the gates of hell

the gates of hell
The Gates of Hell

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Hellstrip Gardening

I'm not sure if this exactly qualifies as a hell strip, but given that: (1) we don't have a sidewalk, (2) this area abuts the street, and (3) it also marks the path to hell (the devil garden), perhaps it might. This is a row of 5 to 6 foot tall foxgloves that run about 20 feet down the line between my asphalt driveway and the gravel area to the side. Amazingly, these are volunteers; they started growing a few years ago and come back every year now with no effort on my part other than a quick shake before cutting the spent stalks. They seem to just love the little gap between the weedcloth underlying the gravel and the driveway. Note: this post was inspired by danger garden:  http://dangergarden.blogspot.com/2014/07/hellstrip-gardening-by-evelyn-j-hadden.html

2 comments:

  1. Look how happy they are! It's a heavenly little hellstrip.

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