summertime in the overgrown jungle garden

this is the view from my back deck


the rose of sharon tree in the centre has finally bloomed




it's really a jungle back there!






we painted the deck this spring - sort of a mahogany to make the greens pop more





i need to hack back the grass/weird plantlife underfoot and replace with creeping thyme, and trim back pretty much everything else. but i'd rather sit on the deck with a glass of wine and let it grow wild. *grin*