Willow ,'Beneath You'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I find owning a house really emotionally important, and gardening is practically spiritual.
Yessss. I love this time of year when I can watch my plants bloom and bud and see the progress on them each and every day. Also, there is something immensely satisfying about getting my hands in the dirt.
I've never been in a position to own a home, but I love gardening. One of the highlights of my current apartment is the side garden bed that the landlord lets me garden. He's getting some nice perennials and excellent soil development out of the deal, so it's all good.
Oh, I'm super glad I bought my house when I did--the market here is crazy and it's made my life much easier. It's just a bit of hassle. Mostly I wish someone else could give me a list of tasks that need to be done, find contractors for those tasks, and just tell me where to make the check out to.
I do really like gardening, but I don't always have the schedule or energy to keep up with it.
...hahah, now this gardening talk is making me think of Corporette. Where gardening is a euphemism for an activity involving the "lady garden".
I never have the money or the energy to do what is needed at my house. I have 4 years to get everything fixed so I can sell it.
I never have the money or the energy to do what is needed at my house.
It's the same here at House o' Reason.
Don't get me wrong -- I love *having* a yard. I love going out and picking the flowers and the fruit, and I would love to have herbs. But I admit that I need someone else to do the work.
(It's not helped by the fact that I am even more sensitive to heat and sunlight these days, thanks to some of my meds. Eventually I'll get the cool parts of vampirism, not just the problems with sun and garlic.)
As an Angeleno who owns her own home, I get how lucky that makes me. Like most folks I know who grew up here, I couldn't afford to buy if I didn't inherit. I think that's a crazy way to do real estate.
Oh, it costs money, even (maybe more) the DIY. And really, maintaining me, my cats, my house, my job are my only responsibilities. Truly, take care in the order cats, house, me, job, car. Unless something's leaking fluids.
Also, like Liese, I really enjoy "my" birds at the feeder and in the water fountain, and "my" bees, and how much the dogs and the cat all enjoy the landscape.
Visitors also enjoy the landscape! I'd love to have a garden like yours someday (East Coast version, anyway).