Accessible Gardening: My garden's a tight space..., 0 by 1gardengram

1gardengram wrote:
Carrie--I love the picture of you on the beach. You look so relaxed and comfortable. Your husband truly is a jewel. How blessed you are, even with all else you deal with.

How is your sunburn feeling today? I hate the part where it starts to itch but it still hurts too much to scratch.

I'll explain to the dianthus that things will be a little different for a while, but I think they are pretty tough. Maybe I can find a CD that sounds like a Yankee to play for them. LOL. I will send you some that have seeds forming, and you will have more next year. I know the fuschia ones have seeds on them, but I can't remember if the red ones do or not. Dianthus is absolutely one of my favorite border plants. I want to get some of every color available. Another addiction!! I'll get them out on Monday if I can and you should get them by Wednesday. Would you like some yellow lantana also?

Dorothie--Thank you for your nice comments. I do love our yard, but I am going to show you a picture that will help you understand why I am frustrated at all I can't do. The fig tree is in the center rear and you can see the Star Gazer lilies opening next to my lovely stained glass bench. I don't know why the birdbath looks so tilted. I must have been tilted, because it sits straight. Just behind the birdbath is a 4 ft tall "miniature" rose that is covered almost year-round with yellow flowers in masses, but you can't see it very well.

What we have in the very embarrasing foreground is a forest of irises and torch lilies that are finished for the year, alternating with daylilies that are almost finished for the year
and over-running everything else is mint and weeds. It's just a jungle. I can't sit down in that area to pull weeds because everything is so close together and I can't bend over enough to pull all those weeds.

The shepherds' hooks hold birdfeeders year-round and I alternate the h'bird solution with regular bird seed (all safflower seed here because the squirrels won't eat it) and hang the h'bird ones in different places. Under the eaves of the house are bird feeders with the regular wild bird seed mix because the squirrels can't reach those.

The second picture is looking from the back of the house, past more of the jungle and over the blueberries toward the opposite corner of the yard. Back there is a bed of ferns and some hostas and some azaleas. It's a big yard, but not fancy like yours.

I'm falling asleep sitting here so will talk to both of you tomorrow.

Love you both,
Diane