Local Ladies' Garden Club, Summer Meeting (2020)

My ladies' garden club has only met once this summer due to the Coronavirus pandemic.  We were invited to tour a local private garden.

The homeowners purchased an old farm years ago which they have lovingly restored. The house was beyond repair so they built a new one.  The outbuildings were preserved, embellished with antiques and a magnificent garden has been planted.

The original well house is on top of an underground spring and it still provides their drinking water.  

The stream flows out one side to form a creek.  Inside the water bubbles up to fill a cistern full of cool clear water.

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Every direction we looked we saw something interesting. The amount of work and love that went into creating this home is awe-inspiring. I am ready for this pandemic to be over so we can meet again and have more fun!

Links to other meetings

Local Ladies' Garden Club, January's Meeting

Today's Blooms, July 15, 2020

Today's temperature hit 97 degrees (F) so the garden has only been enjoyed after sunrise or through the windows of an air-conditioned house.  It has become a wee bit wild.

For the first time ever, there has been plenty of rain at just the right time.  Not once have I drug out the garden hose to water.  I am getting spoiled by our new weather pattern.

When the smoker grill broke, I saw potential for a new life rather than sending it to the dump.  It was recycled into flower pots.

A surprise sprang up in the middle of the front sidewalk.  Evidently, a Tahitian Butternut Squash seed dropped out of the compost bucket, landed in a thin crack, sprouted, and was ignored.  When it formed a tiny squash, I realized it was my favorite variety so everyone was instructed to avoid it.  (Scooter was instructed to stop watering it.) UPS and friends have learned to walk around. Its determination to live is inspiring.  

This is what I really want to share.  Finally, after years of dreaming, last week I finished the rock garden in front of the swing.  There are still more plants to be added but the hard part of moving rocks and adding soil has been done.  It feels good seeing flowers instead of a pile of weeds when I look out the windows.

July has been a colorful month in the garden.  A little bit of rain makes a little bit of difference, a lot of rain makes a huge difference.

Today's Blooms, June 15, 2020