She spent last week at school designing her garden. On Friday she brought home her list of what she needed to find in order to create and fulfill the design . It consisted of:
- little box for playhouse and shed
- little box for table and chairs
- flower seeds
Of course, despite a whole weekend at home, it is only on Monday morning that we do anything about this, so at some ungodly hour I am dashing around finding small boxes (how big is a miniature garden?) to provide all the hard landscaping for her masterpiece. The only horticultural bit - the flower seeds - we fail on completely: I had thought of raiding the pantry for sunflower or poppy seeds, but was a bit concerned that she actually wants these flowers to grow.
At breakfast, I'm thinking about what I can pull together for her and it strikes me that there are empty toilet rolls in the bathroom. Can these be transformed into garden shed? Probably not, but then I hit on an idea.
"Would you like a totem pole in your garden?" I ask.
Shaking her head she responds, "Because I don't have a pond."
No - I don't get it either.
4 comments:
Yes but can't you see that a totem pole needs a pond to... er... to... does she think you meant a fountain? Very sweet, hope you sorted out the seeds!
Ah because every pond needs a pole. Love the idea of a garden totem pole and might just hvae to have one myself....
Olive trees, btw - don't let them get too wet - mine has been suffering peacock spot cos of the crap summer last year. Though sounds like yours is a full grown job which should be fine.
Sparx - A fountain? Perhaps. Or maybe she misheard 'pole' as 'pond' and thought she didn't need a totem anything. Who knows?!
Exmoorjane - Thanks for the olive tree advice. It is at the back of a cage full of raspberries, and weeds. Will have to go and give it a more thorough review this afternoon as I can't believe it would really be fruiting this far north (and Manchester is known for its rain...!) Even if detrimental to plant, peacock spot is a rather glorious name!
We have a pond at the end of our garden but I cannot imagine what we would do with a totem pole. Must be some new idea.It will probably be all the rage at Tatton Park Flower Show.
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