Ooh, that’s really cheered me up, great work, inspirational, wonderful photos! I was getting quite depressed after my downright bizarre weather patterns had wrecked my roses, banjaxed my broad beans and toppled my tomatoes But it’s too easy to focus on your failures so a bit of positivity was just what was needed. Thank you, keep it coming!
On the plus side, although nothing is finished yet and not ready for the ‘ta da’ photos, I am proud of what I have achieved in the flower borders in just over a year (can’t believe it’s only been that) - breaking weedy, bramble infested ground, soil improvement, three new borders, shrubs and perennials growing away, echinaceas looking good, heleniums flowering already, exponential growth in my previously zero flower knowledge to temper my rookie mistakes...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
15 months ago this strip about 80cm deep was just concrete right up to the house. My OH broke up the concrete and put in lots of compost and manure and I am pleased with the way it has come on. I am trying to have something there all year and to grow up the wall but without spreading too far into the road. It's a work in progress but that's gardening isn't it!
I have completely transformed my front garden which just had 2 gigantic bushes and a forest flame when I moved in 2 years ago now it has 4 beds brimming with flowers. However what I am most proud of is this little Rose Bush , I found it a couple of months after I moved in, strangled by grass and other weeds, so I have nursed it back to life and this year it is almost the same size as it's 6 brothers and sisters. It also has emotional attachment as the day I found it was the last time I saw my Uncle so I gave my Auntie the first bloom last year and when the 2 in the photo open up she will get them as well.
It's undoubtedly the wildlife that we have attracted for me, frogs, newts, toads, stoats, voles, hedgehogs, rabbits, moles (ok maybe not so proud of the last two), the vast amount and variety of insects that make a home here, and the visitors and nesting birds. With natural habitats in scarce supply, every new or unusual resident makes me swell up with pride. Not to mention the entertainment they provide in return
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Thank you, Big Bang.
Bijdezee I admire your lupins, something that I just can't grow.
On the plus side, although nothing is finished yet and not ready for the ‘ta da’ photos, I am proud of what I have achieved in the flower borders in just over a year (can’t believe it’s only been that) - breaking weedy, bramble infested ground, soil improvement, three new borders, shrubs and perennials growing away, echinaceas looking good, heleniums flowering already, exponential growth in my previously zero flower knowledge to temper my rookie mistakes...