Saturday Survey: Week 1
I got such a kick out of looking through the series of monthly photos from my old garden, that I decided to keep a series at my new garden. I'm calling it "Saturday Survey" and I'm going to take a photo every Saturday from the same spot, so I can see how the garden progresses over the year, what blooms when, and hopefully learn something.
I decided to focus on my newly installed Bird & Butterfly garden because there's enough going on to have something to look at, but is new enough to still need work/evaluation. Then I found a place in the garden to take a picture that I can repeat every week by kneeling at the entrance to the veggie garden.
You can see that I took my lesson from the old series, and in this border I've chosen a golden bamboo in a half-barrel instead of the maiden grass I used before. We'll see if it's a better choice.
Clearly the garden is a mess, and there's still some construction going on, but for today I was mostly interested in seeing what survived our unusual snowfall. And not only did I find new growth on several perennials, but I also found these: the tips of daffodils! Spring is coming! I'm so happy.
I'll post another photo in this series next Saturday. And feel free to join in if you want to!
Best,
Plants:
Golden Bamboo - Phyllostachys aurea
Daffodils - Narcissus
Comments (3)
What a good idea, Angela! I'll look forward to seeing your Saturday Surveys as the year progresses. This time of year I only want to view my garden from afar - up close would be a bit disheartening!
Posted by LostRoses | January 3, 2009 8:11 PM
Posted on January 3, 2009 20:11
I was thinking of doing something similar but maybe not on a weekly basis - just got to get myself sorted and do it now!!
Posted by Helen/patientgardener | January 4, 2009 8:59 AM
Posted on January 4, 2009 08:59
This is going to be fun! I agree, I enjoyed looking back on your garden also.
Posted by Anna/Flowergardengirl | January 7, 2009 6:13 PM
Posted on January 7, 2009 18:13