Beer and burgers...

It's all a bit too green for my liking.

Well, it is May, it is a work progress, and it is still pretty early in the season I guess. Even so, I begin to wonder if my little yard will ever begin to take off properly. There’s an awful lot of green this year and I’m trying not to grow nasturtiums, although I’m sure that a few will appear, so I’m already wondering where the colour will come from. Maybe the pink marguerites that I’ve grown will add some subtlety, and the sweet pea seedlings that I planted in position this week – mauves, pinks, and white – will add some frills and fragrance. But what will give my back yard the colour that it really needs?

Perhaps the mimulus monkey flower plants will help in the shady areas and a sunflower or two could provide some height and drama, but at the minute the only real colour is the yellow poppies that grow wild each year and I leave until I can’t stand them any longer.

My intention for my little haven this summer is to not overcrowd it too much in order to try to avoid the bloated chaos that always seems to arrive in September. To be honest though chaos is my nature, so it’ll be interesting to see if I can keep the lid on my instinct to plant and plant, squeezing in as many plants as I can into the tiniest of borders.

This year I want my back yard to breathe and I want to breathe along with it. I’m looking forward to the smell of the sweet peas and the buzz of the bees on a warm summer evening. I can almost taste the beer and burgers.