My last post detailed my lack of success with gardening. This one will lay out my plan, if I have the guts to follow through with it, of at least gaining some background on what I need to do in order to accomplish the kind of landscaping I would like around my house.
In my previous neighbourhood, right beside the park, there was a house with gardens I admired. While my children were happily climbing and sliding, I stared at this yard with envy. The front steps were flanked by brilliant bursts of colour, intertwined with tasteful greenery. The backyard housed a patio also spotted with colour, and more importantly, a small, ostensibly manageable vegetable garden. Along the fence, there were sunflowers stretching toward the sky. "That's the kind of yard I want," I said.
Had I hatched my current plan while I still lived on that side of the city, it would have been more convenient; however, it only occurred to me after I moved - I need to talk to the gardener of that house. I need to interview her and find out exactly what plants she has. Whether or not they are hardy enough to survive my not-so-green thumbs. How often she tends to them. Which ones are annuals and which ones are perennials. If she has gardening experience or somehow just made this miracle happen. Basically, I need to know how to replicate the gardens I covet.
This means I might end up driving to the other side of the city only to discover she's not home, or doesn't want to talk to some crazy woman who wants to know all about her flowers. Maybe I should just take pictures and hope no one notices. I know Scott has plans for our yard and they were conceived with the help of a landscape architect - I won't dismiss those. I simply want to add my own vision to them. I may not be able to cook a decent piccata, but surely I can grow a simple flower?
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