The front bed is inherited plants plus the little lavender I just bought that you can see at the left of that shot. It's hostas and spirea on that side, plus a lovely big asiatic lily I'll post pics of when more buds open.. On the other side of the door, it's mostly irises, and I have some coleus seed coming up and there are 2 little day lillies. This fall, I think I'll fill in that side with other spring bulbs: hyacinth and tulips and daffodils. The side in the shot has a trellis in the brickwork, which just screams out "clematis" to me. Next year!
I've never had hostas before (I had a real showcase of a bulb garden once, so bulbs are easy-peasy for me), but they appear to be nearly idiot-proof. I am not one of those magical gardeners who can grow things in zones they don't belong in, but I'm competent.
There are four other flower beds, and most of them are quite weedy. There's a hyacinth in one, two untended azaleas in another with lots of dead to cut out, and two that are all weeds, including this round one around the sweet gum tree. Lots of work to do still!
And there's a big lawn to mow. It's 1/3 of an acre, and while the house takes up a good chunk of that, it's two mornings of push-mowing for me. The going rate here for a mowing is $50/week, and yes, you have to mow every week in May and June. Maybe every 10 days in July, August, and September.
Fun stuff today:
- BIL #2 bought me a battery-operated electric leaf blower and weed whip/edger. He hauled off a pile and two big bags of garden waste too. Thanks!
- He pointed out my new pet, a 3-foot long black snake sunning itself on the rocks in the second shot.
- Mulching is EASY compared to lots of other things I've done (mowing, raking, digging out stumps)
Report on vegetable garden: Tomatoes fine, pepper plant blooming, squash seeds up and secondary leaves there, bok choy and chard sprouted.
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