A day like today is when I thank the high heavens that I have a garden blog.
But not for the reasons you think.
Yes, I love sharing my garden successes and sweet flower pics with you all, but nothing gets me through a bad gardening day like exposing all of my warts in this forum for all of the the world to see.
Throw in some wonderfully sarcastic comments on top of that and I'm on the road to recovery.
It's out of my system and I'm ready to move on.
Sarcasm is involved in all aspects of my life. I use it at work. I use it at home. I encourage the kids to use it ... and they are starting to master it as well. It works for all of us.
So why not extend that to the management of my gardens? Here are some examples of "garden-casm" I used as I painfully walked around my garden today.
Enjoy:
Normally, I like balancing an entryway with the same plant on each side so it frames said entrance. But isn't it cool to cut one to the ground just to mix it up a bit. Fun, right?:
Oh wow, didn't realize I carried this new found style to another part of the yard. How awesome:
I like how the yellowing leaves play off of the orange fruit of the tomato. I knew not keeping up with the watering was smart:
Oh cool, the tomato is splitting into two. Double the fun!:
I'm really liking a weed enhanced pathway. So natural and so low maintenance:
It's kind of fun to try and find the kale or tomatoes amongst the weeds in the raised bed. It's a bonus when you can locate a hiding creature:
My aphid study project is coming along swimmingly:
I will always love the spirea because it looks great year after year:
Nothing fits better in my garden than a tropical plant. I mean, you've seen the pics, my landscape screams tropical paradise. And man do they thrive and get nice and big by mid summer:
Did I mention how well spireas also hold up into the fall?:
One of the things I've learned over the years is to put a plant that takes a while to leaf out in a prominent and highly visible spot in the garden. Whoa, slow down Anemone, it's only August:
Ah, I feel better already.
And look, even the weather looks great as we head into early evening:
John
I have rabbits who do the unbalancing for me.
ReplyDeleteYou made my day!
ReplyDeleteThose splitting tomatoes are the reason I go to the farmers market! It has been a tough year for gardening, too hot, too dry and too early. I posted about my fairy garden last week it you get a chance stop by and take a peak. Laura
ReplyDeleteThis really did make me LOL. Thanks for the Monday morning laugh. Hope you got some rain! We did Saturday night here in SC Ks. It rained for about a minute! =/
ReplyDeleteI feel vindicated now - my whole garden looks like your weed patch - lol
ReplyDeleteMy tomatoes look like yours.
ReplyDeletesarcasm is under appreciated!! yes I "just love" reading all he blogs with thousands of perfect roses....(while I can barely keep kncckouts alive...and luscios tomatoes...mine look like yours and they are not wild...hahaha
ReplyDeleteThese are the times that test gardener's souls! Those dark clouds moved East over us near the shore and dumped some fast rain. Everyone is getting so much defoliating help from little creatures this year. Ever think we'd hope for a colder winter than the past one so conditions aren't as amenable to little creature overload? Some snow cover wouldn't hurt either. If we get blizzards like year before last I won't take credit for jinxing us along the east coast. Besides...there are only so many plagues, no? Consider you pain and much appreciated sarcasm shared by many...in a good way.
ReplyDeleteI especially liked your natural looking path with the low maintenance plantings/weeds. It would feel right at home next to a path of mine.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your sarcasm post.
Holy cow! That's some awesome looking bad weather overhead! Loved the shot of the aphids, they look like they have become the plant:) You get through your year with sarcasm, I get through mine by saying, "next year...".:)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! I love your sense of humour - I'm languishing in a dry hot garden full of "successes" like yours. Love how your anemone and my Russian sage are just screaming "watch me (not) grow".
ReplyDeleteKeep us posted on the aphid study!
ReplyDeleteI'd take your weather. No joking!
Unbelievably awesome post. When my milkweed looked like that, it turned into a ladybug brothel. There's still hope.
ReplyDeleteI can relate! And don't you love it when guests arrive just as your garden reaches its "peak"?
ReplyDeleteJohn, what type of Arborviate is that next to your deck?
ReplyDeleteWe are kindred spirits, man. Keep sarcasm alive!
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