Showing posts with label on the bright side. Show all posts
Showing posts with label on the bright side. Show all posts

Friday, July 10, 2009

On the Bright Side

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ~Daniel L. Reardon

I spent some time in my gardens yesterday, really taking a look at what had been done, what deer resistant plants I might already have that I can move around and what I have that hasn't been touched.

I may take a page out of Maria Zannini's book and plant irises and other deer resistant plants around my vegetable garden (I have foxglove, jacob's ladder and more that I can use -- it's all fairly tall, and if I plant things like chives and oregano at the base it might work).

So, despite the chipmunks doing this:




And the deer doing this:





I still have:








And I even have my very own haunted house spiderweb maker:



So, who am I to wallow and complain?

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