Presentation & Planting

The other day we had to go to Guntersville Alabama on business and we stopped at a sushi bar, Toke Sushi Thai and Grill. I managed to take a photo of this caterpillar roll, fresh water BBQ eel. It's all in the presentation with sushi, isn't it. The trip was a long one due to mountains and rivers in the way the route must go north to go south, or south to go north. We chose to go north to Chattanooga along the Toccoa/Ocoee River and down to the Tennessee River Valley. These two are white water river rafting and bass fishing country respectively. When we drove past Lake Guntersville we saw a bass tournament just coming in. We enjoyed a lot of beautiful scenery and I hope to get some photos to show you on the next trip.

Meanwhile I haven't actually hibernated all winter and spring. We put in more landscaping in the front yard around the flowering pear trees and the fruit trees so Gary doesn't have to weed whip around each tree. We laid down ground cover cloth and then planted low growing shrubs, variegated wintergreen, dwarf mugo pine, and low growing junipers. Then we spread bark around them. They don't look like much but will fill in nicely and they are all evergreen so in winter it won't be so barren up near the house.

Gary's watering them in till we get some drip irrigation to them. Eventually they won't need to be watered and will exist on rainfall. I also planted six tomato plants and plan to add a few more plants to the perennial garden. Look how tall the pear trees have gotten; we planted those the first year here. Our neighbor came by and said our landscaping looks wonderful. He looks down on it from his deck, what's called a borrowed landscape. Much like food, landscaping is about presentation too. In the back of my mind I'm thinking about pottery presentation. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.