Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
New Garden, Old Gardener
It's not quite a done deal yet, but DH and I are buying a house in the country. We had hoped to get all the business concluded yesterday, but a last-minute snafu prevented us. It should be wrapped up soon though. I've been itching to write about this all summer, because it's been in the works since May, but I didn't want to jinx it. We'll only be there weekends for now, but plan to move there full-time in a few years.
We're getting almost 4 acres, most of it wooded. There are many lovely wildflowers. I'm planning to do most of my gardening in an open section next to the road. The deer may have other plans, the builder tells me. I think I'll start cautiously and cheaply.
Here at home, I'm getting a new garden whether I wanted one or not. While we were gone yesterday, the guy who's building our deck marked the spots where the footers are to go. Three feet into my flower beds. The deck was supposed to end where the flower beds start, but that fact got lost somewhere between the preliminary discussions and the building permit. One of the things I'm losing in the deal is my very earliest snowdrops. I'll miss them next spring. Maybe our new lot will have lots of spring ephemerals....
5 Comments:
Congratulations! It sounds wonderful!
I've always wanted to find a piece of property "out in the woods" somewhere, but I guess that I will have to remain contented with our little rural haven in the midst of the suburban sprawl. Why don't you dig up your bulbs and move them to a nice spot on the new land so there's a little bit of something familiar there next spring?
I hope all goes well!
Thanks Gregor! Good suggestion about the bulbs too.
We just learned yesterday that we can pick up the keys today so we're headed to the country just after I finish typing this. No Internet access, alas. Not even a phone line yet.
I hope to have more pictures up next week.
Good luck with your new adventure- four acres sounds like a lot of space to play, even if you do have to share with bambi.
Have you ever read Celestine Sibley's "Green Apple Gardening Book"? She was a long time writer for the Atlanta Constitution, who moved to an old cabin on some acreage and wrote about it. It's dated but still interesting.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Thanks Annie! I'll definitely look for the book by Celestine Sibley - it sounds like exactly the kind of thing I like.
Entangled, you might have better luck if you look under the ACTUAL name of "Sweet Apple Gardening Book"... the book ain't the only thing that's been around for awhile.
Post a Comment
<< Tangled Branches: Cultivated, main page