Specialty Gardening: "Risen From The Ashes" Cottage Garden, 1 by Highmtn

Highmtn wrote:
5 years ago my home burned up. Bad enough losing so much to fire (no loss of life and thank GOD)...but what did survive (like my yards) were carelessly destroyed by a flake of a contractor. He was hired to remove the charred remains of the house, but he didn't have ONE ounce of respect for the love, AND soul commitment that goes into a creating a yard. While we were gone he PLOWED out the entire front and back yard...every last bulb I owned...every shrub...every flower...it was like a bomb had been dropped. I was more upset about that then fire! I love my green babies, and as you all know...you tend them as much as you have tended your own children.

So...a couple days ago my partner finished building our picket fence, which frames the yard that now spells "cottage garden" to everyone passing by! Am I done? Nope...I'm not...but do I see things that make me very very happy...yes... YES WE DO! I'm going to line the fence with lavender, Becky Daisies, red Crocosmia and CA poppies. I still can't believe my eyes when I drive up!

So...this was what we came home to... utter devastation...every planter wiped out...he even ran over our patio chairs that we had moved up against the fences so that they would be out of his way.

This message was edited Jul 22, 2009 11:36 PM