from cornfield to controlled(?) chaos
We knew we wanted a screened gazebo at our new house. We had one at our old house and we LOVED it. It was our summer living room. (And we stretched it to spring and fall when we could.) The mosquitos aren’t as bad here because there’s often a breeze, but it can still be unpleasant sitting outside at dusk. Which is generally when we want to do it!
I find most foundation plantings boring. A few tortured shrubs with some standard annuals plunked in front during the summer. Maybe some hanging baskets. Meh. Fine for a standard colonial maybe. I wanted something different.
People ask me what we grow. I sometimes think it’s easier to say what we don’t grow. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for 19 years. It still feels new. And yet trees have grown and died. (Or not grown, just died.)