Let's have a little frolic around The Pudding Garden. We have got more flowers than usual in our garden this summer but I am afraid I don't know their names and Mrs Pudding, who would know the names, has just gone over to Tideswell Church where our daughter will be married in two weeks' time.
But I do know the names of our pet sheep. That's Beau on the left with her lamb Peep who never seems to grow old. Behind them there's a little path - between the two pots - that leads to the top part of the garden where you will find our vegetable plot, the composting bins, the fruit trees, the bramble hedge and the gate into the back lane.
You will also find The Lord Buddha who I have presented with a gift of conkers. I prayed that he would fend off garden slugs from the hostas. What use is a deity if it cannot keep garden pests away?
And these gaudy flowers are now growing up in the vegetable plot where there would normally be potatoes and onions growing - things you can eat. I believe these flowers are called zinnias but they might be daffodils. The photograph doesn't show this but they were dancing in a stiff breeze when I pressed the camera button.
It's nice to have a garden. It's good for the soul. Some friends of ours have recently moved into a second floor flat in a gated apartment block. All they have now is a balcony when before they had a garden with grass, hedges, flowers and vegetables. Personally, I wouldn't like such a change - not at this time in my life anyway.
I agree with you. I couldn't imagine living without a garden of some description. Yours is lovely Mr P.
ReplyDeleteI could tell you a thousand stories about moments and experiences in that garden Jackie... or is it Jacqui?
DeleteYou have a lovely garden and the sheep are a nice bit of whimsy.
ReplyDeleteI keep trying to imagine where I would live if not here but I can't picture anything with or without a garden
I will whisper in Beau's ear that she and her son are just "nice bits of whimsy!" I can guess that Beau will bleat aggressively about that.
DeleteI don't think Buddha was a so much of a god as he was a teacher/healer. So you might just have the smartest healthiest pests. I dunno....but I have him sitting in my garden too. I found him deeply buried in the back jungle when I moved in. He is rusted and old but holds court daily.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of Buddhas around aren't there Linda? A vast army of Buddhas. That Trumpish fellow had better watch out!
DeleteLord, you have the crocosmia growing in your garden that I spend half my life trying to pull out of my yard. It obviously behaves quite nicely in your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteYou're funny, Mr. P.
Why aren't you growing vegetables? Maybe if you put some carrots in Buddha's lap it would help things along.
My wife asked if she could have most of the vegetable patch for flowers this year - for the wedding... but she has been rather neglectful. We could have decorated the church with vegetables instead.
DeleteI think the bottom photo is cosmos. Your garden is lovely. Mine has been overrun by slugs this year and something called the scarlet lily beetle. I spent some time yesterday afternoon drowning beetles in soapy water.
ReplyDeleteI hope the wedding goes well and everyone enjoys themselves.
Was the scarlet lily beetle named after you?
DeleteHahaha
DeleteFor 16 years now, I have been living without a garden or balcony. It means that all chores around home are done quickly, but it also means I have to go out, away from home, every time I want to enjoy a bit of nature. All the more important to me are my walks and hikes, on my own or with O.K.
ReplyDeleteCircumstances and finances mean that not everybody can live in a residence with a garden attached - even though they might prefer that.
DeleteYour flowers are very pretty. So they were planted for Frances' wedding? How sweet! Two weeks...wow, it will be here before you know it. I hope lots of beautiful blooms are ready just in time. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm still trying to decide what to plant here at the new house. We have no flowers unless you count the blooming trees--the five crepe myrtles and one dogwood. I want roses and camellias and lilies and annuals...everything....but our property is very small and will need careful planning. And even then some things just won't be possible.
I went to visit with an older lady friend yesterday, and saw her house for the first time, and her property is 18 beautiful acres with about 5 of them full of flowers and trees and paths running between little shaded nooks. There was a small pond. I enjoyed seeing it all so much! And she sent me home with flower seeds and plant cuttings.
Good. I am glad that the older lady was able to give you some flower advice ready for next year.
DeleteWe who have yards and gardens (two different things here in Canada!) are very lucky. I can't imagine not having a green space around our home. I suppose eventually I may have to imagine it, but I prefer to stay in denial.
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks until the big day - wow! The flowers are lovely.
I cannot understand this North American "yard" thing. Here a "yard" is always paved and often it is a small space behind some houses. Somewhere where you keep your dustbin and maybe dry your washing.
DeleteYou have a beautiful garden and it was so kind of you to give water to Beau and Peep! I enjoy it when you show us around your lovely home. I was going to ask if it was about time for that special wedding. How exciting for you all.
ReplyDeleteThe wedding is closing in fast Bonnie! At first it seemed so far away.
DeleteIt's not long now until the wedding...and by the looks of things, your garden will be in full, beautiful bloom for the weekend of the special event.
ReplyDeleteI'm surrounded by greenery, but, personally, I don't do any gardening.
Trouble is that the guests won't see our garden! But they should see dome of our blooms Lee!
DeleteI'm much older than you are and my garden is the last thing they'll take away from me!
ReplyDelete"Much" older? Like me you are still a boy!
DeleteThe pathway between the two pots looks intriguing. I want to explore!
ReplyDeleteI made that little path and created the borders thirty years ago. When we moved into this house the garden was a neglected, overgrown jungle.
DeleteI think Buddha would probably be in favor of letting the slugs have their way with the hostas, being of the not-killing mindset. The top flower is a cleoma, I believe, and the pink ones are lilies and the red a crocosmia, and the bottom pink ones are cosmos. (You probably already knew all that.) Your garden seems like a really good size. We love ours, and I agree with you -- now that I've had one, I wouldn't want to live anywhere without.
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