Evelyn’s DIY ‘Mary Garden’ Follow-up 3 - How My Garden Grows- Progress

Hello, Darlings

Below is today's follow up on my Mary Garden; a.k.a. ‘How my Garden Grows” parts 1 and 2.
In this first video, I mistakenly named my Gardenias Gladioli. I believe this is because I love gladioli where I planted them in Kentucky and want to plants some for next spring.

 I go on and talk about how this garden was years in the making and that by adding plants and supplies to it each year, it is now as seen. In other words, it is not an instant garden at an enormous one time cost. It took time and years of learning about each plant and their care to create it.

Making it a Mary Garden was a personal and religious choice as I am a Roman Catholic. It was a no brainer after seeing one online. I am what a previous Monsignor called me a "Free thinking Catholic".

As stated in the video above, the plant between the orange bush and lemon bush is a Plumeria-Frangipani and the flowers will look something like the ones
below.

This is a picture of my Greenhouse and its seeds pots greens, spinach, and Swiss Chard before someone vandalized them. 

This is after the vandalism

Soil and seeds from the Swiss Chard pots.

Soil and seeds from the Swiss Chard pots

Someone poked a finger in these seed pots

The video shows the destruction of some of my seed pots and where someone used a finger to poke into some of the pots. As the shelf had been knocked down, the pots of Swiss Chards were lying on their sides, and the seeds with most of the soil are on the ground. I believe this happened last night.

From a psychological standpoint, I understand but do not trust people who think and behave in such a manner. Nevertheless, I will plant more seeds in these pots and carry onward.

Until next time,

Chow Darlings.

Evelyn’s DIY ‘Mary Garden’ Follow-up 2

Hello, Darlings

A glorious Friday to you all.

Today I put the remaining artificial grass down and added a clear plastic mat for protection against electric shock; in this case Florida’s lightning. To all of this, I placed the patio table and the two black metal rockers I bought in 2017. There are still a few things that need to be done; however much of it is cosmetic. I also moved Mother Mary among the roses at the center of the garden to showcase her more.

 

Before I straighten out the mat and add the umbrella and other plants

Well, this is all for now. Stay safe, and

Chow Darlings.

Evelyn’s DIY ‘Mary Garden’ Follow-up

Hello, Darlings

It has been a while since my last article. Today is a follow up on my progress in creating my Mary Garden. Let me tell you, this DIY project is my most ambitious to date.  From the video below, you see, although not finish, it was in the article, Jetta among the Saints, that I introduced my plans to create the garden with the limited space in the backyard.

 

Back then I thought that the area was more shaded because of the three oak trees there. However, I have watched the rising and setting of the sun, as well as the change in directions in that area, and I have discovered that more sunlight comes in there than I first thought. This is a plus and it means depending on the season I can do more creative planting. 

 

As I stated above this project is still a work in progress and I am looking to this fall and winter creative additions.

 

In this concrete portion of the yard, I added a couple of mats of artificial grass since there is no grass. It’s a nice touch and I like the quality of the mats because they look like real grass. I can also vacuum them. Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

 

Click to enlarge photos.

Here is Mother Mary. One day this week, I will plant these flowers around her, and the same goes for Saint Frances of Assisi on the opposite side.

Stanley helped me with the mulch and we made this raised bed out of a pair of damaged side rails of a queen-size bed.  ‘Waste not want not’. Recycling is good. Nevertheless, this is where I will plant my collard, mustard, and turnip greens this year. 

Over here is my standing raised bed where I have already planted some “all-weather lettuce”. It is  a wild lettuce with a slightly earthy flavor. They can also be added to greens for cooking. The same is true of Romaine lettuce.

 These are the areas I still need to finish, but is for another day, as today I am poop.

     The rear

The unfinished rear of the house.

Check out my video. below. There is one blooper. In it, I called Saint Francis, Saint Joseph. Common mistake since Saint Joseph is Mary's husband. Saint Frances is the patron saint animals and the founder of the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis, and the Custody of the Holy Land. 

Well, this is the end of my follow-up. I hope you find it of interest.

Until next time,

Chow Darlings.