The Weedy Side of Things

Two years ago I had foot surgery right after school got out and spent the summer in the house on crutches.
Last year I spent much of the summer attending the Central Utah Writing Project.
So this year, I have...WEEDS. Lots of them. I have been slowly working to take them out, but it's a big job.

Weedy Grass in the Front Garden

Projects

Well, the big project this year is paving the garden paths:

Yes, it really has looked like this for a year.

As you can see, this is a pretty messy and ugly project while it is going on. We actually dug up all of this last year to lay in the sprinkler lines, and it was a muddy, weedy mess all summer.

Pots, 2010

To start with, here are my big pots by the front entryway, all newly potted up. I think they turned out especially nice this year.

These are some other pots from around the yard. I mostly have perennials and bushes growing in them.

June 2010 in the Garden

I seem to take the same garden pics over and over again - but they're so beautiful!!! Here are some shots from early June and late June:

The Lady Fountain - Early June

The Herbalist English Rose - Early June - This is by far the most this rose has ever bloomed.

The Clematis Arch and Bench - Early June

The Lawn Path, North - Early June

The Maple Tree - Early June (If you look at the ground, you can see the rejected branches from where I just limbed up the maple by about three feet.)

The Pond - Early June

The Dogwood that Ate the Bench - Early June

Pink Peace Rose with Picasso Petunia - Early June

Ballerina and Rosy Friends - Early June

Ballerina and Rosy Frieds - Late June

The Spot Where Nothing Grows - Early June - While everything else is approaching jungle proportions, this little area insists on underwhelming.

The Flamingo - Early June

The Lawn Path, South - Early June

The Lawn Path and Flamingo, South - Late June

Betty Boop Rose - Early June