Shade Garden in Early April
Early spring is the best season for the shade garden. It's also the season I probably lose friends . . . don't take it personally, people, I'm in the garden. It's busy go-go time for me and I apologize in advance for vanishing and not returning texts until the rains return, so, see you in October. I love you all, really. It's just that there are no days off, no weekends for us around here. Maaaaybe we can squeeze a couple in this summer. When that happens, hit us up for beer and tacos in the garden. In the meantime, here's a look at a bit of the shade garden looking fresh and new. I for one have walked through it a hundred times the past week savoring every little leaf popping up, every tiny insect hovering over Oxalis oregana flowers. It's magic. Wide shot of the west end of the shade garden, the neighbor's property on the other side of the fence behind FM's horizontal logs that seem to float. They're not paranormal logs, they're just ti