The secret garden

I'm a gardener, but since I'm also a wedding photographer it can get a little difficult to deal with both during a busy summer. Because of this, I've gotten into the habit of "one year on, one year off" with my gardens. This is an "on" year. The growing season has just started.

Pat's pretty much in charge of our yard and the outside of our house, since I'm in charge of the inside. But his work schedule has been so demanding the last year or so, I'm afraid my gardens have paid the price! Just now I checked my secret garden on the south side of our house, to find that it's buried under a zillion rotting leaves from last fall. I did see that most of my plants survived the winter with flying colors, including my prize hostas, which are several years old.

I can't wait to clean it up back there and get it looking good again!