Everyone Needs a Garden Nanny Every Now and Again!

There are 2 areas of my garden which in the past 2 years have overwhelmed me: my perennial garden and  our driveway; simply because I let them both get away on me, then have now become a daunting challenge for me.  Often I stand looking at it completely in fear.  . Sort of the same way I would look at the prospect of crossing one of those rope bridges over 1000ft ravine. 
This spring was dry and I was busy concentrating on my 2 new lattice gardens.  Avoidance is always best applied when you are overwhelmed.  Here below are a couple of shots of the driveway.

 

When I spend the whole week at work, it's often hard to stay on top of everything.   I get into the garden on the weekends in early spring and I start to feel like I’m making progress, one garden area at a time, but I just block out certain areas from my mind.  BUT, are you ready?   This year I found the Garden Nanny!!  A helper!!!  Look what she did to our driveway!! I can't thank Tracey enough.

 

I find it so funny when people say "So have you got your garden all ready for the season?” It’s usually non-gardeners who ask this, because they view sunshine as the be-all end-all of gardens.  And considering the dry sunny spring we had, I suspect they all think that the sunshine just makes a garden happen and there is no real work involved.  They also seem to think that rain is simply something that requires you to take an umbrella out with you.  And "rain" is something we have had none of since April.  But I digress.   Back to the Garden Nanny,  When it came to the perennial garden, well, this was more daunting than the driveway, but the Garden Nanny tackled it like a pro.  She viewed it as a challenge I think.  Digging out the pavers and rearranging them.  I regret not taking before pictures, but here are a few after pictures.

 

So the moral of the story is - if you are overwhelmed with what is in front of you.  Ask for help.  It is an amazingly liberating feeling to feel on top of everything.  And I do.  For the first time in 3 years!