With the sunny days of July finally, waking us out of our slumber in the great North West, I decided it was high time to see what was bubbling up from the ground inside our yard. One day, if all goes well, I will have created a tranquil, delicious, and dainty gardening oasis. Well, maybe I shouldn't get too ahead of myself...
What greeted me upon my arrival, at said location, was a combination of snakes, thorns, and deer droppings. If only you could have seen my face as I greeted each one individually and heard my shrieks.... or rather gasps. But bit by bit, I took my gardening sheers and chopped, yanked and stomped my way to freedom, one item at a time. Once things got going (and I had more scratch marks on my arm then if mauled by a rabid tomcat), I pulled out the big guns, and grabbed my handy dandy battery powered weed whacker and never looked back.
I never knew how liberating weed whacking could truly be. I mean, I'm hoping for Olympic recognition one day... why not, there's curling... and certainly landscaping combined with topiaries should garner some notice especially if there's a time limit involved... C'mon, let's just call it a dream people! Not that I create topiaries ... but I'm sure there has to be some sort of additional skill added...ahh but I digress...
By the end of all that yard taming, weed juice all over my shoes, plant particles infiltrating my teeth... I uncovered a delightful surprise... Grape vines and strawberries. What tasty sweetness those little berries produced. They definitely made up for the deer pies and snakes
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| Weeds and plants doing their thing... mainly weeds but ok |
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| Don't mind me |
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| no strawberries there ....because I ate them all! |
