tarp and retarp
I forgot to get a picture of the pile of gravel when it came. Imagine a big orange pile of clayish sand with lots of chunks. It's called crushed wash gravel and I may come to regret it.
The project of converting my front yard from turf grass with Asian shrubs to all native plants.
I forgot to get a picture of the pile of gravel when it came. Imagine a big orange pile of clayish sand with lots of chunks. It's called crushed wash gravel and I may come to regret it.
It took all day and past sunset but the area is prepped for tomorrow's delivery.
On today's edition of Keep Or Get Rid: Tiny Yellow Flowers! Answers below ...
The lanceleaf coreopsis wasn't blooming when I left, but it sure is now.
The blanket flower went from one to tons.
The bergamot isn't blooming but it's huge!
The grass only came back in a few small places. The mock strawberry is everywhere, to my dismay. Only a little Carolina cranesbill is left and it's looking crispy. Lots of crow poison, but those cute wee flowers are also wilted and crispy.
I had planned to plant pumpkins anyway but I guess one of the little Halloween pumpkins that went neglected last year got a head start.
I'll be out of state for three weeks. Given the amount of rain we've had lately, there will probably be a lot of growth by the time I get back.
I did vigorously weed eat this week, and I put down large amounts of clethodim to kill the resurgent turf grass. I hope it was enough to overcome the wet conditions.
My roommates will be holding the fort while I'm gone, but they don't garden, so it may not look great.
When I get back, I plan on some food plants, some gravel and dirt work, path building, and PLANTERS!
Found the bergamot! It was right next to the ironweed.
I need to go back and tag everything I've identified so far.
I'm happy to get clumps of woodsorrels here and there.
The American beautyberry plants survived the winter! They were so far behind a lot of other plants, I thought they might not have made it but all six are intact.