Wild and busy week here ... This is the view from the newly packed mound of dirt which covers the area we formally splashed and swam. (To see this same area two (and three) weeks ago ... Click here.)While some of this may be a repeated from previous lists, it helps me to "see" and rehearse said progress! There have been so-o many tasks required on top of the usual Spring-thang, I find myself (literally) making short lists and identifying measured sections of areas to design, clear and work on.
This year has been such a healing year and yet there remain physical realities which "remind" me that I must set realistic goals. I am also reminded that my gardens are my hobbies and what I enjoy doing; the finishing part is merely a bonus and generally signals it is time to start (at least!!) five new projects! ::smile::
- Transplanted: roses, red bud seedlings (8), daylilies, sedum, irises, creeping phlox (the red bud seedlings are "babies" from my "seedling" tree — which was several generations down from the one originally planted in my great grandmother's farm)
- Planted: new evergreens, begonias, dianthus, ivies and groundcover for topiaries
- Completed (!) raised bed for a "salad garden" NE corner of the backyard
- Front sidewalk garden cleared and planted and soaker hose positioned
- To-do: transplant two (2) of these tenacious elm trees at the back SW corner of the property
- Buy: yews, pampas grass, selected annuals for borders
- Buy: additional stone and Portland cement for walkway
- To-do:Prepare soil for sodding and seeding backyard
- Front porch "color guard" include scarlet geraniums, scarlet begonias and lime-green groundcovers; dark green blades of daylilies
- To-do:Positioning soaker hoses within my gardens to ease the task of watering
- Buy: more "color spots" for backyard gardens (pinks, reds)
- Ordered pink astilbe and lonicera mandarin (image below; honeysuckle family — hope I don't regret this ...)
Journaling continues to been such an aid for me. It allows me to "see" what is being accomplished (in the midst of the endless "wish list" in my mind ...) It enables me to incorporate boundaries and divide huge tasks into bite-size pieces.
