The new house has a crazy garden. Here’s the back yard. The front is almost equally scary.
I’ve spent 8-10 hours digging up crazy plants already; my Mom has also spent several hours.
On the plus side, I’ve eaten about a dozen raspberries, and there are dozens more ripening.
My current neighbor, Melissa, identified several species of Thyme, garlic, yarrow, chamomile, borage, and Russian sage; I also saw chives, and of course, crazy volumes of rhubarb.
On the decorative side, there are 3 out of control rose bushes, 2 unidentified trees, a lilac tree, 2 or 3 small pine species, and 5 zillion day lillies. And 3 or 4 mums, lots and lots of stevia, 2 random sunflowers, several giant decorative grasses, lots of low-growing ground cover, including wild geranium, and lots of smaller things with succulent looking leaves.
And there are weeds. The previous owners moved before spring.
I dug out a 5′ tall thistle; Mom dug out several 3 or 4′ tall ones. I’ve pulled out dozens of enormous goldenrod (pre-bloom, thank goodness!), lots of varieties of thistle and other plants in the daisy and dandelion families, and approximately 25 square feet of daisies. Most of these things were at least 3′ tall, some more like 5′ tall. I also chopped the back path clear (middle right photo), cutting back about 1/3 of what you see in the picture.
Depending on when you ask, I might want to keep gardening, or I might want to pave the whole blasted thing. There’s nothing wrong with any individual elements…but the volume is totally overwhelming, even aside from the jungle of giant weeds.
Anyone want some day lillies? Or some borage?
