Me and Chris have a little addiction to plants, especially beautiful flowers. This is a picture of some clematis growing in our neighbor’s yard. The flowers are about 4 inches across and the whole vine is about 5 feet tall and the entire trellis is covered with these blossoms. I have never seen a clematis like it before. It is so beautiful here in New York. You can grow so many different kinds of plants. After living here for more then a year, I realize that Utah really is a desert. It is so green here in the spring, and even the grass on the sides of the road will stay green all summer long. I know it was green in Washington but there was not enough sun (imagine that) for some kinds of plants. We were so busy moving last year that we were unable to fulfill our planting urges, so we have gone kind of crazy planting the last few weeks. We have been moving and removing some of the old bushes to make way for some more color. Admittedly, we are having a little too much fun. Every time we get done planting one set of plants we swear we are done, then the next thing you know we find more cool things to plant. Right now I have 4 or 5 plants sitting on the porch waiting to be planted when the rain stops. We also made a spot for a little garden for tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. We were never successful growing a vegetable garden outside of Utah and I have missed having the fresh vegetables. Tomatoes are supposed to do well here if we can keep the critters out. I can’t wait for fresh tomatoes, it has been way too long. We will post pictures of the yard when some of it starts to fill in. We just hope the deer don’t eat anything in the meantime.
We’ve taken some other pictures around the garden – click here to view more photos from the set.
Written by Steph
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