Wednesday, March 14, 2012

My "Used To Be" Garden

 This is the reason I used to garden.  Then, about four or five years ago life intervened.  The shop required all my time and psychic energy just to keep it going.  Then I was able to sell and it took two years to unwind.  Also, since I hadn't sewn in so long, all I wanted to do was sew.  I had this built up this desire to sit at my machine and sew.
Now, I still want to sew but I must recover my garden.  I looked at it about three weeks ago and I could not find any beauty and it was then I knew I had to reclaim it.  I tried to find someone to weed but a willing weeder is like hen's teeth.  I know, I don't like to weed and to hire is incredibly expensive and maybe a mutilation of the spirit of the garden.  I did receive a quote for $800.00 and I thought of all the lovely things I could do with $800.00 and decided I had to buckle under and do it myself.
 It really hasn't been so bad.  I do about two hours a day.  I don't pitch my self into doing more than I can clean up.  That, for me is a major deal.  Do and then clean up.  Then I can see what I uncover.  It is amazing what is there.  I know that I also have a statue of Buddha and a Magical Chinese Guard Dog.  I will find both when the time is right.
It really is calming setting the garden back to its former beauty.


This is what I have been doing.   And the final picture is what every garden needs...............
This is TomCat.  He is wild but is beginning to realize that free food is a good thing.

3 comments:

patrice said...

Digging in the dirt is such a great way to connect to Mother earth!
And yet I'm always surprise at how much my dormant muscles scream afterwards...

Blue Sky Dreaming said...

You are so smart to pace yourself to what you can clean up that way you can see your accomplishments. Uncovering is a wonderful practice...show us as you go along!

Joanne said...

I too have a "used to be garden". I like that term. I had a few years of non or little attendance. This years storms have also damaged several trees. So it is time for me to get out there too and see what I can save. Good lock with your efforts.