My Flower Bed 5 Years Later

Hi There VivBounty here to share with you my flower bed 5 years later. My mum, determined to turn me into a gardener brings me flowers from her own garden each Spring. The horse chestnut tree in our garden back in the Spring to 2008 was dying and so a friend kindly cut it down for us before it might have fallen to cause much damage to the house. Instead of having the stump removed, I decided to create a little flower bed around it.

 Last Winter was a very long, harsh winter and seeing my flower bed come back to life in the Spring was so heartwarming and a reminder of resurrection. I read on a blog, http://www.upisbetter.com

While our culture is currently glorifying death,

the Lord is wrapping every dead looking thing

in light, declaring over it, "Not the end."

Whether it is a dead looking tree 

or a dead looking dream, 

He comes to remind us that

everything is about resurrection.

Within the dead looking thing

lies the mystery of what will yet be.

It is not the end.

 In this flower bed this year I have irises in purple and yellow, day lilies, some ground cover called Homestead Verbena, 2 kinds of hostas, also known as Plantain Lilies; 1 is a broad leaf hosta and the other a Royal Standard hosta. I also have a little pine tree given to me by a very dear friend. On the other side of the garden I have the forsythia she gave me.

Here are the first views of my little garden this Spring. I will post more as the garden develops.

Stay tuned for the flowers as they bloom. They really are gorgeous this year!

Bountiful Blessings for a wonderful Summer!

VivBounty
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Stuff I Would Not Buy From A Dollar Store

Hello There, VivBounty here to share with you more of the little quirks as I continue my learning curve living in the country. Our nearest dollar store is half an hour's drive away from our home.

I love dollar stores. You can get really nifty gadgets and very useful household items for very little money, and sometimes even just one dollar! You do have to know what you're buying, though. Well I wrote about it on HubPages so feel free to check out some of the things I would not buy from a dollar store and why.

Not From a Dollar Store

Next time I hope to bring you great news on my garden. Since I created my first flower bed back in the Spring, as gardening goes, things have expanded. Stay tuned...

Prosperous Blessings,

VivBounty

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