how does your garden grow?

[melissab]

Oh, thank you guys for all the beautiful pics. Mush time...when my Mom left my bio Dad I was 3 and came to Ft. Walton Bch, FL to my GreatGrans. They lived in a nice hood that bordered one of the main roads through the town and it was a gigantic corner lot. The whole lot that bordered neighbors was chainlinked then 6 ft. hedges then a 2 ft. clear path and then following the same angles was shorter shrubbery and perfectly cut, bright green lawn year round. There were still pines in the yard but he kept the limbs cut high up. Lining the driveway way monkey grass, shrubs in the front against the home and the same type of tall shrub around back of house to keep it completely private. Front yard center had a well sculpted bird bath garden and to the left of the home was the Garden Club winner every year. A lg flower garden that started with ground sizers like pansey, etc, to daisys to hydrangeas, roses, and the back (LC) mid size sun flowers, (no more than 3-5 ft) and the back drop of the whole thing was a grapevine covered sitting area. Absolutely beautiful! Now for the back yard. My Great Granddaddy got up at 5am each morn without fail and quit working by 12 as the sun was too hot by then. Of course he had a guy help cut yard and trim hedges and maintain house that worked for him for years. The garden was all yr round though, summer had peppers, beans, peas, corn, tomatoes, squash, cabbabe, lettuce, okra, cukes, onions, strawberries, etc. How I miss those times. LC and everyone thank you for bringing back a very fond memory of my hard working GGDaddy and GGMom. She in her hat and scarf every year tending to the seedlings she wanted planted in the hothouse in the back of the home hidden by the hedges lining the home. He gave us grandkids lots of magical places to play!