cottage 