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Thursday, April 15, 2010

How Does Your Garden Grow

We have great neighbors. Really, I just love them. One of them is my boss. I love her the most. What? I can be shameless if I want to.

The neighbors immediately to our east are wonderful too. They take great care of us. And by take care of us, I mean bring us cupcakes and cookies and homemade jelly.

Not to mention that they have one of the most beautiful yards on the street. Just last night I opened a window and a lovely floral aroma wafted into my kitchen. No air freshener necessary!

But, the best thing is that there is no competition between us. I mean no competition. At all. As in, none. Here is proof of that...

These are their hostas.

These are mine. See those little green stubs? But, look! Mulch!

This is their pretty, potted plant.

These are mine. Oh, okay! These are last year's potted plants which are still sitting on my patio.

These are their ferns.

These are my ferns which they gave me after dividing some of theirs a few years ago. Oh, the shame.

This is just one of their flower beds.

And, this is one of mine. At least my dogs have already started digging holes for me. Head start bonus!

This is their well-tilled garden plot from which they will gather vegetables later this year.

And this? Is where I will gather mine.

Labels: House of Horrors, Photos

# posted by Momo Fali : 7:00 AM

Comments:

That is HILARIOUS.

I gather my vegetables from the same type of place you do! Imagine that!

# posted by

Melisa Wells : April 15, 2010 at 7:24 AM

-->Hilarious! We're the "damn kids" in our neighborhood but some of the old farts do compliment us on our gardens so we give them vegetables. ha!

# posted by

Deb : April 15, 2010 at 8:43 AM

ALL the stuff in my yard is from splits from friends and neighbors. It's the friendly thing to do!

# posted by

unmitigated me : April 15, 2010 at 9:01 AM

I leave the gardening to my neighbor as well. LOL! I have such a black thumb, I've been known to kill ivy....IVY!

Great post Momo!

# posted by

Jodi : April 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Some years I garden a great deal, this is one of them...sometimes, I'm a tad neglectful, so I have both sets of pictures...this year's gonna' be a good year...but I'm still gonna' get my veggies at Kroger!

UP
(see Organic Voodoo for my garden @rednecklatt.com)

# posted by

UP : April 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM

oh how I love you, momo.

I feel more at ease in my hillbilly skin after reading this.

Was that your goal?

even if not...thank you.

# posted by

Anonymous : April 15, 2010 at 10:44 AM

That very last picture there, that's my kind of gardening.

# posted by

C (Kid Things) : April 15, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Heh...you garden like I do! Sad thing is, at our new house, the previous owners left some well-designed flower/plant beds. Some of the stuff is coming back this spring, some of it is not. And I'm less than lost as to what to do with it all. My goal? Buying some pretty something to go in this planter thing they left. That's it. The end. :-)

# posted by

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins : April 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Yeee- haaaa! For non judgmental neighbors.

# posted by

WeaselMomma : April 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM

I live next-door to the president of the local gardening club. He helped plan and plant our favourite park. This morning Jessica said to me, "Mama, I'm so proud of you! Our flowers are still alive!" We received potted flowers as party favours last Saturday. They are, in fact, still alive. This is a personal best.

I hear ya.

# posted by

Sadia : April 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM

Love it Momo. We're trying our hand at a vegetable garden. We'll see how it turns out. I'll have to get pictures up soon. I have pics from the day we planted...I'll have to wait a bit and do before and after (or in the middle)

# posted by

Jaina : April 15, 2010 at 1:23 PM

I heart you.

# posted by

anya : April 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Every spring my daughter and I plant a ton of herbs and stuff on the patio. We tend to them carefully for a few weeks, and then we get bored. We almost never end up using any of the herbs that manage to grow.

# posted by

Aunt Juicebox : April 15, 2010 at 4:15 PM

That last shot actually made me laugh out loud.

# posted by

karen : April 15, 2010 at 4:46 PM

You need to trim your bush. Wuh? Carry on...

# posted by

Out-Numbered : April 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM

HOLY CRAP! Your neighbors better be worried! You are about to kick their ass with all your gorgeous yard stuff. HAH!

# posted by

Heather : April 15, 2010 at 8:36 PM

That flower garden is not even normal. They must have too much time on their hands.
You should be my neighbor. You'd feel GREAT about yourself.

# posted by

Cyndy Bush : April 16, 2010 at 6:19 AM

Nice blog. You seems to be an ardent lover of garden art. You have a nice garden. It was nice going through your blog.

# posted by

Ann Flower : April 16, 2010 at 6:50 AM

You and I have the same black thumb.

And nice spam, comment above me.

# posted by

Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] : April 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM

Oh, that's so funny! I have a friend like your neighbors--and she decided at one point to teach a whole bunch (heh) of us how to do intricate flower arranging, with gobs of flowers all of course carefully picked from her large landscaped yard. (She gardens like I knit.)

So. I in the corner try, I give it my best, I look at it wryly and try. Really, I try.

And then a little while later she comes over, looks at my Charlie Brown arrangement, and in too-cheerful enthusiasm says spritely, OKAY! Let's get you *started*!!

I look her in the eye and say, Dig a little deeper, MJ.

Oh.

Oops.

# posted by

AlisonH : April 16, 2010 at 5:18 PM

Your neighbors make me feel bad about myself, but I have an excuse for my lack of flowing greenery-I live in CO, nothing grows where I live except for effing pine trees. And I have plenty of those.

# posted by

Zakary : April 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM

We must live under the same roof because I am in the same boat- right down to last years potted plants, urgh, potted dead and gone plants on the patio. Good luch getting it started!

# posted by

Jason @ The Devoted Dad : April 17, 2010 at 3:28 PM

My yard looks so much like yours! I am always ashamed. But, not enough to do anything about it:)

# posted by

Debbie : April 18, 2010 at 10:45 PM

your neighbors sound like my mom. just about all the plants in my yard that are still alive, except for the Hostas That Eat Cleveland? they all came from my mother's garden, and she painstakingly transplanted them into my beds. she even brought some of her dirt to "nutrify" my crap-ass clay soil. my lilac bush is a rescue from another neighbor's yard, that my mother tended back to health. she took a clipping from that lilac bush, gave it root, and it is now gorgeous and 8' high in her backyard, making the entire block smell delicious.

the stuff i plant? commits suicide.

# posted by

rockle : April 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM

you absolutely crack me up! I leave the gardening to my MOM. Ive killed a cactus and figure I shouldn't go anywhere near vegetation!

# posted by

meleah rebeccah : April 19, 2010 at 7:42 PM

HEY NOW....Something must be said the frozen stuff. Think about all the hassle it is to have a real garden. You have to plow, sow, harvest, clean, then cut and prepare. Just think of how simple you just made your life. Besides, if everyone had their own garden then how would the farmers make their living!

# posted by

Davina : April 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM

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