Beginner Gardening: Southold Historical Society Garden Tour: July 9, 2005, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
My initial guess is that you liked it! So glad you took the tour.

Jack and I first met 25 years ago, on July 6th, 1981, when I went to work for a joint venture corporation with his bank. Our very first conversation was about tomatoes and impatiens. Today we were talking about (bet you guessed it) tomatoes and impatiens!

We only started the gardens a year after we moved here, in 1992. The Obelisk garden was a result of Jack's finding that area awkward to mow so he marked it out with lime and we made a garden of it: he made the obelisk for me as a gift.

It's been a lot of fun and what some might call "work" (and once in a while, hauling the compost it does feel like work) but the results are so worth it. Every window in the house has a view of a different garden and even in the snows of winter it's lovely to look at, with the promise of spring around the corner.

Here we are, on July 6th, with our dream grandchild, Charlie.

Thanks for your rave reviews! Every word is appreciated.