Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

Two years ago today, I started  The Outlaw Gardener  with a post with  three pictures of the view from my back porch and some words.   I thought it would be interesting to take pictures from  the same spot and see what's changed in that time.

Some plants have grown and obscured the face covered column  from this angle, the bird feeder is gone and some metal flowers are present. Also you may notice a musa basjoo leaf in the top of the first image.  I think rodents ate a lot of the roots this winter as the poor thing which had been huge is now coming back more slowly than it ever has.  The trunks that are usually at least 10 feet tall by this time of year are only about a foot and a half tall.   Pretty much the same though.

Not a lot of change here either.  The Danger Gardenette visible in the distant left of the first picture has been moved.

The blue gate finally rotted away and Tom replaced it with this temporary fix until he builds a new one, some different plants and the meconopsis cambrica seems to have decided to finish blooming earlier this year.

So, in two years and 544 posts  little has changed in my garden (at least in the parts that I've shown here) but there has been a big change in the way I look at gardening.  While I've always gardened with my garden gurus and family in my heart, I now also potter in the yard with a wonderful community of  garden bloggers and readers guiding me.  I often think of what you might say about a certain plant or project, what you might do in a similar situation, what you've written about a plant, a color, a fragrance.   One of the best parts about garden blogging has been the many friendships that have resulted from this solitary endeavor.  My life is richer for the experience. Thank you friends, family, fellow bloggers, readers, and those who comment for enriching my passion for and practice of  gardening.  (O.K. some people call it enabling - You say tomato, I say tomahto.) 

Have a great weekend all!