Saturday, May 7, 2011

The May apples are going to bloom this year! And the jack-in-the-pulpits I wasn't sure were going to come up, have, once again reminding me that micromanaging windflowers is a losers game (still gonna' do it though).

Many plants coming up well--goat's beard looks good and my little elder which had died (I thought) turned out to be only dead to the ground and is sending up new shoots. I also have one in a pot that looked like garbage last fallat the nursery so Linda said take it and see what happens and it is growing like crazy. The rainbow leucothoe that was int he same condition is now pre-compost, however...

Looking forward to Monday and Tuesday to get some stuff planted and maybe work on finishing the patio wall. I still need to figure out how to cut the bluestone that is going to top the front edge of the fire pit.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Starting to take shape

The wildflowers have finally mostly made it up--one trillium actually has come up on the sloped site where I had basically given up. And the "junk" sod left over at the garden center last fall is doing great behind the patio wall--which is getting closer to being done. Today is starting cool but is supposed to be sunn as is tomorrow, which is good news.