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A Year in the Lady Garden

Friday, October 15, 2010 at 5:30AM

This is the third installment in my series of seasonal tours through different parts of Deb's Garden. Today we will look at the past year in the Lady Garden. The Lady Garden is tucked into a clearing in the woods down from the patio next to the house. This garden will always be true to its sylvan roots, a wood nymph rather than a lady of society. It is a new garden, still gawky, untamed and needing refinement. But there are some changes that have happened over the months.

First, lets walk toward the Lady Garden on the wide path which leads from the lower front lawn. Here are some views as you come to the main entrance of the garden:

If you turn around from inside the garden and look back toward the lower lawn, you see one of my favorite views. The large building is my neighbor's workshop. I planted the evergreen trees on our property line to screen it, and they have done a good job:

Here are views of the arbor that marks one end of the Lady Garden. It is a great spot for watching wildlife. Many birds, including a pair of owls, live in the nearby trees:

Next to the Lady Garden is a small footpath that leads up a slope, where it joins the front garden near the house:

Finally, opposite the arbor is the end where the Lady of the Garden lives. I recently added the rock border to make a planting area. Spring bulbs are arriving soon and will be planted here:

No doubt, many changes to the Lady Garden will occur with the coming seasons. It will be fun to one day look back and see it in its youth. Thanks for touring with me. By the way, this is my 100th post, since I began my blog last year on October 5, 2009. That is something to celebrate, and more seasonal installments are coming!

A Year in the Front Garden

Monday, October 11, 2010 at 5:30AM

This is the second post in my garden series to celebrate one year in the blogosphere. Today I will take you on a journey of the front garden.

In front of my house is a strip of land. It wraps around three sides of the lawn, the fourth side being the road that leads to the house. I call it the front garden, because this what I see when I walk out the front door. This is the part of our property that was almost completely destroyed by a tornado in 1990, so most of what you see has been planted since then. Once upon a time these shrubs and trees were tiny dots!

Here are seasonal photos taken across the lawn, standing on a walkway which runs between the house and the front garden:

These shots were taken from the road, viewing the front garden on the opposite side of the lawn:

Next we come to the entrance to the main part of the front garden, which is directly across the lawn from the house. This wooded area has paths meandering through that connect to the lawn in several places. There is also a path which leads to a larger trail that ultimately takes one to the lady garden. My gardens are interconnected so I can wander from area to area. I do that a lot, often with a cup of coffee in hand and, of course, my camera around my neck. So here are some images I captured of this part of the front garden over the past year.

First is the entrance to the front garden:

These photos look at the front garden from an upper corner near to the road:

From the opposite direction, here are views taken from the back side, looking towards the road:

And finally, here is the path which can take one to the lady garden:

I thank you all for your support, and I hope you have enjoyed the tour. Check back soon. There is more to come! Deborah