Some of the most generous folks I have met are gardeners. Out of their abundance they are able to share freely and happily. Whether it is from the overflow of their harvest (tomatoes, peppers, green beans and the zucchini--oh, the zucchini!), or when it comes time to divide their many lovely perennials, there is always something wonderful to give and receive.
Yesterday, I was the happy recipient of plants from the garden of a lovely grandmotherly lady in Paris. One of my dear master gardening friends had contacted me and asked if I was interested. Was I! This same lady had shared some of her plants last year as she is no longer able to do the upkeep of a large flower garden anymore. We went in the cool of the morning yesterday to see what we needed to do. This lady came out and pointed out to us what her hired gardener had scolded her about (smiles) and suggested she have removed to make the maintainence chores reasonable. What a jackpot to someone like me, who has aspirations of creating an outdoor paradise, but on a very limited budget...
Not surprisingly, the ground was a little too wet to do much digging without creating a huge mess. We did lift a few sedum groundcovers and the hostas. The rest we will leave for a couple of days and hope that things soon dry out.
I was hoping that there might be some things to go in the prairie/butterfly border that I am working on for a master gardening project in town, but I don't think that much or any of it will work in full sun or drought conditions. The sedums would work in full sun, but I don't think they are really a prairie plant. I will have to look that one up. That's OK. All things will work out in due time. As for the hostas, I found a great shaded spot near the front steps of my house. Things look better already.
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