Borders!

I have been away from the garden for two weeks, so imagine my surprise when I returned to a beautiful lariope border on the north side of the garden path, and a line of lush garlic chives marking the south side. Anna, Paty, and Bonny have been busy!! Check out this picture, taken from the east parking lot on October 23:



That's Bonny just beginning the garlic chive border. Doesn't the dappled sun, whimsical arch, and winding path just make you want to jump into the photograph? I have this vision of the garden in fairy-tale splendor, and each little seed and donated plant brings the reality of that vision that much closer.

So this morning we

• began a society garlic border along the south edge of the garden, next to the bottle wall;
• weeded and thinned out the seedlings in the crescent moon bed;
• surrounded that bed with half-buried bottles to really make the border stand out (and because it looks way cool);
• planted a few more nasturtiums and a little section of calendula;
• de-snakerooted and covered a big chunk of the spiral;
• watered;
• weeded;
• gabbed;
• talked politics;
• and told jokes (weeding with Eleanor was a treat -- she has a handful of good ones!).

If you happen to be driving by in the next week, stop by and spend a few minutes in the "before" garden -- it's cheery and optimistic, even in its pauciy. And come by Saturday, November 6, for our next womanfiestation. (Haha -- that was supposed to be "womanifestation," but I like that "fiesta" is in the middle of the typo -- we'll keep it ;)! )