They even spilled into the roadside vegetable garden again after I swore an oath of ruthless thinning of the self seeded sunflowers. It's too late now. They are about to bloom.
I appear to be destined to have a cottage garden of perennial flowers with an over abundance of independent minded wildflowers. I have the cottage for it and a constant supply of the raw ingredients of all kind flowers.
Could be the self seeding sunflowers have staked out some new territory. I can see my ruthless thinning failing again next spring.
Out with the construction rubbish. Would you believe I spent the entire day going through all the piles and burning a huge potion of the scrap lumber to be left with all this. One pile is for the dump. Another I will try to give away and some where in there is the framing at least for a storage shed.
I gained all kinds of space on level ground.
And in with more flowers to dress up a cottage. There's one cat in the yard.
Maybe I will get to painting that last bit of wall some time soon too. The service entrance door is done.
I do plant shrubs, but they are so small now they get lost in the lush. The flowers give more instant results while the shrubs grow to size. One day in the distant future the shrubs could start to crowd out the flowers. Maybe.... a little. Of course most of the shrubs bloom too.
But look what I am surrounded by. It is hard to resist. Especially after enduring five months of naked grey and brown. The floral exuberance is a welcome sight.
The die is cast and it came up more flowers.
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Grand pics. Lots of room on the flat surface. Do you plan a veggie garden of sorts there or just a nice place to put that much needed shed?
Does the growth in the gravel bother you?
Nothing wrong with inheriting the love of flowers or to be close with nature. That is one of the best traits we can come by naturally.
Why only one kitty in the yard?
Wow ... it sure is beautiful! The roadside vegetable garden will definitely be a showstopper when all those sunflowers are blooming!
Flowers are cool. One can only take so much foliage.
It is perfection. Thanks for the seeds!
xxoo
Frances
Oooh, yellow sunflower and gray cottage - love it!
I love monarda too but it always gets mildew down here on the coastal plain.
bev
Lola I may plant part of the flat area until a house gets built there, but it will be mostly parking and a turn around with the weeds in the gravel sprayed on occasion. Miss Collar was out in the lush some where, not in the picture. She has to pout and be snooty for a while to show her displeasure in the moving.
Siria you only need to get a couple of sunflowers to blooming size one year then your set for a while it seems.
Chuck my foliage is of a similar commonality and fineness to yours, not many big leaves on things and the forest trees all look alike en masse.
You are most welcome Frances. Glad the boys were able to handle the transfer.
Bev up here it is the tall phlox that gets the mildew most often. Weird though some get it and twenty feet away another one is just fine.
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