Why I Love My Garden, By Prairie Bride, Age 30

Despite our lack of rain and HOT weather, my flowers are surviving. Tough little buggers. I can't take any credit for them. I usually forget to go water them in the evenings,

and it's been weeks since it rained.

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This is why I love my garden:
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1.) All of the plants are perennials, except for the

climbing vine, God bless 'em.

Perennials rule.

They come up every year, with very little maintenance once they're established.

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2.) The previous owner, who planted the garden, had the foresight to plant flowers that bloom at different times.
I almost always have something in bloom, all summer long.

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These magenta and yellow ones are my favorites.

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I even tried to get an artsy shot with a bee hovering near one of the plants.
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But then the bee started hovering around me and my brightly colored shirt,

which is when I spastically waved my hands in the air

and said to the bee (out loud, not realizing I was within earshot of the neighbors),

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I am not a flower!!

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I'm so cool.