The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;  5

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,  10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.  15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.  20

"I Never Promised You A Rose Garden", Garden

A look at the garden, small but ever changing, I started with planting in to soil and decided the soil was too rocky, so that brought on the concept of an elevated garden using the wooden boxes for the elevated garden frames.

In the center where the weeds are is a lower elevation, the choice is to fill it in or make it a lower elevation for plantings. In my Minds Eye, I want two lower elevations, the lowest would be some sort of pool or water statue, maybe a cherub pouring out the essence of life, Water into a pool of water. The next level would be for plants only, herbs and flowers, maybe plants which grow naturally near water.

The garden itself is going to be like a Garden Oasis, with structure from the planting boxes. I know there will be 4 boxes on the side where they were started, ultimately 6 to 8 boxes. The boxes will house the garden plants for ease of harvest. This is a work in progress, the final outcome is yet to be defined.

This box was the first one to be completed, it houses the onion plants and the pepper plants. There is also parsley, sage and lemon thyme. The peppers were kept too long a period tightly packed waiting for the box to be completed, so they are struggling to recover from their ordeal. About half of the peppers are showing signs of new growth. I do expect all to recover, but the harvest might not be what I would wish it to be.

This box was the latest addition to the Garden, so I have planted herbs in it, basil, chives, thyme, mint, tarragon, rosemary, cilantro and summer savory. Hopefully most of these are perennial.

This last picture shows where the next box will be laid out, actually there will be four boxes on this side. The area around the boxes will be lawn, some of the are has already been seeded, just waiting for the seed to germinate.

As time goes on the garden will grow into Garden Oasis.

Touring The Back Yard

Picnic and Barbecue area under the shade in the back yard.

View of back yard from the picnic tables.

The swimming pool.

The garden frames.

Rest of the garden area.