About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
A Walk in the Garden 
Such a lovely garden 🙂
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Thank you, Arlene, for your kind comment.
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Marvelous photos. They give a real sense of all of the work you do to build and maintain the garden.
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Thanks. There was certainly work building, but I’ve got things now that minimize the day to day stuff.
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I think that was a lot of work, but you must truly enjoy it. Each spot in the yard looks very inviting. My husband loves gardening too. He learned everything from his grandfather. Me? I’d much rather write.
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Well, just keep writing and let your hubbie do all the garden stuff. Yes, I do enjoy it.
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How unique. You have talent and imagination. What is that metal thing? If you tell me it is some kind of common object all I have to say is my eyes are tired. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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I think you must be referring to the rusted statue of a frog with a hoe in its hand…also missing an eye. thanks for your nice comments.
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Your Hostas are always in such great condition John, don’t you have problems with slugs? Thanks for joining GBFD with the lovely green structure of your garden.
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We do have lots of slugs but for some reason they seem to be going after other things in the garden. We haven’t seen much slug damage.
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Love the first photo with your gorgeous hosta!
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Thank you, Pauline. Most of my hostas are holding out against the critters…so far.
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Looks great, but I wouldn’t want to brave the feeder 🙂
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That hawk keeps returning to the garden. I can’t figure out just what it is looking for. It is one handsome bird!
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I envy you your Hostas! Too many deer, bunnies, and woodchucks around my yard for me to be able to grow them. What is in the pot with the Heuchera?
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I’m not sure why we have avoided deer problems (see an earlier post about uninvited visitors), but the hostas have been almost free of predation. I do spray with Liquid Fence. Fingers are crossed!
The other items in the pot are ajuga Black Scallop, Encore Azalea Autumn Carnival, Euphorbia Star Dust (can’t see), gaura (can’t see), Hypericum Brigadoon, and autumn fern. It will be interesting to see how/if it survives a winter.
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So lush!! Gorgeous…
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Thank you.
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Your Hosta, how beautiful ! As they should be, whole and happy ! Are yours blooming now ? Everything is looking healthy and happy . What a stately hawk ; a wonderful photo , John .
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My hostas have been blooming for several weeks and some are just starting.
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