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Home ยป Seasons ยป year in review ยป 2009 ยป So Many Pictures, So Little Space

So Many Pictures, So Little Space

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I’ve taken bunches of photos of all sorts of garden related things. I think I need to give you all a peek.

This post is dedicated to my little town in Ohio. I walked around one evening a few weeks ago and snapped some things of interest to me. Hope you like them as well.

side yard

This particular side yard was interesting because of its comfortable little porch tucked in off the driveway. Although I’m not sure about the parking guides, it seems like a perfect place for morning coffee and evening people watching.

High Victorian

Now this High Victorian home has enough features for ten houses, but that is the way Victorians liked it. The above and next two pictures are from this home which gets more intense as you move back into the cottage home at the rear.


The two following pictures are a city display (I think, or it could belong to the home across the alleyway) of a moss horse structure and four vegetable beds. Perhaps the horse with its hitching post is a nod to the Amish who used live here in large numbers.

I immediately thought,”I’ve got to get a photo of that!” The veggie beds were very nicely done.

veggie bed

moss sculpture

I have so many more pictures …

2009+ summer Ilona Erwin

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  1. Hocking Hills Gardener says

    July 7, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    How great is that three tiered raised garden bed. Sitting on an angle gives it sections and it look better than straight edges.
    The horse is wonderful. Someone has put some work into it.I love porches of any kind.

  2. John at JWLW says

    July 8, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Great shots Ilona, they all have their own personality. I like to look at how other gardeners are doing things.

    Have a good evening,
    John

  3. Ilona says

    July 8, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    I liked the veggie boxes, too.

    I like different ideas too-even if not all at once.

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