I am the Lush-Gardener

No, not in the sense of being "a lush" but of being a gardener who creates lush gardens.  Once upon a time I thought gardening was arranging and re-arranging pots of annuals on my deck.  Mind you, it always looked nice... no, not nice, downright gorgeously lush.

But then one day, life took a nasty turn and I, in turn, took to my shovel.  They say that it never hurts to get dirty and I say, it hurts even when you do.  But, at the end of the day, sore  muscles are better than a sore soul and sore muscles can be cured by a hot bath and some very good scotch - for medicinal purposes, of course.

Digging in the earth reveals many things about oneself.  For me?  A passion for flowers, and especially roses. I have moved my roses from 4 gardens now and at last, they are home to stay - being they behave themselves and forget to look ratty or die on me. (you can read all about my moving my roses in the blog called 'Roses on the Road' in blogger.com)

This is the middle of March and here is what I see from my deck.

A  year ago it was warm enough to sit on the deck.  Now the deck chairs are under the snow. Where has Mother Nature gone? In cahoots with Father Winter?  They need to get their lives  back to normal and start with Spring already.... I am a wee bit cranky that I cannot garden.  My garden journal is full of notes, my garden magazines are tatty and I have run out of patience.

When I find something to share about my garden besides snow, I will be back.  In the meantime, check out what I have done at www.lush-gardens.com