The Yard

I hardly had time this year to do any garden tending this year. I was on probation for my new job from May to July, working over 45 hrs each week and then trying to catch up on everything on the weekends. My biggest surprise...everything bloomed...in spite of me. The sweetest surprise is that I was unable to plant my morning glories next to the front porch...and lo and behold, they sprouted anyway...from last years seeds.

A hydrangea that I had nutured for years got no attention this year and is 3X the size of last year.

Amazing

Morning glories have grown up to where we can see them when we sit out on the front porch.

All from last years dropped seeds

The impatients, struggled at first from no TLC...but managed to come around

My only failure were the tomatoes. Too much early summer rain and not much sun, coupled with my lack of time produced a small and dismal crop. My other disappointment was the herbs. All of the parsley and basil were eaten by deer early on and the rest just yellowed and died from all of the rain.

All in all not a bad gardening season, in spite of my neglect, nature went on without me.