Roadside Gardens

I have tried to maintain a flower garden for years. So I know how much work goes into the planting and weeding - to make it look nice.

Which is why I am always amazed - as we drive down country roads - at the (effortless) beauty found in the ditches...















Roadside "gardens." Wild flowers planted by nature. Seeds spread by the wind!















It's humbling to realize that, without my efforts, our yard would soon be a wild place, with tall grasses and wild flowers. But it would be beautiful, too... full of trees planted by squirrels! And flowers spread by the wind!