Rainy Days
Tuesday and Wednesday it rained, thank goodness! We've been very dry lately, and we really needed the moisture. This columbine is ready to pop - the white ones always bloom first. I love the leaves, they are pretty enough to keep this plant in my garden even if it didn't bloom..
This mat of creeping flox was from a 4" pot a couple of years ago - now it's about 4 feet in diameter. I'm thinking I may put some up by the road, where the salt discourages plants...
.....................................................Life from life -
posted by SB Gypsy | 11:21 AM
6 Comments:
Beautiful, honey. I love that you're near running water. What's your neighborhood like?
I love columbines too. We lost one over winter, but the other is ready to bloom. Beautiful photographs.
Hey, FLS,
Northeastern forest. 2/3 deciduous, the rest fir. There are many small streams, ponds, lakes. I grew up on a lake, while it was still 3/4 vacation homes, before it was hi rent territory. My parents bought a two bedroom cottage in 1954 for $11K, converted the screened porch into a big bedroom. Then they made most of the basement into a greatroom kitchen, ripped out the former kitchen and made it into a master suite. (we had a boys' room, a girls' room, and the babys'(2 of 'em) nursery)
We had our own dock and red sand beach, and with 5 siblings, we needed the space to play, and something to do for those long lazy summers. (jeez, with 6 kids, there was no question of camps or anything extra)
I totally thank my mom for that wonderful aspect of my childhood (she went ahead for a couple of months and found the property while my dad stayed in NY & worked.)
When my daughter visited from Portland OR, she couldn't believe how spacious the lots are, around here - 1-2 acres. The towns are trying to limit growth, because a home with only 1 child does not pay enough taxes to cover the education. We have little business in the towns around here. The new developments are limited to $half million plus houses, since taxes on that value house WOULD pay for the schools. So, the question becomes "where are the poor people supposed to live?" My son just bought a place a couple years ago, with two tiny bedrooms on 1 1/4 acres, the house needs alot of work though the roof is straight, for $105k at6%.
I just worry that he's able to keep it thru the coming bad times.
Hey RD,
I've been getting into perenials since I started my garden at work. The yard had a septic system ripped out of it when they put the sewer in, and they filled it all with sand. Fine sand. Add a drought, and a shallow well(15ft) and the annuals (water greedy things) all die.
Perenials don't flower all summer tho, so I get them with an eye to their leaves. Columbine are sooo pretty.
Your neighborhood actually sounds a lot like mine - only without the red clay, red ants and right-wing idiots. We live on 2.1 acres, and all the farmland surrounding us is being converted into super expensive homes. I'm hoping that bodes well for the future. You see - this home is our retirement package. We are planning on buying some land, and building a small, snug little cottage on it. All that will be possible with the proceeds of this house in about ten years. You see - I want the retirement RD and the Pirate have; though in Nova Scotia (the Pacific Northwest is just too damn expensive).
Looks like spring made it to your area! That creeping flox is great. One of my neighbors has a nice huge bunch of it. I could never get it to grow, though.
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