I really couldn't think of a better title. My brain's been fried from working outside a lot this week. ;-)
FH's seedlings for the vegetable garden needing repotting, so I took care of that for him.
Any excuse to work with plants as opposed to doing heavy landscaping. Although there's been some of that going on too. The 'Bed from Hell' now has a cute little pathway through the front. It leads through the lilies I transplanted from the center to the area that will become a vegetable garden.
Today I finished removing all the decorative plants from the center section of that bed so FH and I can get it tilled. What follows are before and after shots of where I put the remaining lilies from that bed. This is one of the beds that sits on the garage-end of the house. There's one on either side of that neglected walkway.
I had to dig out some stumps and saplings, not to mention rake out all the leaves and get rid of the grass that encroached. The far section of this bed still needs some TLC. I'm hoping to get to it in the next week.
I was able to repurpose the edging from the bed across the walkway to keep the dirt where it belongs. That other bed it going to be removed and paved over with brick anyway. We'll be housing the yard waste cans there instead of in the garage when that project is finished.
We also have some tenants living above one of the carriage lamps on the garage! FH accidentally frightened the mother when he turned walking to the garage, but he saw little faces pop up after she flew away.
We actually saw the mother last night when we came home from the neighbors' house, but we didn't know her eggs had hatched.
Lastly I'm working on a small quilting project. There are more photos, but I think it is going to warrant it's own post. I will leave you with a teaser though!
Until next time!
Crafting, musings, critters, and whatever else springs to mind.
Showing posts with label landscaping. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 3, 2015
Things and Stuff
Labels:
babies,
flowers,
gardening,
herbs,
landscaping,
plants,
quilting,
strip set,
vegetables
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Gardening and Khokhloma
We (FH and I) spent various bits of the last week working on gardening projects. I'll just give you the highlights here.
Transplanted hostas from thinning out plants in the same bed, but opposite end.
Planted lily of the valley along part of the front of the house. More will be planted on the other side of the window well in the coming week...weather permitting.
The far end of the 'Bed from Hell' is now mostly under control and I planted some clematis. I will likely plant more bulbs in there this fall.
There's plenty more to do... more mulching, more transplanting/moving/removal. Hopefully we'll get the giant bed under good control this year.
As to the Khokhloma, I've been working on a traditional-inspired Russian folk design to paint on the sides of the Red Room. There are still some elements in pencil as I'm still pondering them. Then I need to design one for the top of the roombox as well.
[And because this has become an issue for some people, a gentle reminder that this design is copyright me. Please do not use without written consent. Thank you muchly.]
That's all for this week. Time to get back to work!
Transplanted hostas from thinning out plants in the same bed, but opposite end.
Planted lily of the valley along part of the front of the house. More will be planted on the other side of the window well in the coming week...weather permitting.
The far end of the 'Bed from Hell' is now mostly under control and I planted some clematis. I will likely plant more bulbs in there this fall.
There's plenty more to do... more mulching, more transplanting/moving/removal. Hopefully we'll get the giant bed under good control this year.
As to the Khokhloma, I've been working on a traditional-inspired Russian folk design to paint on the sides of the Red Room. There are still some elements in pencil as I'm still pondering them. Then I need to design one for the top of the roombox as well.
[And because this has become an issue for some people, a gentle reminder that this design is copyright me. Please do not use without written consent. Thank you muchly.]
That's all for this week. Time to get back to work!
Labels:
gardening,
Khokhloma,
landscaping,
Russian Red Room
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