It ’s that time again – time to practice what I preach and portion out some photos of my OWN garden ! My married man Rob ( rwotzak ) and I have been work our behinds off this leap , getting the garden ready for visits from family and for a garden babe cascade we had last weekend for some near friends , and while it still feels very rough around the edge to me ( damned weeds ! ) , it ’s in about as good a configuration as it can be for early summer photos .
Keep in thinker that the containers have not make full in yet – I so admire people who bone plants in from the beginning and do n’t have to wait for things to replete in , but I just ca n’t do it … .I feel as if I ’m torture their roots ! So I give every plant its space and wait patiently for them all to knit themselves together and grow up . Much more info in the caption … .. revel !
- SEE ? I DID IT , SO NOW you could , TOO ! ! Dig out your tv camera , take a full-grown recollective walk around your garden , and SEND ME exposure ! Thanks ! ! * * *

- One more affair … .. have you always wondered what your fellow GPODers are like in mortal ? Never conceive you ’d get a probability to encounter them?Check this out … .While the GPOD is n’t officially a taunton forum , it ’s snug enough , and I wanted to extend the invite . Anybody at all concerned ? I ’d be unforced to look for some garden to tour …
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The walkway from the driveway to the back patio. The bulkhead to the basement is on the right. The back door is behind that curtain of Dutchman’s pipe on the top right corner of the pergola.Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais












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