Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Spring update

Took advantage of a week of sunshine (!) to spread some manure, leaves, worm castings and pine mulch.  Moved some roses that were unhappy or too big for their spots, pruned everything that isn´t going to be moved or in a pot.  Moved some Japanese maples who were unhappy and planted some bleeding hearts in the shadier beds.  Also moved some gladiola bulbs because V thinks they look like funeral flowers.  My glutes are talking to me.



And the tractor guy came and re-tilled the veg/flower patch!  It looks fabulous.  And we rediscovered the well, which is currently under water.  I guess it re-charged.



Now, we´re supposed to get snow and then 2 weeks of rain, again.  Spring, how you vex me.

7 comments:

  1. now you see me,now you don't! much like that here too. Even though we've got it very cold it has been good to have a dry week and Get Things Done,as you have!!

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  2. Hi GZ,

    Boy, have I learnt my lesson about fall prep. Any progress at this point is good. I asked the tractor guy if trenching around the plot would help with drainage, but he didn´t think it would make much difference, so I´ll just have to wait. He did say the soil looked really good, so that made me happy!

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  3. Hi, Coco!

    It all looks so wonderfully neat and tidy. That looks like a really large garden plot and the soil does look beautiful. Have you made any improvements to it or is it just naturally nice - asked by a person who lives in an area historically called Stony Point with red clay that makes beautiful bricks . . .

    What is the shaggy lily-looking plant in the first photo? I recently re-discovered some Asian lilies hiding way back under a shrub and have moved them.

    Pam

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  4. Hi Pam,

    It´s an agapanthus and seems to be happily bulking up. Eventually, I´ll split it and plant it around.

    The soil is acid clay, way down it´s icky yellow and sticky, but this was where the veg was grown 30 years ago and it´s had all that time resting in weedy pasture since. I´ll be adding manure and bedding, etc. as I can to lighten it up. Got a bag of basalt minerals the other day.

    Neat and tidy isn´t a phrase I´d use often, but if I don´t do it now, then heaven help me.

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  5. Hi Coco,

    The soil in the ploughed field looks as if it has heaps of organic matter. Good stuff and a really neat job. Out of curiosity, why were the Japanese maples unhappy? I have a garden bed full of them and they do pretty well, although the dry over the past month has challenged them.

    Chris

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  7. Hi Chris,

    I ran across the tags for the JMs but they´re outside somewhere and it´s pouring cats and dogs out there. First, they were scorching in pots, then they got planted in a shadier spot, but didn´t take well to the drought. Then, Breo decided to beat them into submission as they were in the way of barking at passing tractors and such. So now they´re in even shadier quarters, but safely out of Breo´s way. And well watered in. Everything is well watered in.

    I spent yesterday morning trenching everywhere. I´m a little concerned, because the new plot was not particularly light and fluffy any more, but we´ll see. Two more weeks of rain in the forecast.

    Cheers

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