Small Project Results

On July 7, I wrote a post about a self-induced gardening project that was supposed to be fairly short. Supposedly, we were going to dig up an area, plant a couple of shrubs and plants that I already had, cover 80% of the area with mulch, and get back to it in a year or two.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!chuckle, chuckle, (wipe the tears on my sleaves), snort, snort, chuckle BWAHAHAHA chuckle, snort, snort . . . .hm, snort.

(okay, I got that out of my system).

Anywho, I should have know that we would never get out of it as just a light project - oh, no, it became a full-blown, massive project that took 2 months (literally - okay, about 2 days shy of 2 months).

So, in the beginning there was a slope with just a couple of shrubs that had been newly planted.:

And Bogie said unto herself, "gee, if I don't dig up all the weeds, mos and forest mat, it will just take over and give my newly planted greenery a tough time of holding its own." Then she thought to herself, "I'll dig up those nasty weeds, moss and forest mat, mulch it and it will be ready to plant next year (or later), when I have time." And Lo, the digging began (with a few obstacles):

And the Wonderful Spouse was right there by her side, or at least the 4-wheeler was (it was used to haul off all the weed-laden clay and forest mat. Actually, the Wonderful Spouse was by my side, except when he snuck off to take some pictures.

Alright, I have run out of flowery language, so lets just skip ahead to when we had discovered a huge rock that we weren't going to get out of the area, WS had put in some landscape timbers, and I was digging the holes for plants to go into before spreading the mulch:

Next is where we got the second tier (from the top) done. You can see how the rock feature was incorporated into the design. Next year we will put a barrel filled with annuals on top of the feature. You can also see that I rebuilt the rock wall (the whole area with big rocks was the part I rebuilt - the portion with the smaller rocks is the old wall).

The next picture is of the area after I have finished working on it this year. I had literally just finished planting the 3 Little Henry Sweetspires on the lowest tier and spread the mulch just a couple of minutes before the picture was taken. No - the area is not done. Some perennials need to be added just behind the rock wall, some of the plants in there are actually still in their pots and will just overwinter there (they are going into TAFKAFTS - The Area Formerly Known As the Fruit Tree Slope).

The next picture shows the are from up toward the front yard. Downhill from the new section is the perennial shade garden that I pretty much completed last year (still waiting for it to fill in of course):

Next year we will have to clean up the rocks left over from the digging. I will also need to continue improving the rock wall (using larger rocks than the original wall). Additionally, a few more plants will be planted once I get the ones out of there that are destined for TAFKAFTS (and of course, I'll have a huge amount of work to do there).

What do you think - maybe I'll get bored next summer, seeing as I'll have nothing to do?

Comments

[bod]

somehow i dont think youll be bored! that is one fantastic job well done!

[Cop Car]

The first photo is really scary--all of the work and implements of hard labor staring out at us; but, the progression of photos produces a huge WOW factor! What great, rapid progress you made. Wunderbar! As usual, you and WS have outdone anything I could conceive of doing, myself!

That said, this is your mother speaking: snuck? English came up with a wonderful invention, hundreds of years ago, called "regular verbs". They were invented to make it easy for people to learn a standardized version of the language. Where were you, on that day in 3rd grade, when they told you all about that? Snuck, indeed! (Wondering off in a huff....*giggling to myself*.)

[bogie]

Cop Car - Wondering off? Hmm, my English must be far worse than even my Mother thought - I could have sworn that should be wandering.

BWAHAHAHAHAH!

[Cop Car]

Good catch! My recovery: I was wondering where you learned to use "snuck"! Believe that one? My fingers got flummoxed. Sorry. As the old song says, "I wondered as I wandered."