Morning Glories: 2 posts from August 2008

Seeds of Wisdom

"It is always exciting to open the door and go out into the garden for the first time on any day." Marion Cran
"When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness." Celia Thaxter
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Cicero
"He who owns a garden, However small it be, Whose hands have planted in it Flower or bush or tree; He who watches patiently The growth from nurtured sod, Who thrills at newly opened bloom Is very close to God." Katherine Edelman
"Like a big mountain, a small garden stimulates, restores, and delights us, just as it poses challenges, promotes mastery, provides exercise and relieves monotony." Winifred Gallagher
"Though an old man I am but a young gardener." Thomas Jefferson
"A garden is never so good as it will be next year." Thomas Cooper
"Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." Eizabeth Murray
"God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done." Author Unknown

2 posts from August 2008

Wildflower Garden Update

I believe a "woo-hoo!" is in order. The wildflower Garden on a Whim that I planted in late June, has come into bloom. Here's the overview:

The garden is a bit lop-sided because one side gets more sunlight than the other, but I guess that just adds to the informal cottage garden look I love.

I can only identify some of the flowers, but here's the listing from the seed packets: baby’s breath, cornflower, flax, coreopsis, larkspur, poppies, black-eyed Susans, shasta daisy, cosmos, forget-me-nots, marigolds, zinnias, sweet alyssum, asters, sweet william, coneflowers, candytuft, and foxgloves.