On 7/20/2011 20:03, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Not long after I moved into my Michigan house some twenty years ago, I made a
flagstone path and planted a perennial garden next to it. My philosophy of
perennial gardening is to crowd it with enough plants so that it never needs to
be weeded. For the most part it works. Both the path and the garden have
endured. Tonight I got up on a small stepladder and shot a backlit pic of the
garden. The red things are bee balm, and they attract the aforementioned bees
as well as butterflies and hummingbirds. The tall yellow things in the back are
rocket flowers, but they're curling a bit in the 95 degree F temperature. Did I
say it was hot? There is some echinacea behind the goose weathervane (Former
list member, Belinkoff, who was mentioned by Robb earlier today, was annoyed
that I had a weather vane on the ground. But I like it there.) There are some
lilies and begonias on the other side of the bed, but they're mostly hidden
here. There's a fountain and bench off to the left, which
are out of frame, as they must be. since they're in perpetual shade.
Paul
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13806857&size=lg
Nice story - I wish I remembered the garden... Would like to see you
photo it on a cloudy day or in the rain... looking at it in the bright
sun I can feel the heat :-)
Friday it is suppose to be 100 here
ann
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
[email protected]
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
