Gardening Gardening

My apologies in advance– you will be seeing a lot of gardening photos for a while! I am NUTS about my gardens. Never used to be, had no interest. But since owning land (and sending endless hours mowing vast expanses of turf lawn), I love my flower and veggie beds. This photo was taken a few years ago, 2006, I believe. It was the most beautiful garden I’d made up to that point. Unfortunately, it and my other beds were wiped out during severe flooding in June and July 2006. I’m sure you Central and Southern New Yorkers remember…. *sigh* Several people died, houses were ripped from their foundations, and yards looked like walk in tubs (mine, anyway). We had 3 feet of water in the basement and yard that year. I hate flooding.

Anyway, here’s hoping that wet decade is over. I’ve never experienced so much rain as we did in those years, NEVER. It was crazy! So far this year, very little sopping wet rains. Thank God. I still get that butterfly feeling in my heart when I hear the rain come down hard….