Left to its own devises.

The garden has gotten short shift this year more than ever before. I have neither the time nor energy to deal with it. It is mostly reverted to weeds. After a very dry July then wet August and September it has done this. Almost like it was planned.

[doglington]

Lovely picture you describe.

I love humming birds. Happy memories of watching them in more exotic places.

My garden is also neglected but looks lush. After all weeds are only plants that planted themselves.

X

[dollydott in reply to doglington]

I also like your comment about weeds i will appreciate mine more 😊

[raincitygirl]

Lovely, Jeff! Thanks for sharing...

Anne G.

[NannaB]

Beautiful!

XxxX

[Katiebow]

A blast of colour lifts your spirits doesnt it. I've tried to grow the blue convolvulus, plenty of leaf but no flowers unfortunately. Since Ben died I have spent a good deal of time in the garden, it's my sanctuary and a place I can 'loose myself.

Love to you both

Kate xx

[Hidden in reply to Katiebow]

It does give me a lift to see it.

[Hiking13]

It looks beautiful, my garden has also been neglected this year and Steve and I had worked so hard on it last year and redesigned it and planted it all up. We also built a little conservatory and I am really looking forward to getting Steve home so he can sit in it and look out at the garden. Once he is home I am going to attack the weeds so it all looks beautiful again for him to look at. But yours is looking good

Sarahx

[Hidden in reply to Hiking13]

Hope you get to get back into the garden.

[AJK2001]

Beautiful Jeff, sometimes I think we can interfere with nature too much and she gets on pretty well without us, after all a weed is only a plant that we think is in the wrong place - in a meadow a garden weed becomes a wildflower to be treasured.

xxxx

[Hidden in reply to AJK2001]

I do try to grow things that will take care of themselves.

[Hidden]

Oh how pretty.

Isn't nature a wonderful thing.

Ok, no more mowing for me .......

Sue x

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Think I will be cutting grass until December with the long warm Falls we now have.

[Aprilfool20]

Mine took a hit as well. Bushes went ballistic and the lawn like a dust bowl. When we knocked it in to shape the first ten years we lived here we made it ‘maintenance ‘free or so we thought! It’s not until you can do nothing in it that you realise there’s no such thing. I now have a gardener a couple of hours a month to keep it tidy if nothing else. Just feel so hopeless and heartless as it was my main hobby.

Jaynex

[Hidden in reply to Aprilfool20]

It was Larry’s job. I did the spring and fall clean up but he would manicure it all summer long. He was trying to get it to take care of itself but it still needs some attention which it isn’t getting. The lawn gets cut. That’s about it.

[dollydott]

I think it looks very pretty 😊

[Hidden in reply to dollydott]

It does through no effort on my part. That’s how it’s suppose to work. Summer cooperated this year for a change.