My Pretty Garden

 This garden is a seven year project. I have four or five feet all the way around my porch, which is three sides of my house and then a big square flower garden in addition. Yes, all of this is just flowers.

 This is my gardening style, see if it sounds familiar. I buy only perennials and then plant them where ever, without regard to color or height. Each year I add a few plants if they're needed. Sometimes I throw out packs of wildflower seeds just to see what grows. I do not thin. I do not deadhead. I just let God decide what works. It's a pretty easy garden, but I've always had beautiful results.

 I do have a nice watering system (we are very dry) which is soaker hoses hooked up to our lawn system. In all honesty, I only turn it on a few times a year -- even less for the lawn which actually died this year. That means we get more buffalo grass, and I guess that's ok. Once a year, I prune everything, usually in the spring. And I try to weed at least once a week. But when you have a meadow of perennials, it's pretty easy to keep the weeds out. If something takes over, I just decide it's ok. Does this sound like my scrappy quilting style at all?

Love to you all this weekend. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1

Love,

xoxo