Sun Garden

The property around the house could be improved with some landscaping. There are not many flowers or colorful plantings. Peonies, roses and cone flowers grow in the vegetable garden, and daffodils grow in the woods along the driveway, but there are not many ornamental plantings that you can see from inside the house.

Also, the yard is mostly shaded, so any plants in the yard need to be shade-loving and not sun-loving. I mentioned to Brad that it would be nice to have a small garden that could be viewed from the house but is situated in full sun, so we could have some plants that like full sun. I have to be careful when I mention things that "might be nice" to have or to do, because Brad is always on the lookout for things to do that he thinks will make me happy. So within just a few days of my mentioning a "sun garden" Brad tilled out a small corner of the front yard to become a sun garden. We put in several varieties of flowers, including marigold and pentas. It's been very hot and dry so we've watered the plants several times.

Still, the garden is far from the house, so next year we will look for plants that either have larger flowers, or are taller plants, so they make more of a statement.

Brad has been training this year's little herd to come get some sweet feed in the evenings.