#notesfromthevicarage

AROUND THE VICARAGE 6-3-25

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I am so privileged to live where I do! It’s a lovely little town and the neighborhood around the Vicarage is like one big garden.

The neighbors directly behind me have an entire lawn of paintbrush.

I have a few stands of Siberian iris, My Nextdoor neighbor has hundreds.

He also planted this stand of four o:clocks in the wild part of his yard.

The whole neighborhood is filled with the scent of my black locust trees.

WHAT ARE THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

THE FOREST GARDEN 6-2-25

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In spite of some unseasonably cool weather (at least for recent memory) gardens at the Vicarage are moving on in all their spring time glory.

The dandelions are going to seed and the Maple trees are releasing their seed pods which means the air around the Vicarage has taken on a decidedly sylvan quality.

It’s past Memorial Day. So while the nights are still cool, the danger of frost has mostly passed. I took last weekend to put most of my garden in the ground.

The lilacs are in full bloom. The air is filled with their scent

The garden has several stands of irises.

We have also had much rain and finding time to mow between the raindrops has been something of a challenge. Because of this, the forest garden is filled with creeping Mary Janes, false strawberry and wild asters.

It’s a beautiful time of year.