Okay, so I know today is Lydia’s two month birthday, but you’re going to have to wait for her update until Monday, because that’s when she goes to the doctor to get weighed and measured, so I’ll finish her two month post then.
In the mean time let me bore you to death entertain you by showing off my just completed landscaping plan for spring/summer 2011. As many of you will remember, we have a large raised bed in our front yard that we have lovingly nicknamed ‘The Bean’ because of it’s kidney shape. After a lot of research and internal debate I have finally placed orders for the plants I am going to kill attempt to grow this year in an effort to make The Bean more attractive.
Because I am anal retentive like things to be planned carefully in advance, I made a scale drawing of The Bean, scanned it, and added plant photos to help me lay things out.
So without further ado, here is The Bean Plan 2011:
As you can see, I’m dreaming of a colorful garden mixed with trees, shrubs and perennials all accented by a lovely winding flagstone path, complete with a bench on which to sit and relax. And while I’m dreaming, I’m going to imagine that not just my plants, but my children as well, are so perfectly behaved that I have plenty of time to just sit and admire God’s creation all around me. Ahhhh… isn’t it a wonderful vision?
The reality is that I’m not sure how many of my plants from last year will have made it through the winter and from experience I can tell you that the ones coming in the mail for spring planting will be so small they’re almost invisible sweet little baby plants that may not flower during their first season. Add that to the fact that we are not even sure if we will be tackling Operation Garden Path this year and the resulting picture is a Bean full of wood chips far less idyllic.
Oh well. Peter and I are hoping to live in this house until we can’t make it up the front steps any longer, so I figure we should have a few more years to achieve the perfectly planned, but still slightly wild looking garden of my dreams. In the mean time, I’ll just have to content myself with admiring my fabulous diagram.
you should throw some Top Hat dwarf blueberry bushes in there. We’re thinking some iether for the lot or for the deck in pots.
The faithful dog guarding the bean from vermin is missing from the plan. I assume this is an oversight.
make sure he weighs in at least 75 lbs.
I certainly wouldn’t mind scaring off the deer, but don’t you think if we get a dog there is a greater chance of him digging up my plants than chasing off vermin?
Perhaps a dog a few feet from the bean could still scare off the vermin. Children are pretty good a scaring vermin too, but they too can have a negative effect on plants.