Creating a Frontyard Cottage Garden

 I will be the first to tell you that I am an amateur gardener. I am sure that Master gardeners around the globe would chuckle and guffaw at my meager accomplishments. But to my mind, ANY and every garden is a thing of beauty, whether it be in a window box, a postage stamp yard or a span of  acres and acres. I don't believe there is such a thing as an ugly garden.
    
 (Yes, that is a real, live chicken sitting on my table)

At this time, we have 9 separate and distinct gardens, mostly flowers, but we do throw in fruits and vegetables as well. Recently, I took video of all my gardens, because, well, I want to share my little successes and failures with those of you who garden, or maybe inspire those who wish to start a patch of joy.

 BEFORE

 
This first garden grew from a desire to get rid of an ugly front lawn, a pathetic front lawn, a front lawn rife with grubs and  bad soil and lots of tree roots. I started by claiming bits at a time, a corner here, a section there. It took about 3 years to get to where we are now, in this frontyard cottage garden. Each year, I add another layer of two to the stone wall, as well. This year we added about 2 1/2 feet to the top of the wall.
AFTER

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This is my most unruly and wild garden... it's a mass of harmonious confusion, where promiscuous larkspur  soar 5ft up and daisies and primrose socialize freely... everywhere!

  Now, please take a REAL walk with Fionna and Myself, as we waddle the garden paths of Garden #1, the Front Yard Garden.
  Remember, you can't hurry a stroll through the garden.

       This is best viewed on You tube, runs about 7 minutes and please turn on your volume so that you can hear the birds.  If you prefer the video without commentary, I have also loaded one with only the background sound on You Tube. Forgive the bouncy camera work, after all, it was Fionna holding the camera.