Green Thumb Not Required

Last year I decided to give this smiling cherub a home. I think she had been sitting too long in the relentless heat of a North Carolina Summer...................she just deserved something better, especially after being discarded by some unloving, obviously non-garden person.

While sitting on the front porch late Saturday afternoon, enjoying a crisp glass of Pinot Grigio - I managed to catch this male towhee visiting my cherub. She seems much happier in the cool of the ivy and periwinkle, and she really enjoys feeding her feathered friends. Despite very high winds the past two days which whipped and churned everything in the garden, my clematis, "Dr. Ruppel" is blooming on the the bird house post - love this one. It clung on for dear life.

Time to get those terra cotta pots scoured and bleached ready for new plants - I've already seen petunias, coleus, marigolds, impatiens and more, at my local garden places. This is the time of year I need to be tied and bound to the back fence - otherwise I just hop in the car and head out - can't resist shopping for more plants.

But, come on now, we do have to indulge ourselves now and then...................after all it's Spring and we've waited patiently for months to get down in the dirt again.
I wish you happy hours in your garden, even if it's just potting up a few lovely friends to add color to your balcony or window sill. One of the prettiest gardens I've ever seen was a tiny roof garden in New York city. You don't need acreage to enjoy Nature.