Saturday, July 11, 2009

A stroll through my garden...


Ah, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men oft gang awry... I really meant to get a lot of tatting, crocheting, and bobbin lace done this weekend, but Dave convinced me that we needed to buy more plants for the garden! He's out busy planting now, so I'm sitting with my feet up and showing some pictures of what he's already done so far. This is a view of the north side of our house. Dave built the wooden walk as a surprise for me when I was working on my master's degree... I was so busy studying, I really didn't have time to check out what all the noise was about!


Here you see the very first flower bed created in the spring 15 years ago, right before Alison's high school graduation party. This garden has changed very little through the years. The biggest difference is that Dave no longer plants annuals in this bed. Instead, he brings home tropicals that were in too sad a shape to sell and nurses them back to health.


This is my favorite flower bed. Dave built the arbor from a design in Better Homes and Gardens. Some of the pieces rotted and fell off, but we think that just adds character. The birds love this flower bed too! I can sit on the porch with my morning coffee and watch them splashing around in the bird bath.


Speaking of the front porch, here it is! The porch wraps around to the back door on the south side of the house. I don't deal well with heat or too much sun, so I take my morning and evening walks on the porch. It doesn't get boring, because there are so many beautiful plants to see, birds to watch, and traffic zooming by... we live on a two lane state highway.


There's a lot more to see, but I'll save that for another day. I hope you enjoyed the tour!

15 comments:

  1. Your garden looks wonderful- and so does your blog!

    I just added tatting to my blog on the sidebar and I hope you don't mind but I linked your blog- I really like it!

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  2. What a treat! I love your garden and THAT PORCH is marvelous...What a lot of loving work...but such great results. Thank you for sharing. hugs, Bev

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  3. What a beautiful garden, Diane! It looks like a haven! I would love something like that someday! I love the birdbath in the flowerbed that has the arbot in it. It's all very charming! :)

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  4. What a beautiful garden, Diane! It looks like a haven! I would love something like that someday! I love the birdbath in the flowerbed that has the arbot in it. It's all very charming! :)

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  5. OOooo, very lov-er-ly! Coffee on your porch would be divine :) So, if Dave is through with your garden, you think he'd be interested in finishing ours? :D

    Jo :)

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  6. HI, again! Native Philadelphian, teacher, I KNEW I liked you!

    My Gran and Ding used to take me to AC when I was young- I remember wearing my first pair of "high heels" (all 1 inch of them, lol!) on the Boardwalk in the Easter Parade. They were kitten heels and kept getting caught between the planks!

    Great to meet you!

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  7. Oh, that looks so peaceful. It's obvious that an early morning/evening walk around your place is good for the soul.

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  8. I LOVED your garden tour, it's all beautiful. Love that walkway round your house. More please!

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  9. Wow...what a lucky girl to have a hubby like Dave! All of it is simply gorgeous. It looks like you have a little piece of heaven on earth.
    ..also that is such a nice picture of you....you are adorable and look so huggable.

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  10. Can your husband come and plant gardens for me???? LOL! Beauty of a place to get up to. What a pleasure!

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  11. Diane, I can imagine you, sitting there serenely, coffee cup in hand, perusing your WONDERFUL garden. It looks like a little oasis..... Fox : )

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  12. Your gardens are beautiful, and so are you! Thank you for sharing them with us. Miss you!

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  13. Your gardens are Beautiful! They looks so peaceful. I would love to sit on your porch to just relax and do some tatting!

    Thanks for sharing your peaceful corner of the world.

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  14. Lovely, it looks so peaceful...Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Wow! u have such a beautiful garden. I hope to have a garden like that someday. I bet when the weather is fine, its wud be nice to tat outside, while your husband do his gardening.

    oops! such a sweet face.

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