A teaser for my mom, who has not seen my home since I moved in it close to five years ago. Lola loves flowers, trees and fruits. So, she’s missing alot from seeing these plantings. The plantings on the property are as follows:
FRONT YARD:
Left photo: Right photo:
Magnolia (left of foto) Cherry tree (same one on left foto); rhodie shrub by deck
Magnolia tree: this was one of deciding factors for why we chose to move to this property. It’s an evergreen type of Magnolia, which means it does not shed leaves. The scent of the flowers in the summer is SO heavenly. The first winter we were here, a mean icy storm swooped down on the area and this tree got topped off. I was sad that it might not grow back but look at it now.
Pink-flowering Cherry tree: is an ornamental (not a fruit-bearing) tree. It also blooms later than other cherry trees in the surrounding areas.
Rhododendron shrubs: different colored-flowering shrubs scattered everywhere. I had an incident with it last year (will tell you later).
BACK YARD:
White-flowering Cherry tree: this one was moved from my previous residence to the new one. This tree is quite precious to me since it had produced cherries that I had turned into great and wonderful cherry pies.
Two Apple trees: the one on the left is awful, although the flowers are great looking. Its fruits come out distorted and bug-filled yuck! I don’t treat my plants with chemicals. The other apple tree produces abundant medium-sized edible apples. Even the crows feast on the fruits, unless the cats are around.
BLUEBERRIES! Oh, wonderful blueberries. I have four shrubs. Enough to make blueberry pies out of. Yummy! Healthy too! The shrubs are low enough that birds don’t bother them; and yes, that’s because the cats are around to protect them.
Lavender shrub (no photo): the shrub was also moved from the previous residence. It had turned unruly and spread out so I had it chopped off almost to the ground; now am not sure if it would grow back. Lola remembers this one as she had been given wonderful scented potpourri from the dried lavender flowers.
My regret, when I moved from my old home, was not uprooting the pear tree and the raspberry bushes and transferring them over to the new location. I pass by my previous residence once in awhile and I’m happy that at least whoever lives there now takes care of the pear tree. But the raspberries are in the backyard so I don’t know if they still exist or had been taken down. Lola may remember the raspberries as well.
Another regret is finding out I cannot plant much on my front yard because of THOSE NASTY VORACIOUS ^%&*+#$ DEER. It’s taking me almost five Fing years to try to figure out what to do with the front yard other than spending enormous amount of money fencing it. Also a great excuse for not gardening at all, all those years. hee! hee!
Anyhoot, I hope my mom sees this blog and decide to come visit me and my family after all. She just needs to work out her leg joints since the house has LOTS OF STAIRS. You hear me, Lola ~~ LOTS OF STAIRS!
Lola saw the pictures and is excited. She loves to visit if only her knees are not swollen by summer. She would love the garden, I am sure!
Pep is also thinking of going there for a vacation only to cut down all the fruit bearing trees to transport them here so he can make pies all summer long.
CAn you please send a jpeg version of the picture of the deer to the Imp? ONce she sees them she will rally to go there to visit!!!!!!!!!! She was already planning to just to see the two cats – “I want to go visit my auntie with many cats!” – HA!