Today, for the first time in 2022, I sat on my “observation bench” in the wildflower garden.
A wildflower garden works like this:
Buy the seeds, and keep them in the refrigerator if it’s too early
Clear the land
Till the soil
And, finally, sow your seeds in February
Then in May, in the spring, voilà! The plants begin to sprout.
My garden, which I like to call a “meadow” — my husband Alan doesn’t like it, he says it’s pretentious — is quite large for a home garden. It must be around 900 square feet.
Over the years (2022 is my second) the plants pile up — the returning ones (perennials) combined with the new ones (annuals) — in a spectacle of nature as exciting as it is unexpected.
At the point we are at now, you can no longer interfere. We can only resign ourselves to the result, relax and enjoy, take notes, and learn a few more tips for the upcoming year!
Throughout the season (spring, summer, and autumn) new plants are born and the colors change.
It was so pretty today that I felt like sharing it with you.
The video is amateurish, of course. It’s a bit cloudy today, and the sun came out somehow at the end of the footage.
Pay attention to the birds singing!
A quick update: My affirmation that “you can no longer interfere” was absolutely false. We are now on the 6th year and still struggling, sowing, updating, trying to control unwanted guests and uncontrolled growth left and right. It is in fact a noble, exciting and endless journey into the mysteries of nature!
The video is also old, not part of my recently created “breed” of The Porch Gardener’s videos (despite the logo that was added much later), therefore a raw, unsophisticated footage.
Enjoy!