I grew up with a garden and when the time came for me and my wife to find our own place, a good-sized garden was also a priority.<\/p>\n
We could\u00a0have made tending the garden very easy for ourselves: Cut everything down, sow grass. Instead we both cleared out and added selectively. Most of the time with a vision, usually with a\u00a0plan and some ideas and thoughts guiding the\u00a0shovel.<\/p>\n
Some of that may be worth sharing. When we build the terrace some years ago, we were happy to read stories about similar projects posted by other people. So \u00a0why not share some stories of my own?<\/p>\n
Past projects to tell about could be the building of tiled terraces, creating beds for herbs or rhododendron and pruning Magnolia trees.<\/p>\n
There isn’t much planned for the immediate future except just getting the most important stuff done while the family is focusing on\u00a0its newest member. But even so,\u00a0moving through the yearly cycle of pruning apple trees, cutting down willows and roses and\u00a0tending the greenhouse,\u00a0are all\u00a0opportunities\u00a0to\u00a0involve my 2 year old daughter. I am starting to get her to help carry cut-off branches\u00a0–\u00a0good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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