Sleeping, Creeping.....

This is what the perennial bed looked like last year on this day.
Pitiful.

The raised veggie beds were merely a dream, last year.

This is what the perennial bed looks like, today!!!

The tomatoes became too big for their cages and brought them right down!

A sideways look at the border, taken last month. Notice the iris in the top right? It looks great! How did it die so quickly?? I guess you guys are right and it's borers...What else would cause such quick decline and death???

Even the grass in this year's picture looks better. Jeff re-seeded in the spring with a bluegrass mix that cost us a ton of money. We expect even greater results when the guy aerates the whole thing in September.

I guess you can tell by now that they closed the garden center! It was a great time and I really miss it. I am now back to the drudgery of job hunting. It's quite depressing, although I have gone on fascinating interviews!! I interviewed at the Morton Arboretum for an admin position, but the drive is an hour and a half, and I didn't get it anyways.
I also interviewed with Ball Seed company. You know them, the Wave Petunia people, the Purple Majesty Millet people??? Well, I got the position of breeder technician, which sounds alot more high class than it really is....turns out, it's just a little above minimum wage. And the drive is about 45 minutes. I turned it down.
I will keep looking, though. I won't take any more temp positions. It's too hard when they end...