Photo taken 11/08
I thought it might be fun to do a retrospective of the whole garden from its beginning 10 or 11 years ago to today. This is what the front of the property along the street looked like when I first met Louie in February 2008.
Photo taken 1/20
Same scene today.
Photo taken 11/09
I didn’t have an earlier photo so this one was taken when the plants were first planted.
Photo taken 1/20
Fewer plants of some types, more of others.
Photo taken 11/08
This is the entrance to the house. Look how small the plants are.
Photo taken 1/20
The Himalayan Sweet Box in the center scents the whole area now. It’s grown a lot.
Photo taken 11/08
Future site of many cool herbs. It’s so empty!
Photo taken 1/20
Now this is an herb bed! Look at the Tuscan Blue Rosemary at the very back!
Photo taken 11/08
We had to take out this poor apple. It was in bad health and the apples were awful.
Photo taken 1/20
Much more open now. It’s nice to see thru it all.
Photo taken 11/08
This had grass up to the garage when we started digging. Such rich soil!
Photo taken 1/20
Many many ferns later… and a greenhouse at the end!
Photo taken 11/09
I didn’t have one from when this was empty, but there was grass to the fence before we dug it out.
Photo taken 1/20
This is a bit wider shot so you can see we put in a bamboo fence and many plants.
Photo taken 11/08
This is the west end of the garage before we built the greenhouse onto it.
Photo taken 1/20
Looking over the veggie garden to the greenhouse.
Photo taken 12/07
This was taken about 2 months before Louie and I met.
Photo taken 1/20
It’s a real Garden now!! Here’s to our little Wildlife and Nature Sanctuary!
I hope you enjoyed looking at these photos as much as I enjoyed putting them all together. I had to do a lot of searching through my photo files. I have some 8,000 photos of the garden since 2007 so there were a lot to choose from. I tried to take the “now” photos from about the same place the originals were taken but I didn’t always accomplish that. I think they still get the point across.
It’s amazing to me to look at these and see just how much things have changed. It’s possible to transform an entire yard into a beautiful garden so thoroughly. It’s why I loved creating gardens for people in my past. You can make such a difference with a few (OK maybe a Lot!) of plants and some time. It’s very rewarding. I love gardening!
Time travel has its rewards!
Steve
Gardening in Greenwood 