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Playwrights Can Help With Garden Losses!
by
TheLastLeafGardener
(IC: blogger)
Nearly one week ago, on May 7th 2014, my green thumbed comrade (Juan V) came to work with me in my garden. Our hopes were to have it look extra special for a small dinner party I was planning to have the following day to celebrate my editor's (and dear friend's) birthday, a birthday where she would be ninety years old. She can be seen (image two) celebrating her 2013 (89th) birthday in my garden.
The fruits of the labor of Juan V's and my day of gardening can be seen in the first image accompanying today's HT entry, which is an aerial photograph taken by Juan.
It is an image that may be familiar to HT readers as I used it to shed light on a question/concern that I posted on HT on May 9th 2014.
Before I continue with this post, let me say this: Re my concern, I am grateful for the support and useful info I received from the following members of the HT community:
Beth A (@ http://www.hometalk.com/bethalaimo)
Don H (@ http://www.hometalk.com/douglashunt)
Carol B (@ http://www.hometalk.com/diy/-5omupt375w)
Gretchen (@ http://www.hometalk.com/gretchen4)
However, the image they saw was rendered differently than the one included here, as that copy only had the number one imprinted on it because my question pertained to what that number is referencing, my Tree Peony.
In my question, I wondered how to preserve my peony's blooms from dropping off in the heavy rains that fell in NYC, the evening after this image was taken, and rain continued to fall for the next five days!
Since I have no awning or outdoor umbrella, and could not stand outside in the rain and hold an umbrella over the peony, I brought it into my apartment, and my concern in the aforementioned question was about the well being of my peony, and the chances of its blooms' surviving in my studio apartment. If you'd like to read the HT community's input on this, the convo is @ http://www.hometalk.com/diy/grow/plants/q-what-to-do-when-april-and-may-showers-take-away-all-the-flowers-3662628
However, today's HT entry is not exclusively devoted to my tree peony's fate; rather, it is what can happen to a garden in a week's time and how this necessitates appreciating the moment, perhaps by heeding the wisdom of certain playwrights.
The fruits of the labor of Juan V's and my day of gardening can be seen in the first image accompanying today's HT entry, which is an aerial photograph taken by Juan.
It is an image that may be familiar to HT readers as I used it to shed light on a question/concern that I posted on HT on May 9th 2014.
Before I continue with this post, let me say this: Re my concern, I am grateful for the support and useful info I received from the following members of the HT community:
Beth A (@ http://www.hometalk.com/bethalaimo)
Don H (@ http://www.hometalk.com/douglashunt)
Carol B (@ http://www.hometalk.com/diy/-5omupt375w)
Gretchen (@ http://www.hometalk.com/gretchen4)
However, the image they saw was rendered differently than the one included here, as that copy only had the number one imprinted on it because my question pertained to what that number is referencing, my Tree Peony.
In my question, I wondered how to preserve my peony's blooms from dropping off in the heavy rains that fell in NYC, the evening after this image was taken, and rain continued to fall for the next five days!
Since I have no awning or outdoor umbrella, and could not stand outside in the rain and hold an umbrella over the peony, I brought it into my apartment, and my concern in the aforementioned question was about the well being of my peony, and the chances of its blooms' surviving in my studio apartment. If you'd like to read the HT community's input on this, the convo is @ http://www.hometalk.com/diy/grow/plants/q-what-to-do-when-april-and-may-showers-take-away-all-the-flowers-3662628
However, today's HT entry is not exclusively devoted to my tree peony's fate; rather, it is what can happen to a garden in a week's time and how this necessitates appreciating the moment, perhaps by heeding the wisdom of certain playwrights.
As I stated earlier, it rained heavily the evening after Juan V and I had worked, but fortunately I was able to bring my Tree Peony inside. It continued (as I have already indicated) to rain the following day (which was my editor's birthday). Therefore, we did not have our soirée outside as planned, rather we ate inside and I forgot to take a picture of her blowing out the single glittered candle honoring her ninetieth.
The flowers of the Tree Peony have inspired me ever since I first saw them (as you might surmise from the image of me below).
In bygone years, I used my various images of flowers from my Tree Peony (not included in this post) in my designs of invitations, brochures and event program covers. I have also written about this shrub on number occasions on Blogger @ http://www.thelastleafgardener.com/search/label/Paeonia%20suffruiticosa%20%28Tree%20Peony%29
The delicate flowers of the Smoke Bush are an awesome sight to behold, but its foliage is a wonder too, changing colors and textures through out the seasons as you can see from images included in my posts on Blogger as well a tumblr, which can be accessed by the respective links.
FYI, an image of this shrub's springtime colored leaves (burgundy) was rendered into a greeting card which can be seen @ http://www.patriciayoungquist.com/Pages/store/notes_ac.html
The H.F. Clematis is a vine I've had in my garden for at least eight years and it continues to thrive in spite of being uprooted for a garden renovation!
This grower recently sold me some dill, the herb which is indicated by the number four in my opening picture for today's entry. Upon doing this she told me how much she hated cardinals, which are some of my favorite birds. She claims they eat all the wheat grass in her greenhouse and that she constantly has to shoo them away.
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Published May 13th, 2014 3:00 PM
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Douglas Hunt on May 14, 2014Gardens teach us every day to savor the moment, don't they?
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