New Project: Garden Therapy.

Let's admit, right off the top, that this is not a good time for this. It really is too late in the season. It probably would have been best to start this about four weeks ago, so that one could actually purchase plants after one had done some planning.

But that's OK. One has to start sometime and the cusp of the first week of June seems as good as any.

I have no idea if anyone out there in blogland will join me, or if this will merely be a solitary exercise. If it is solitary, I'm not sure I'll have the stamina to continue (in any case I welcome input and advice (as always)).

But.

But, like my basement, I can't stand the state of things any longer. Summer is really here and the beds are bedraggled. (We missed Spring. When we left my lilacs looked like this:




Now they look like this:



At least I didn't miss them! They are already "done" in so many parts of the country.)

The inspiration comes from my sister-in-law's house in Ottawa. We stayed with her family for a week. (My brother-in-law and 14 year old niece also inspired me food-wise. Oh, man, could they cook!)

This is her front yard:


And this is mine:



And buried in there is this bit of uninspiring border:



See what I mean?