tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post7757842112762285702..comments2024-03-29T08:54:05.713-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Slow Week on Widowhood LaneMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57882775292577432272015-06-30T12:35:36.737-04:002015-06-30T12:35:36.737-04:00Correction: One week not one weed!
Correction: One week not one weed!<br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-55752919157961345082015-06-30T12:34:03.009-04:002015-06-30T12:34:03.009-04:00The landscaper who only did the grading, grass and...The landscaper who only did the grading, grass and irrigation on our lot suggested we not do anything to the back, just let it go natural. Our neighbors have natural trees with no grass on their back lots. The first two years it was just sand back there and a friend gave me the orange lilies that I plants myself and I sewed wild flower seeds.Then whenever I thinned lilies and other flowers from Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-18900833661319853422015-06-30T12:11:34.521-04:002015-06-30T12:11:34.521-04:00I took lots of photos of our last house. The yard ...I took lots of photos of our last house. The yard was in terrible condition when we moved in. It was a divorce situation, and she couldn't keep it up. It was all crabgrass and chickweed. H did such a nice job of landscaping it. When the realtor listed it, I noticed she said that it was professionally landscaped. It looked it.<br /><br />I love lilacs. I had French Lilac in Maryland. I had a Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89515059455289754542015-06-29T14:48:34.622-04:002015-06-29T14:48:34.622-04:00I think it's funny that people are calling wha...I think it's funny that people are calling what I have a "garden" because nothing is planned, tended or weeded back there. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-30508099554668404772015-06-29T13:52:59.168-04:002015-06-29T13:52:59.168-04:00Beautiful garden! I am trying to be a gardener la...Beautiful garden! I am trying to be a gardener late in life. My garden is a bit paltry and struggling, but people tell me to be patient and it will fill in. It didn't help that we've been out of town for a few days and it has been unseasonable HOT and DRY here. We came home to brown grass and wilted plants. Today I'm trying to rehydrate everything. I take inspiration from your donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-60003037844527279592015-06-29T07:48:51.007-04:002015-06-29T07:48:51.007-04:00That French Lilac smells in credible! I have regul...That French Lilac smells in credible! I have regular, purple lilac on the side of the house. Lilacs are common up here. I'm taking pictures so I can remember this house when I moved. It was a blank slate when we bought the lot.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-671581752720897182015-06-29T06:52:14.658-04:002015-06-29T06:52:14.658-04:00Your purple clematis is gorgeous. I had a sweet au...Your purple clematis is gorgeous. I had a sweet autumn clematis at my last house, and it performed very well. I like how it's tiny cream-colored blooms cover the vine in late August down here, and how they smell. I plan to plant one on our fence in the backyard. I also want hostas. Yours look like they love their location. And I thought your lilac was a crepe myrtle, which I think cannot liveBella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-1050968119578461272015-06-28T10:29:58.358-04:002015-06-28T10:29:58.358-04:00That's the thing. It's really not a "...That's the thing. It's really not a "garden"...it's nature doing its own thing and me accepting what it does. By all rights I shouldn't be removing tree saplings but I love the meadow-like nature of my section of the nature strip. My neighbor's haven't done that and they have more of a scary, jungle look. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3120203924665710112015-06-28T08:31:32.484-04:002015-06-28T08:31:32.484-04:00I cannot comprehend nearly maintenance free garden...I cannot comprehend nearly maintenance free gardens. LOL<br />I pray that as I age, or my interest turns away from nurturing my puppy brood of gardens, I can write a check for someone else to pick up their weed poop and mulch groom them. GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-75037380194386697322015-06-26T14:57:38.659-04:002015-06-26T14:57:38.659-04:00I need about 6 more, but--it wouldn't pay for ...I need about 6 more, but--it wouldn't pay for me to drive clear over there to get them. LOLJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-72099639642164615442015-06-26T13:44:15.699-04:002015-06-26T13:44:15.699-04:00It is scary when you find yourself doing something...It is scary when you find yourself doing something you wouldn't have done in your younger days! Especially when money is involved! Thanks for admitting you have done them too. That makes me feel better. LOLMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-4442374266196476282015-06-26T11:05:50.714-04:002015-06-26T11:05:50.714-04:00I find myself making some of those bad decisions. ...I find myself making some of those bad decisions. I have always done everything on the fly, no need for a day planner--all was stored in my brain. Now, I need to be more careful. I don't like it! Scary even! Thanks for the tour--my garden is lush this year too. Lots of rain and nice temperatures.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-39369633510576074642015-06-25T23:05:35.027-04:002015-06-25T23:05:35.027-04:00England for a month sounds incredible. Hope you en...England for a month sounds incredible. Hope you enjoyed it other than frustrations with computer issues.But I bet it feels good to be back home again, too.