Beginner Gardening: How old is your garden?, 1 by nathalyn

nathalyn wrote:
I have lived in my current house for four years. When we moved in, there were lots of beds - but they were full of iris and thorny bushes. The first year, we moved all the iris to new sunny beds (we moved over 5,000 rhizomes!), and I started to plant new things. The second year, DH ripped all the thorny bushes out - - as we were tired of digging splinters out of our hands.

However, without a real plan in mind, I found myself with a disorganized mess - - colorful, but messy. So for the last two years, we have been extending beds, enriching soil, and relocating most plants. It is still a work in process, real "granny style" flowers that hope to evolve into cottage style beds.

With all of our trees, it is impossible to capture a photo that shows the full landscape. So, the attached photo is just a glimpse of how my beds look. Nat