Feeling Good // A Much-Needed Makeover in My Garden
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Greetings dear friends of Hive Garden. Today I’m joining the initiative Week 47: Feeling Good. Here we’ll share a story that’s fun, but it could also be about a success we’ve achieved in our garden. After finishing my work, I felt good, satisfied, and happy; however, I was very worried and distressed when I saw my garden neglected and somewhat ruined.
It turns out I was away on a trip, and that absence really took its toll on the garden. No one loves our plants more than we do; we know their needs and the care they require to keep them beautiful and healthy. The Vinca Rosea plants in my vase had dried out because the crotalaria plants had grown so much that they covered them almost completely—you couldn’t even see them. Without sunlight or water, well, you know what happened. On top of that, I have two pets, and I don’t know why one of them defecates on the plants or under them, as if hiding them. That caused it to climb on top of them, leaving them crushed and covered in dirt. To make matters worse, the dog destroyed the gravel path I’d made with small pebbles—the kind I used to fill in the path.
The garden was a mess and somewhat run-down; the person I’d left in charge hadn’t managed to keep it up. The first thing I did was pick up all the gravel—it was scattered all over the garden; it looks like Coqui, that’s my dog’s name, had been digging. It was a painstaking task, picking up all those tiny pebbles to refill the path. I also had to arrange the large stones and rebuild the path, placing each one in its proper spot; anyone would think Coqui had started throwing them around.
Then I tackled the hardest part: pulling up all the crotalaria, which looked like a small patch of weeds. To be honest, it was a bit of a struggle, and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to do it. I felt great when I finally managed it and was able to clear that area. Right in that corner, I placed some pots with flowering plants; it looked really pretty and tidy. Of course, I had to prune a few plants.
I bought some potting soil to plant a mother-in-law’s tongue that an aunt gave me, and I put it in the vase where the Vinca rosea used to be. I also took the opportunity to repot the Trinitaria plant, because the pot it was in had become too small for it. There had been a clay vase in the living room for years; it had been holding some artificial plants that were already somewhat broken and worn out, so I used it for the Trinitaria plant.
Not everything I found in the garden was bad; I felt good seeing the wild flowering plants that had grown there. The sunflower gave me orange and yellow flowers, the subulatas were back, and so were the butterflies.
I felt good and satisfied because I was able to redo my garden and make some changes to prevent dense vegetation from growing as much as possible, for the sake of my pets. This has been my contribution to this week's topic. I invite @nikolina and
@dreamrona to join us
Thank you for reading
The photos are originals taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 phone. Las ediciones las hice con la aplicación GridArt
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Pets just sometimes have their preferred toilet spots even though we'd much rather they did it elsewhere, sometimes even in spite of efforts to move them XD
Oof good job replacing that gravel path, that looks like such painstaking work x_x This is why I'm making stepping stones when I get around to it ^_^;
Yay for being happy with the improvements :)
Hi, my little dog is really peculiar—I’m the one who has to adapt to him, not the other way around. How can I get him to change that habit? I’m happy with the result; picking up all that gravel was a lot of work, but it was worth it. Best regards.
The only way I know how is to move some of the droppings to where you want them to do their business and leave them there until they start using that new spot, this worked for my last dogs. If you've already tried this one and it didn't work I'm just as stumped as you XD
Nada más alentador que el tiempo que dedicamos a nuestras plantas. Además, ellas responden al lenguaje del amor mostrándonos su majestuosidad. Gracias por compartir. Te envío un Abrazo Enorme 🤗
La jardinería es una actividad maravillosa, es una terapia, es distracción, es dar amor y recibirlo. La satisfacción de ver crecer a nuestras plantas saludables y hermosas, es invaluable. Saludos.
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