Everything is blooming wonderfully in the garden in a variety of colours and shapes. Unfortunately a violent thunderstorm erupted in the night. Wind and heavy rain bent many meadow flowers, many were pushed to the ground. This yellow poppy will probably raise itself again, but I will have to tie up a lot of flowers on sticks.
Simple and effective composition and statement. I'm interested in how you tie up flowers . . . at present I use a disposable bamboo chopstick and twist ties to hold up some of my garden vegetables.
@jyokota I also use bamboo sticks - however as they grow in the garden. I have to cut a lot of bamboo every year, otherwise it would overgrow the whole garden. I save many of the big sticks. Bamboo is a wonderful work material. For example, I made a frame for the raspberries so that they would not be pressed to the ground.
quite quirky - like a carrot weighing down the slender stem. So striking in clarity and simplicity and I love those raindrops - although sorry they make you extra work in the garden.
@helenhall Thank you, Helen, for your nice visit!
The extra work in the garden: I had rather negative feelings when I saw the flowers pressed down. But it somehow satisfied me to be able to help them. They can now bloom head raised again.
@Jerome I'm growing my very first garden this year. My husband always kept a garden so the plot was "ready" with a fence around it. But I didn't know you needed to prepare the soil and I just planted by making holes. Only the beans came up from seed, but the little plants my friends gave me or I bought have been growing. It's all a giant experiment for me. Knowing how meticulous you are, I'll bet your little "Eden" is quite nice!
@jyokota Thank you, Junko, for your interesting story from your garden! You are right - cultivating plants, but also allowing natural growth - are a great experiment. I've never had as much time this year to devote myself to this adventure. Working with a garden grounds, but also stimulates thoughts and opens a new perspective and relationship with the living. I hope you enjoy your garden and have many wonderful experiences.
By the way: The following words are attributed to the Bengali poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore: "Fools hurry, the clever wait, the wise enter into the garden gate". A similar wording was found decades ago by the German writer Ringelnatz.
@Jerome -- well, then,. we must be wise and enter the garden gate! I picked may first little tomato yesterday :) but I left it on the window sill for another day. The chipmunks? squirrels? something had stolen two of the others, and more.
@jyokota Too bad - you couldn't taste your first tomato :(. So there are unpleasant guests in your garden. I hope you can find a way to protect the fruits of the garden. Own fruits and vegetables are something very special.
The worst appearances in my garden are the snails - the thick, yellow-orange slugs. They attack the vegetables, the salads, but also flowers.
@jerome someone told me to put eggshells on the dirt because slugs don't like to crawl over them so I have egg shells all over the garden. I have "zoned" my backyard so I feed the birds in one area, the squirrels and chipmunks in another area, and my vegetables for ME in another fenced area. But the animals seem to think that zoning is not something they have to follow. I've been making them all pose for me these last months so maybe they think it's their due payment :)
July 18th, 2020
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Thank you very much for the nice comments! This flower has risen again, it is blooming again wonderfully. I like yellow poppies. I had to support many others. Unfortunately, some are kinked.
My garden - probably nothing special for other people. But for me a little Eden. :)
The extra work in the garden: I had rather negative feelings when I saw the flowers pressed down. But it somehow satisfied me to be able to help them. They can now bloom head raised again.
By the way: The following words are attributed to the Bengali poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore: "Fools hurry, the clever wait, the wise enter into the garden gate". A similar wording was found decades ago by the German writer Ringelnatz.
The worst appearances in my garden are the snails - the thick, yellow-orange slugs. They attack the vegetables, the salads, but also flowers.