Fun and Relaxing NY Garden

By Alexandra Dittrich

Sharon has hail a long room , and should be majestic of the progress she ’s made with her garden .

" My name is Sharon Goetchius and I live in Stony Brook , New York . slaver over all the magnificent picture you posted each mean solar day , I ’ve decided to state mine . I survive and breath horticulture and I still ca n’t believe that I ’ve been able to create all of this . I still remember try out to fix my first seam , when we buy our house 13 age ago . I consider it took me an hour and a half to dig a hole , braggart enough for one midget plant ! We had so much clay in our stain . Now I ca n’t even FIND a place to dig ! When I do get up that digger , just to change the scene , it ’s so much easy ! All that compost I ’ve made ( which get my plant sometimes look like they ’re on steroids ) certainly has paid off . Whenever I get the luck to just sit back and take it all in , usually with a glass of wine at dinner prison term , I still say the same thing , " I perfectly ca n’t believe that I ’ve produce all this ! " And , then , I usually turn to my husband and say , " recollect that first hole ? ! " Just for surplus measure I ’ve admit a picture of the yarn ball I made to fetch up off the ends of my garden bet . You see I ’m also a knitter and had to contain that into my garden , of track ! "

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Can you tell I LOVE purple?

Another creation by the man! You know, when you have lemons, make lemonade? Well, we did! We lost this tree last fall. But, we couldn’t let it go completely because after all, it holds up our hammock. Thus, he played, I gardened. The result, a gnome house and pretty flowers for those little guys. Please don’t tell my 5 year old grandson that there aren’t really gnomes inside. He still believes!

This is the back of our house which used to be just a long, plain back of our house. Now it’s filled with bird houses (Another man idea). I must admit that at first, I wasn’t sure about this one. Now, I say, “Good morning, Morning Glory” every morning!

Looking out at my ‘kitchen garden’!

Our now, 16 year granddaughter couldn’t say grandma at first, so my son came up with ShaSha (for Sharon). Well, it stuck! So, my husband created this sign for our shed. I love the way it incorporates the loves of my life, with my passion for gardening!

Russian Sage and Black Eyed Susans playing nicely!

Streptocarpella and begonias make a beautiful show!

Springtime in ‘The back, back!’ Our special retreat for early evenings and friends!

Tired of stabbing myself with tomato stakes, I decided to cushion the ends with yarn balls! I love knitting but don’t usually have time in the summer. This way, at least I played with some yarn and now, no more booboos!