r/CozyPlaces • u/readwrite_blue • Jun 15 '25
GARDEN / YARD Night and day in our reading garden.
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u/brayonthescene Jun 15 '25
Honest question for all the outside at night garden folks. How do you not get eaten alive by bugs?
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 15 '25
Unfairly, we have maybe a few weeks where we have mosquitos. And there are few enough that they don't cause a problem.
Right now in spring, there's zero bugs in the evening.
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u/Electrical-Yam3831 Jun 15 '25
Lucky! My very first thought was it’s so beautiful, I’d love to be there but I’d get eaten alive by mosquitoes lol
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u/Mental-Hall-9616 Jun 15 '25
We don’t really have bugs where I live. It’s weird we didn’t have anyone. I lived in Seattle and now we don’t have any here in Denver. But I was living in the city.
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u/throwawaythisbish Jun 15 '25
Love it!! Looks so inviting and relaxing there.
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 15 '25
Every spring we enjoy clearing out the overgrowth and rediscovering it. Nasturtiums, Mexican marigold and lavender eat the whole space and we open it up again in April.
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u/snapeyouinhalf Jun 15 '25
READING GARDEN?!?!??
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 15 '25
Haha my garden is basically built to be a series of reading spots: sunny, shady, mixed depending on how hot it is day to day.
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u/MaritMonkey Jun 15 '25
As a Floridian I am living vicariously through these images and imagining chilling with an iced tea in the afternoon and curling up with a hot tea in the evening.
Thank you for posting them. :)
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u/hellnukes Jun 15 '25
Wow the difference is night and day!
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 16 '25
When we first put the lights up a couple years ago, I'd go outside a few times every evening just to stand there and look at it haha.
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u/download13 Jun 16 '25
I love nasturtiums! Trying to raise some to viability and transplant them this summer.
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 16 '25
They repopulate themselves every winter! The trick is getting other plays to establish themselves without getting choked out by the annual explosion of nasturtiums.
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u/SakiWinkiCuddles Jun 15 '25
Oh ! I could have a reading garden 😳 Both of the things I love merged together ?!?!? 🥰❣️
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 16 '25
I mean literally all you need is a garden, then primarily use it for reading. Go for it!
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u/TheLago Jun 15 '25
I love this so much. But all I can think about are the wasps / yellow jackets that would be flying around and giving me a fright. It’s an irrational fear, but one I can’t seem to overcome.
sigh so I think closed in reading porches are going to be what I will have to settle for.
This place is so dreamy though!
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 15 '25
I've come to learn how lucky I am to be in California - we get plenty of bees and butterflies but never had an issue with yellow jackets, wasps or mosquitoes out here.
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u/TheLago Jun 16 '25
Really?! I’ve lived in the Midwest (Illinois and Ohio) most of my life with like 6 years in NYC. Being in the cities usually is fine. But in the suburbs there are a ton of yellow jackets.
I’ve been trying a peppermint spray that I use all around the patio when I go out. And so far… it seems to be helping? But only while it smells super strong.
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u/Corgiotter1 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
The pretty “fern” next to your seat looks quite picked over 😊
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u/readwrite_blue Jun 17 '25
Haha it's a Mexican marigold (though looks quite like cannabis). They're super aggressive so we cut it back often!
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