How Does Your Garden Grow?

When I was young my mom would spend countless hours planting flowers and tending to her shrubs.  I regret to say that I didn't pay much attention or offer to help her, either.  

As I got older and had my own home I began to appreciate the colorful accents that flowers brought.  I can remember planting pots full of pansies on the front porch but that's about as far as it went. 

When we moved to our new house it was like having a blank canvas.   Earl and I hired someone to landscape the front of the house but decided the back yard would be our own vision. 

It's taken a few years to for the plants to mature and for us to figure out what works and what doesn't.   

What's funny is how much I love to garden and plant flowers just like my mom.   One of my favorite things in past years was to walk the yard with Tucker early each morning and check in on my plants.  His absence this spring has been so apparent when I find myself walking to the garden alone.  

Luckily the kids seems to enjoy gardening with me.  McKenna has selected her own plants and planted her own fairy garden for the past two years. I am a little partial but I think she has quite a green thumb. 

Regardless of if our gardens prosper or fizzle out, I am thrilled that this is something that for now we enjoy doing together.  

    "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."   ~ Audrey Hepburn