The Help

We’ve taken to referring to Ipswich as our “summer house” and yesterday, our gardener was hard at work…

Cait’s mother Lonna worked very hard all day yesterday to tame the out-of-control yard.  After 6 weeks of spring showers and no caretakers, the yard had developed a je ne sais jungle look about it. 

The place looks fantastic and it is obvious that a lot of time and love was put into it.  We are so appreciative of all the help that family and friends have offered with the new house and feel very lucky.

In addition to a kitchen garden (basil, tomatoes, parsley, rosemary, and I’m sure a few other things I’m blanking on right now), Mom filled our three window boxes, weeded out the front and raised beds, and brought in a variety of container plantings.  She also started to train a morning glory on the pergola and on the barn – can’t wait to see how it looks when they start climbing!

Now, I just need to try not to kill the plants.  Mom says in the summer, it is hard to over-water plants.  I assured her that would not be the challenge…