The Gardening Me

Here we are at the end of November and it won’t be long before the garden has a thick blanket of snow. Memories of this past season.... This year has seen a lot of disruption in our lives as we decided to finally complete some long overdue renovations, both inside & outside.  One of the garden projects was a new path to replace the uneven, dilapidated path from the driveway to the deck/backyard.  It had gone from bad to practically unusable last year when we replaced the deck: Before: What a mess! After: Believe it or not, these are the same bricks as the old walkway! We reused the bricks from the old path - turned upside down as I wasn't a fan of the beveled edges - in addition to a pile that we saved from the front walkway that was redone years ago.  We're so happy with how it turned out!  Still some cleanup to do but am excited to go plant shopping next year to fill up the empty beds. I knew it would be a busy year so I purposefully cut back on my plans f...