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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Down the Garden Path

Isn't this one of the most gorgeous things you've seen? I love these cottage garden paths, and one of the nicest things about them is that they have interest all year round, as plants fade and others take their place, unlike formal paths where the plants are regimented and don't have the chance to 'express themselves' by billowing over the edges of the walkway.

There's only one problem. Well two, actually. The first is himself, who lives entirely to lop and chop anything he thinks is 'untidy' and plants hanging over paths suffer his pruning on an almost daily basis, and the dogs, who - particularly at this time of year - head out into the garden at sixty miles an hour, when they see a squirrel and send anything in their paths, including me, flying. Gravel wouldn't last a week under their rocket-propelled paws!

So much as I love the cottage garden path, I'm stuck with paving.

Labels: autumn colour, cottage garden, paving

The All Seasons Gardener at 2:26 AM

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