Sometimes I wonder what right I have to call myself a Garden Blogger (capital letters and all). Though really now I guess I am probably a Mommy Blogger (ew) who has a garden. But in any case, I blog about my garden.
A lovely crop of bermuda grass
what dead plant? what clover?
And as we speak, I have 2 dead evergreens sitting on my front stoop. One of them also has a healthy crop of weed clover growing in it. My dianthus/carnations have been overtaken by Bermuda Grass (omg how I hate that stuff), and I may have to dig them up altogether, lest I end up with a whole garden of Bermuda Grass. My old veggie garden, has sat basically empty since we built the raised beds, and now I pretty strategically avoid photographing the weedy mess it has become. (And I really should prettify this area, since it is kind of a focal point from the road. Project for the fall/spring, maybe?)
SHAME
My gravel driveway is covered in weeds 75% of the time, and our grass, well…I should say “grass,” because the front yard is really just an impressive crop of various kinds of green weeds (including crabgrass and Bermuda Grass). I drive around all the time and see gardens that are waaaaay prettier than mine. On my walks through the neighborhood with baby and dog, I pass by one house in particular that I am always jealous of (Hi, house with a cute addition and barky jack russell!).
HORROR
our front yard’s “grass”
Especially now that I write for Southern Maryland News Net, I worry that someone will recognize my house from photos (Internet Famous!) and be like woah. THAT is her yard? She’s supposed to be an expert Garden Blogger? Yeah.
Does this redeem me?
But no one said you had to be an expert to have a blog. So I’m just sharing what I’m doing. And maybe the fact that I have 2 dead plants on my front stoop will make you feel better about your garden. And maybe my efforts to make my garden prettier will inspire you to do the same. So…am I allowed to keep blogging? I’ll eventually move the dead evergreens, promise.
I so knew that the daisies were a bad idea for this spot. I don’t have time to water them 2x a day. And yet still I put them there. (Note the healthy clover growing in the dead evergreens.)
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Sure you can still be a garden blogger!! I have seen your gardens look really pretty at different times and they are still very fixable now. I think it just shows right now that you have a higher calling as a mother and you’re doing a wonderful job of “growing” a child! And she is thriving! ;o)