I told her she should be glad that I may only have half the genes that my Great Aunt Dell had for growing things.
Dell's place had more bees and other insects than I can remember at any other place. I tried to describe to my wife what the place looked like. A homestead ... dirt road ... flowers and what I thought were weeds every where. And everything that anyone could grow in the garden.
I never knew there were pictures of the place. When she showed me the slide of Dell holding the crate of strawberries, I said that is Dell in her garden! She said there are more pictures. So I decided to post them.
So now you know why I have 3 fig trees and the three pear trees that I never thought I would have and a garden 4 times the size as last year and a watermelon patch! And every time I see something I would like to grow I wish my garden was bigger!
Gardening is either in your blood or it isn’t. You can always tell because the people who lean that way can’t stand it when the soil starts warming up and smelling good—they are compelled to plant! Guess it goes back to Cain and Abel, although my family has leanings toward animals and earth. :)
Glad you finally got to garden! Thanks for posting your pics! Brings back a lot of memories!