I may still be waiting for my vegetable garden to produce, but spring has definitely brought the rest of the yard to life. I planted a few buckets, but everything else is the result of years of intentional neglect or unintentional attention.
Such as how I purposefully disregard the way the honeysuckle inhibits ease of entry through the back gate.
~A perfect example of intentional neglect.
Or the way my husband accidentally pulled the clematis along with the elm starts in a maniacal effort to clean things up a bit.
~A perfect example of unintentional attention.
(It really wasn't as terrible as it sounds as the clematis was barely existing.)
I have a few seeds planted; sunflower,sweet peas,morning glory and columbine. I've described this process in a previous post.
feverfew |
these yellow roses are prolific in and around the bunny pen and the chicken coop~they are just about to burst |
hawthorn tree, yellow roses, and pansies |
we have 2 varieties of purple lilac and our whites are tall trees creating a green fence down one side of the yard |
violets and mock orange and four 'o clocks |
euphorbia, violets, red wild roses and a dandelion :) |
the golf balls do not fall into any of the aforementioned philosophies |
Thanks for coming. Y'all come back now. Ya hear!
Blessings, Debbie
Everything looks so green Debbie, I especially love the chicken coop.
ReplyDeleteWe are getting rain, it started last night and it's still raining...Hooray!
What does the fact that I ♥ everything about these pictures say about me??? I so admire "random" but sometimes work too hard to achieve it!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! Love the one with one of your chicks in it and the bench looks like it would feel so good on your back:@)
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so restful. The chickens have a very nice hangout!
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful yard and I really admire your unintentional gardening. it looks quite intentional and planned. Can you come to my house?
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed all of your garden pictures,Debbie, and the containers really caught my eye, and I just might borrow some ideas, and that wooden bench I would so love to have. Love the chickens club house. {so cute}
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day.
Sue
I do like your bucket gardens. You have a lovely garden. I like gardens with a little wildness to them, not too showcased. I think I'll try some of your ideas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful walk through you garden, I so loved it! I also love your quote at the top your page...I am really enjoying some of her older works and her wisdom.
ReplyDeleteI love the buckets. What a simple but oh so cute idea. I might have to "borrow" that one.
ReplyDeleteI love everything ab out this little tour. I would feel sort of giddy in that yard. There's just something about it.
ReplyDeleteYour intentional neglect looks great! I enjoyed your tour!
ReplyDeleteI love this post, you have given me so many ideas for things that I thought were on their way to the dump, thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour lilacs are gorgeous! Thanks for the tour! :) ~Lisa
ReplyDeleteWow, those are some really pretty pictures!
ReplyDeleteI love the huge variety of plants, the lilac photo is gorgeous, and, of course, the chickens. I would love to visit with those chickens. xo,
ReplyDeleteYour garden is beautiful. It looks so peaceful. I especially like the chicken's club house :) They have a really nice set up!
ReplyDeleteYour lilacs are just beautiful. I love all of your flowers and how you have them growing everywhere. You are my kind of gardener. To bad about the Clementis.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. My garden is mostly green, not too much flowering. My FIL got stuck with a hawthorn thorn a couple years ago when they were ripping them out. He got some odd TB type infection and ended up on iv-antibiotics for a couple months. It took forever to heal. The flowers are certainly beautiful though.
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Oooh I'm so jealous of all your greenery and color! It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the garden tour. I love your bucket idea of gardening. I have way too many gardens that I can't find the time to care for them properly. Bucket garden seems to be fairly easy maintenance as long as they are watered . Your lilac are absolutely beautiful and I love the lilac scent. JB
ReplyDeleteI call this natural gardening and I think it is the best...very nice! :D
ReplyDeleteI love all your planters, and natural wood bench, Debbie! Your garden looks so inviting!
ReplyDeleteYour garden & home is looking so pretty! I love the country feel it has to it,very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a beautiful & relaxing weekend! I am hoping to have a relaxing one...things have been a bit too busy here lately...:)
xoxo...Gloria
This is the tutorial I used for the french knot:
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It works great! I never had a problem, even though from what I've heard it can be tricky. So either I have beginner's luck, or it's a really good tutorial! :)
I enjoyed seeing all your greenery!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks fantastic! Our lilacs have come and gone. They are so lovely for such a short time.
ReplyDeleteI so love wandering round people's gardens. So many ideas. Our lilac has gone over now. We have more honeysuckle than I have ever known in the garden. It smells wonderful.
ReplyDeletethe neat potting ideas through out the post - the coop - red door - the lilac - O taking-me-home -- sweet smell of yesterdays -- LOVE Liliacs..Yes, you are blessed..
ReplyDeletehugs.
Debbie, your intentional and unintentional are gorgeous!! blessings ~ tanna
ReplyDeleteYou have lots of pretty green things to look at in your yard!I like the old bench...and the "clubhouse"! :-)
ReplyDeleteDid I spy a chicken? I so want to have chickens but in my neighborhood the only way you can have a chicken is to name it and call it a pet. Love your garden, especially the flowers in the metal buckets
ReplyDeleteDebbie, I love the results of your "intentional neglect or unintentional attention" for it has rendered your surroundings perfectly charming and welcoming!
ReplyDeleteDebbie: BEAUTIFUL!!! So very much "my style."
ReplyDeleteLove love love love!
Thanks for sharing!
Lovely - it is what we would call a Cottage garden - wild and unihibited and beautiful. And we often have golf balls in ours too, but they don't grow very well. xx
ReplyDeletelove your gardens and buckets and tins all filled with beauty...keep doing what you are or aren't doing...it's working wondefully.
ReplyDeleteLove the flowers in the little buckets on the fence. I am putting that in my someday file! I think it is so charming
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, beautiful, beautiful! I am so glad I visited today. I feel like I've been barefoot in a garden. Sigh...
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