This is my 3rd year with my inherited Garden of Surprises... it came with our new Home.
Gardening in North Carolina and in Florida [ where we lived for 20+ yrs ] is like nighty and day ---
Love this Garden .. even though the 1st year mostly weeded [what I knew were weeds]; daily digital documentation with my camera .. front to back and back to front .. side to side ... every day - diff. times of day. I had very little idea what was planted, just knew the former owner/gardener was out there every day [ neighbors are very helpful ] !
Have had bag worms [ awful critters the 2nd yr - they haven't come back ]; the robber fly shows up at times - though he is discouraged from entering ... if you have seen one, you know how ugly he is.
Every other year the most beautiful, large, brown and yellow spider shows up -- spinning a web with a ladder .. her name is Aggie somthing-or-other, so I call her 'Aggie'. She is a good gal for the garden.
Now, deer - that is another story --- have made up a 'Deer Cocktail' that I spray on Daylilies that they do love... so far it has worked. You just need a spray bottle, sudsy water, hot sauce and salad oil. Spray every other day [ here ] except on rainy days.
This Garden of Surprises is a joy - it is beautiful - it isn't anything but casual. When things grow, I thank them - if they don't -- that's the way it goes.
Joy - Outdoors and as one soul has said " eat and play in the dirt ''
Flowering Almond
Papaver dubium - Orange Poppy
Chives .. yes, they are very good!
Sweet Mock-orange
