2010 vs 2011

It was mid summer when I had the idea for this post and starting taking pictures. I wanted to compare the 6 2010 pictures Alabama Gardener Magazine printed in the article ‘My Favorite Place on Earth’ to the same pictures in 2011.

My idea was to show 2010 next to 2011 so you could easily see the improvements, but it wasn’t easy. After spending many hours either wrestling with glitchy blogging software or trying to learn a new picture editing program, I finally succeeded only to find that in most cases the improvements were minor and not very interesting, certainly not worth shrinking the pictures. So if you want to see what these views looked like in 2010, you can go to the ‘My Favorite Place on Earth’ page. Here’s how they looked in 2011.

Hidden Hills Garden

There are only a few minor improvements to the border garden.

 

Hidden Hills Garden
The kids don’t like it when I call this my pot garden.

If you want to see what this looks like early in the summer, or know what plants I used in these pots, look at my blog ‘Container Gardening – part 1’.

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Hidden Hills Garden

The front garden is my favorite.

Hidden Hills Garden

We can hear water gently flowing into the pond as we sit on the front porch.

Hidden Hills Garden - pond

I didn't plant the nicotia in the lower right. I usually pull it when it pops up in random places, but I kinda like it here.

 

The kids don't like it when I call this my pot garden.The kids don't like it when I call this my pot garden. Every spring I have a lot of fun planting the garage. By the end of summer you can't tell everything is in pots. I've posted pictures of this area before, so if you want to know what the plants are, look at Container Gardening part .After losing trees last spring, this area gets a lot more afternoon sun, and the huge kimberly queen ferns had to move to the star light lounge. This dark leaf elephant ear (Colocosia escelenta, 'Diamond Head') is spectacular. He came this spring from Plant Delights Nursery in a 4 inch pot.I didn't plant the nicotia in the lower right. I usually pull it when it pops up in random places, but I kinda like it here.

The picture on the left is from 2010 and the right is from 2011.

I showed both years so you can see how many trees we lost. We took down some to let more light into the vegetable garden, and then the spring storms took the rest. The above 6 pictures were the same views as the ones used in the article.

These final pictures give you a better feel for the changes in the woodland garden.

Hidden Hills Garden

The 2010 view from the sidwalk into the woodland garden.

I think the woodland garden needs a new name.
Hidden Hills Garden

2011

 
 

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4 Responses to 2010 vs 2011

  1. Your home and gardens are just beautiful.

    • Peggy Hill says:

      Thanks Anna. I like your blog very much. You mentioned one of my favorite things about blogs when you said your thoughts go straight from your head to the keyboard.

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