Mary Mary quite contrary...

How does your garden grow?? I believe that is how the song went anyway. Course I am thinking of the song from the movie The Secret Garden. I liked the 1993 British version of the story. Have you ever seen it? If you haven't I recommend it. Its imaginative, and like most good stories has an underlying issue than just a young girl with a garden. Although I admit even to this day I wish to have my own mystical secret garden.

Which brings me to my topic today.  Gardening.  We are in that time of year, where trees are budding, Tulips are blooming, and planning ones garden is in the works. Mine is definitely a work in progress.  What about you? How is your garden coming along? Is it all ready in tip top shape and all you have to do is maintain, or are you just beginning like me?

This is just one section of my yard. This spot I have designated as the garden spot. Now I have not decided yet if I want to make it the vegetable garden, or maybe my very own whimsical secret garden. What I worry about as far as a vegetable garden goes is that it is such a large area, that honestly I could probably grow enough veggies to feed our neighborhood!

One thing is for sure that I have A LOT of weed pulling to do! As shown by the lovely circle I drew on the picture.  And the arrow is pointing out a bush that I am not sure about. First off I am not sure it is even alive! It looks dead to me! But then again what do I know. I certainly do not have a Horticultural Degree! And if this bush is a live, I have no idea what kind of bush it is. I mean is it a flowering bush? A berry making bush? I have no clue. I think experts need to be called.

Here is further evidence of work needing to be done. Can we say curb appeal? Or more like lack there of. I am in desperate need to get curb appeal. I have been scouring Pinterest for ideas on how to address this issue. Again its one of those things where it is just going to take time and I have to accept that. I don't want to. My inner "want it now" self is being quite loud and pushy. And while this could be a good motivating factor to ACTUALLY get something done, if she gets TOO loud, then she is obnoxious and hinders the process. In conclusion these are the areas I want to concentrate my efforts on. Clearing the garden area of all the weeds and dead shrubbery and adding curb appeal to the front of the house. Part of that will include actually relocating the brick.  In the mean time I have a few tricks up my sleeves to get a little garden going so we can have as much fresh produce as possible this summer.

Till next time,

Amanda