Garden - Phase 1

LET THE WORK BEGIN!

This past Saturday saw the start of Phase 1 of my "Garden of Earthly Delights". Here's what the side garden looked like at 9 am. The properly is a kind-of diamond shape at this side of the house, the fir trees on the left in Pic #1 (behind the little shed) being the left hand side of the property line, going up to a point slightly past where you see the furthest fir tree, extending across yon babbling brook in Pic #2 by another 10-12 ft and running down the other side (and going past where you can see in the pic, down the side of my driveway).

We began work at 9:30 am with our trusty chainsaws. His was a manly gas-powered model with a deep throaty voice which threatened all towering birch and oak and fir that dared to intrude upon the inner sanctum of said "Eden-to-Be" with a ferocous "Haroom-Haroom-Haroom"; they didn't stand a chance!! Mine was a wee electric model which eagerly brought up the rear with a slightly maniacial sounding "Bering-bering-bering", always eager to delimb the fallen or cut off at the knees any of the more inferior bushes or shrubs. It conjured up images of a sort-of urban lumberjack version of an old Looney Tunes cartoon -- the one about Spike the bulldog and Chester the terrier -- Spike determinedly plodding forward and Chester bounding & bouncing along after him saying "Whatta we gonna do now, Spike, huh, huh? Whatta we gonna do now?"

We worked until about 2:30 that afternoon (with a break for lunch). And we worked hard! But what a lot of work we got accomplished! The property is larger than I had imagined; what a grand garden it's going to be! And though I've contented myself with my various little shade gardens, I'm feeling that I may even be able to achieve a little bed of full sun! Oh joy, oh bliss!

Here's what the property looks like now. (Note the stacks of logs waiting for Brady's winter fire, my piles of tree limbs yet to be broken down, & the covering of last fall's leaves over the whole area. A long term project indeed!)

Later that afternoon, I could be found reclining

in one of these -- pillow under my weary head,

sipping on a tall iced glass of limeade,

listening to the bird-song, occasional traffic noise,

and basking in the warmth of the sun and the

sweet breeze.






That evening, I could be found supporting the local

high school basketball team by cracking open and

savoring one of these wonderful creatures.

It's a dirty job but someone has to do it!!!




An extremely productive, very satisfying, almost perfect day!

(Can you hear my sign of contentment?)