On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:09 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > 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 > Thanks Ann. It was 95 when I shot this photo. A rain pic would be nice. Paul
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