Northeast Gardening: The far west of the Northeast, 0 by Ivy1

Ivy1 wrote:
Well, they are very pretty!

Apparently, our yard used to feed the whole neighborhood- In 1945, when my neighbor moved here, half the backyard was a huge vegetable garden(!) Halfway down the hill was a row of peonies, to divide the yard from the garden. Since the back of the yard was in full shade when we moved here, that was just not a feasible project for us. Now, some of the old trees have been removed, and I think the soil sort of springs back for us when we put the leaf compost on.

Here is a picture of the back- My husband is working on a fence project, and my job was to plant an understory garden. Everything is still small. Some plants are newly transplanted from other areas of the garden, some are brand new shrubs from the local nursery. It looks a little silly with these tiny plants in front of hundred year old trees! In summer it fills in nicely, and there are some deciduous trees and shrubs that aren't showing up in this picture.

This message was edited Jan 30, 2006 10:35 AM