summer garden

 

Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. 

~Lou Erickson

 

I love my flower garden...it's easy, perennials

 

Poppies, daisies, purple coneflower, stock, columbine, yarrow, blue bells, flax, peonies, liatris, phlox

 roses and lavender- lots of lavender

so nice to have something that is effortless and that shows up every year

 

The blooms that grow work well in our Montana climate so there isn't much fuss

- just simplicity and beauty...I think

 

It took a little work to get it all together on this farm land- but now that is done it is truly a little gift

The garden fence is made from recycled wood that hubby brought home from construction site back in the day, floor boards, siding etc. all mixed together

 very organic

 

 My clothes line is next to the garden so I can enjoy the blooms while hanging the wash to dry

becomes less of a chore

 

Nothing was really planned or thought out

 

The aspens have now grown tall and gives off lovely shade on the hot summer days

love hearing their leaves quake and rustle in the wind.

 

the birds seem to love it here and splash in their bird bath, frequent stops for the humming birds and butterflies.

 

This little spot is where I can read, have coffee with my mom, spin yarn, play with my dogs

kids and I love to stretch out on the grass and look up at the sky

 

Do you have a flower garden? 

 

 

In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy. 

~Robert Brault,