This is a part of a garden that was mine when we lived in Grand Rapids. During the five years we owned this house I spent a lot of time working in the garden and was very proud of it - we were twice on the local garden tour. It was hard to leave it behind when we sold the house and I still occasionally wonder about how it's doing now.Gardening was a big part of my life when we lived in that house & I got a lot of pleasure from it. But we don't have much of a garden at our new house and not much hope of one either. There are some nice established plants here and there, and those that I've transplanted seem to have survived the winter, but the soil is heavy clay and the main garden space is in shade.
I'm not as passionate as I once was about gardening, and I was thinking about giving it up all together - Who needs the trouble? But I'm sure I'll end up spending a lot of time in the yard here doing what I can with what I've got.
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Gardening gets into your blood. As soon as the days are warmer and no more snow expected I'm sure you will want to get your hands into the soil and play a bit. I love to go to the nursery and buy many flats of flowers. When I get to flat 5 or 6 and my back is hurting I know I over bought...again. Good luck with conditioning your bad soil!!!
Natures challenges have made it more difficult to garden. I've been watching the rabbits eat my plants to the ground. The soil here in my subdivision is so bad nothing wants to grow. The run off of my neighbors chemicals keeps me from vegetable gardening. I've lost countless shrubs and perennials...and yet as soon as the new plant material comes out at the nursery I find my getting excited and ready to have it once again.
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