Compost delight!

Okay I have to admit that my daughter is right, I probably take far to many photos of my plants and garden and yard preparations and why? ...probably for the simple reason that it brings me joy.

Personally I find gardens constantly changing, creative, earthy, sensual, keeping one in touch with the seasons, physically exhausting, amazing to consider the intricacies of a leaf or flower petal, an appreciation for our food sources and a way of working out and simplifying alot those thought processes that whirl around in the brain.

Each of us has our passions often not understood by others.

This hit me today as I was with satisfaction digging out the bottom of the compost heap, nicely decomposed into rich brown textured flakes, the product of over a year's collection, ready for mixing into the beds, how many others get delight out of fresh compost?

As I was bent over on hands and knees digging a spot for a clematis near the garage wall and lamenting a broken trellis, my house mate arrived and asked if I was renovating or remodeling the yard...well i suppose as gardeners we are constantly re modeling as we try different plants in different spot each year.

Now of course some of my remodeling is being helped by my " girls " who insist on spot to dig and settle, not always to my approval.

Another repair job as I did the front beds was the escape route or a potential one, renailing a fence slat. Along the front north facing, the tulips are coming up nicely 2-3 inches and added some marigolds, love the splash of yellow on green. Dogs cannot invade these spots.

Muttart conservatory run by the city is currently under renos but had their annual bedding plant sale shown here in the green houses. Two sets of glasses one for the sun and the other to read the details of the plant labels...sun or shade.