“My brother and hubby have built me four beautiful window boxes, and of course I have them full of flowers.”
I kicked butt in the garden today, too.
I took off the dead, lower branches of my huge White Pine; too much snow smothering them this past winter. It looks FABULOUS.
I planted a Minnesota Mock Orange shrub, as well as a Korean Spice Viburnum. Can’t WAIT for them to bloom; both smell Heavenly.
I cleaned up the herb/rock garden, mulched the Red Lake Currants, helped the Clematis on it’s way up the trellis, and hacked down a few scrap trees that needed to go.
Oh, and I cleaned out the chicken coop; no small feat! The new laying hens (they’re 4 weeks old) that are currently living in a brooder pen up in the attic will be moving out there in another week. (I won’t miss schlepping food and water up to the third floor, believe me!)
At the end of all that I cut a bouquet of Bleeding Heart, blooming Apple branches (I have plenty) Lilac, Daffodils and a few stray tulips. The kitchen table is a work of art right now. :)
It was a Good Day.
Lord, I replied in a long post, then realized I was not in the garden thread!!!
I was in this one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013332/posts
So, I’ll repost it here. Dang, I am tired, should be in bed now!!!!
I am retiring now ... with dirt under my unkempt nails, my feet wet and and turning into fungus from rushing around in the rain to gather rainwater (better for flowers). I put buckets under my storm drains to gather rainwater.
Goodnight!!!
From now on I’ll stick to the gardening thread — IF I Can FIND it after a day of gardening (grin).
Does anybody know where I could get some white wisteria? The white ones are less robust than the purple ones and don't take over and grow like weeds. At least that's been my experience with the one plant I had in the past.
Diana, you have a chicken coop! Lucky you. Nothing better for the plants than chicken p**p tea.