The outstanding weather is giving us day after day to prepare for colder and darker days ahead.
We’re enjoying the empty beach walks surrounded by the color bands thrown around the horizon as the sun sinks, I’m in love with the pink band..
The car now has it’s place in the garage, feels good!
I bought 8 green giant trees to plant deep in the forest to provide years of layered protection inside the stone walls. More shade loving plants will be added, including witch hazel and oakleaf hydrangea next year.
On order for spring are beautiful tulips bulbs and a few others for spring excitement- looking forward to seeing the pop up to mark the next season.
Fall brought a hasty retreat of the turkey and the deer to deeper woods, while the native birds are suddenly in the yard. These are the patterns that matter to me, I like to keep track, note and observe all the wild creatures and their behavior, including mosquitoes and spiders, bats and chipmunks. Enrolled in a lecture by a local wildlife Phd who specializes in coyotes, we have them on the lane and I need to understand them better to be at peace.
Other plant plans are propagation. Winter gem boxwood, shade loving Yew.
I want a beautiful allee of dwarf fruit trees along the driveway- apple? pear? peach? we have the sun for it, thank goodness, more research needed. Low maintenance, strong disease resistant and drought tolerant varieties are required.
So many plans and ideas for the property- hours of mental entertainment and wonderful distraction from work and how to actually afford my dreams. More fun to dream away and not worry about how to actually make them come true. Dream your life or live your dreams? If only it was so simple, Money and much of it is required, of course and unfortunately.
Back to plants, oh and architecture. So I ordered the Timeless book by Patrick Ahern and my takeaway was symmetry. That’s what’s needed to the facade and wings on both sides to create proportion of balance. Formal hedges to define spaces and create outdoor rooms. Beach hedge with archway to walk under.
Lilacs, can’t forget lilacs. Plan a trip to Arnold Arboretum in spring to lean and see types.
What should we garden for profit? Garlic, arugula, potatoes, specialty flowers, mushrooms, cannabis?
So much to think about, meanwhile the windows are bare, no time to focus on drapery.
Christmas party, need to hire piano player, trying to find one.
