Garden plans and woes

This azalea started blooming in May.

In late July it was still going strong (I even wrote a blog post about it).

Well, here it is late September, it’s still blooming like crazy, and I’m beginning to think this amazing plant deserves a nice big pot outside on the patio where it can really spread out.

Of course, that means figuring out a way to keep our resident deer from eating it up!

Which is particularly pertinent at the moment because the deer (or some other critters) have started eating the alyssum that I planted about a month ago — after researching and confirming that alyssum was something deer wouldn’t eat.

Ha!

I guess it’s time to call in one of our professional landscaper friends and get some down-to-earth advice before proceeding any further.

Alyssum & rosemary

Last Sunday we finally got our yard area completely cleaned up — weeds whacked, wisteria trimmed, leaves raked, patio swept, the whole nine yards!

Once it was done I had an irresistible urge to add something beautiful as a way of affirming our intention to keep our outdoor space sattvic and uplifted.

We can’t do a whole lot right now, given the drought situation, but a few small containers won’t take much water.

So I bought some rosemary (which Ramesha loves to cook with) and some alyssum (which I simply love) and planting them became this morning’s project.

Very soothing and grounding.