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Meaning in the Garden

6/7/2020

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Ready to Work, 2020 Photo by ERSwett
There's
work to do 
at home and all
around, so we've been
working - digging & mulching,
pruning & planting. It
​feels good to
​work hard.
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Yard sale Bird Surrounded Photo by ERSwett
And
even though
these phlox are out
of control and need attention,
I'm OK with their extravagant abundance
because five years ago, there was
nothing in that particular place
but a neglected corner
of the terrace.
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Purples on the hillside, 2020 Photo by ERSwett
Those
lupin blew over
from a neighbor's field,
but the comfrey by its side and
those chives behind were intentionally
planted to increase soil fertility on what was once
a rocky dry hillside. These woodland phlox, so different
from those flowers surrounding the bird,
thrive in a space that was once
a pile of sticks.
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Woodland phlox in the shade of river birches. Photo by ERSwett
These
phlox and
this myrtle (or
Vinca Minor) have
finally merged on the
hillside by our driveway.
5 years in the making,
this space is, at
last, feeling
whole.
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Merging groundcovers in the front. Photo by ERSwett
I am
grateful
to my garden
for reminding me
that neglected places
can be transformed. There
just needs to be a plan, focused
attention, and patience to
let what will emerge,
​emerge.
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Bearded Iris planted in 2018 - - finally coming into their own. Photo by ERSwett
Purples
are beginning
to share the stage with
other colors, like these white
flowers on a lone Hawthorn tree that
is abuzz. It was for these pollinators that we
created this garden in the first place, so hearing them
in action gives me hope and purpose as I
go outside to get back
​to work.
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Pollinators in action on the Hawthorn tree. Photo by ERSwett
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