One of the advantages of downsizing the house after the kids moved out was upsizing the garden. I had always wanted a big English-style border garden and now I have one. Five years ago this space was a jungle of weeds and weed-trees. I layed-out the plan and did all the planting, but, to be honest, the heavy lifting was done by guys with machines.
Besides lots of herbs and a few tomato plants, it's all flowers and ornamentals. And except for weeding and dead-heading it's no longer much work save for the fall clean-up and planting a few annuals in the spring.
And on insanely hot days, like today, we can sit in air-conditioned comfort and enjoy the view with Sophie the cat.