<br /><br />I think it's the rainy spring we've had that has made everything so lust. My hostas will need thinning this fall. I wish I could find someone who wants some so I didn't' have to just throw them away.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89405211623209278322015-06-25T20:51:47.871-04:002015-06-25T20:51:47.871-04:00Your flowers look great. Your hostas look similar...Your flowers look great. Your hostas look similar to ours...very full. I returned to Northern New York last night after a month in England. The garden here looks incredibly lush but mostly because it is overgrown with weeds except the areas the neighbor boy mowed!!<br />Everything was lush in England too. Queen Anne's Lace is blooming along all the hedgerows as are nettles and comphrey Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-24997632431070599172015-06-25T15:01:15.540-04:002015-06-25T15:01:15.540-04:00Thank you. I have three large pines by the cattail...Thank you. I have three large pines by the cattails and bird feeder where I can see them from my computer area. I see cardinals, orioles, 3 varies of woodpeckers (my favorite) finches, blue jays, juncos, morning doves and rose-breasted grosbeaks every day. This year I even found a turtle back there for the first time.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-78649773532314243732015-06-25T14:36:17.821-04:002015-06-25T14:36:17.821-04:00Jean, I'm so glad you have given us a tour. W...Jean, I'm so glad you have given us a tour. What a cool yard! The space and gardens are glorious! You must hear a lot of sounds out there - frogs croaking, bees buzzing, birds chirping. Aah ~~~~GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-76235977056249511642015-06-25T00:16:54.037-04:002015-06-25T00:16:54.037-04:00Being the master gardener that you are, I know you...Being the master gardener that you are, I know you'd like how my nature strip changes through out the summer. There are daisies later on. Back when the strip was just raw dirt/sand I did seed it will wild flower seeds for the first two years, but that was it besides the flower shop heads mentioned about.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89206744968789024152015-06-25T00:09:07.782-04:002015-06-25T00:09:07.782-04:00My Clematis do so well and are trouble free. They ...My Clematis do so well and are trouble free. They get cut down to about a foot in the fall. I added a photo above to show how the colors mix later in the summer.They got beat up a lot this year because of the staining crew having to move them out of the way but will recover well, I'm sure..Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-36971735593564002162015-06-24T23:58:24.226-04:002015-06-24T23:58:24.226-04:00There are actually three shades of pink in there. ...There are actually three shades of pink in there. The two darkest ones are phlox and cockscombs. A lot of those flowers came up from seeds. When I get floral bouquets from the super market---which I do often in the winter---I dry and save the heads and in the spring I throw them back in the nature strip and see what comes up and reseeds themselves. I didn't take photos of them, but I have a Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85792436251351748782015-06-24T22:08:33.124-04:002015-06-24T22:08:33.124-04:00I love the combination of flowers in your nature s...I love the combination of flowers in your nature strip, especially the buttercups with the spiderwort and the bright pink flowers I can't identify. (Do you know what they are?). I'm going to take the photo of your clematis and show it to the blue clematis growing on my fence that has one measly flower -- see if I can shame it into performing better.<br />-Jean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-68759606720593673772015-06-24T19:41:39.271-04:002015-06-24T19:41:39.271-04:00I haven't had my irrigation going much at all ...I haven't had my irrigation going much at all this summer....too much rain so I turn it off. I wish you guys would get some of ours! I don't understand why rich people in very dry climates even attempt to grow grass other than native grasses.I saw to a "marble garden" recently and it was beautiful in a different way but still very beautiful without anything green. <br /><br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89630877034434607142015-06-24T19:16:02.535-04:002015-06-24T19:16:02.535-04:00I too love your yard. Ours is dying as is most of...I too love your yard. Ours is dying as is most of the folks that live in the central valley of California. No water for lawns. The rich folks can't understand why they can't just pay more to get all the water they need to keep their lawns lush. They can't seem to grasp that there isn't enough water period. Bless their hearts.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-84480141561822201522015-06-24T18:46:30.098-04:002015-06-24T18:46:30.098-04:00Thank you. We've had a lot of rain which helps...Thank you. We've had a lot of rain which helps. If you took all those photos on your site, you're very talented.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-79475269241033639892015-06-24T18:00:45.201-04:002015-06-24T18:00:45.201-04:00Your garden is beautiful, so green!Your garden is beautiful, so green!Katherinehttp://www.katherinekenny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-2854291607165768132015-06-24T17:14:52.928-04:002015-06-24T17:14:52.928-04:00Oh, I'm sorry! I've had that happened to m...Oh, I'm sorry! I've had that happened to me, too, on other people's blogs. Sometimes if I've written a really long comment, I'll copy it in Word before I try to publish it so I can do it again if I screwed up.<br /><br />Thanks for following me. I'm sorry you are on this same journey of widowhood though. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com