2008     
2008 was a year of "maintaining".  Not a lot of changes, just more of the same.  As I start to think of spring 2009, I realize that even though little changed, 2008 deserves to be recorded!  After giving some thought as to why this 2008 page was never built or published, I realize that the few changes that did take place left me feeling dissatisfied and disheartened.  The huge tree that once sheltered our patio and swing/arbor had to be removed in the fall of 2008. Also many of the roses on the garden room fence were removed due to RRD (Rose Rosette Disease). I have since planted more bittersweet along the fence line and will only have roses along the fence at the front of the garden.  Never again will the garden be surrounded by a wall of blooming roses in early June.  Sad but true.

 

Now, as spring 2009 approaches, I again realize that a garden is never done, is always changing,
and that new and different challenges await our garden in 2009.