Babette’s List

carpenters vs. garden

For completely unfanthomable reasons, the carpenters hired to fix a structural problem tore out my perennial garden. Picture above shows what they left.

I replanted the front 2/3rds today with annuals: snapdragons, impatiens, teensy groundcover, and dusty miller.    There is a new blue species geranium just before the hosta.

I planted seeds in the remaining bare 1/3 : dianthus (spring beauty), aquilegia, and wildflower seeds that I had saved from last year from the part of the garden now torn out.  I would be very happy if they germinate and take root.

2008 vs. 2010 Distractive landscaping

Aver

Azaleas, evergreen rhodendrums, species rhodendra and emerald and gold euonymus starting to get a foothold.   Average heights will be 2 -4 feet.  Planted over last 2 years. Very distractive when in bloom. Planted a white azalea today.   Right foreground 2 year old hydrangea (it is in a bucket on right in the first picture) . Reseeded grass today.

Microburst vs. Maple April 2011

Alternative title: We meet the neighbors.

Removed from neighbor’s garage.

2007 vs. 2010 (new roof /shrubberry deleted)

New roof,scraggly azaleas removed, bump out fixed.

Springtime in Torrington