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We’re building a garden!

June 25th, 2009

Along with probably every other American we are building a vegetable garden at my friend Nick’s house.  One of the fun things for me is to find vegetable that will also satisfy my craving for flowers while complying with my friend’s request to not waste water on frou frou flowers (big meany I say).  I am still giggling at the red white and blue flowers I snuck in to appease the birds and butterflies.  You can’t have a garden without flowers, especially if you want to attract fairies.

Here is what I had to work with, the only spot of land that receives the most sunlight. Click on the image to read the story. If the image ends up too small just enlarge your browser view

Portrait of Nick Hyde's convertible in the garden.
Here's the plot of dirt that is to be the vegetable garden complete with neighbours ugly trailer in sight. Have to build a fence to keep the neighbourhood dogs from digging.
This old swing adds a nice touch on the old oak tree that fell down last winter. I think it's going to be in the way but Nick likes it so it stays.
My nephew built a fence for me, ah relatives are a wonderful asset.
This is one of Nick's old Volvos that he turned into a convertible, no engine. Cost too much to have it removed so we'll build it into the garden. Maybe keep the tools inside or build a scarecrow.
The fence finished. Not as straight as I wanted it but it reads nice from the road.
And then the next day we came to work and discovered Nick had painted leaves on the car to go with the garden.

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