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Originally Posted by wemple2  Good luck with the garden...I have pretty much done it all. Not necessarily well...but I've tried many things. I inherited my garden from my mother-in-law...we bought their home. She had the usual, peonies, daisies, iris' and tulips. I kept adding to it each year...it was pretty, but a lot of work. I now have hybrid tea roses only. They are easier to care for, not so much weeding...pretty much do the same routine, uncover and mulch in the spring...spray, water and fertilize...cut and enjoy. They flower all summer long until a hard frost, then cut them back and cover. I do still enjoy container gardening for the patio...I just pick plants that do well in full sun...always something different. I also tried a wild flower garden that basically turned into a weed patch...it was horrible. Don't have much experience with vegetables, I love them, but have never really tried them myself...other then an occasional tomato plant. Anxious to hear what others have to say...I do love to garden...it's my therapy after a long day at the office!!! |
I bet that was so pretty! When we moved into our house it had been owned by an older woman and I think at one point she loved to garden, but she stopped taking care of it so we ended up ripping out hundreds of dead weeds and it took forever -- it was nearly our whole yard.
But as I've started to get into the swing of home ownership -- I've realized I want a bit of flowers. I just find it so hard to learn what comes back year after year, when to plant, ect. My head just spins reading about it! I am the type that can go out and water them and tend to them a bit, but I don't want a full time job either, lol!