Full front 2 beds looking from north to south.
Full front 2 beds looking from south to north.
A few detail photos:
Front:
Cercis Canadensis 'Forest Pansy'. The leaves will stay red and not turn green with growth.
Picea Orientalis, Oriental Spruce showing lots of new growth. The needles will always have those yellow tips. Very showy.
Acer griseum, Paperbark Maple with baby leaves. It will have more and more peeling bark as it grows.
And sadly, Betula niger, River Birch, top half is dead.
In the back yard:
Cercis Canadensis, Eastern Redbud
And a close-up.
I've also been busy planting and (with help from Hubby D) hauling dirt to fill one of the raised beds in the back yard. Time to be thinking about planting early crop veggies.
I've actually started this part of the project already with cool season plants.
Here's a few updates from the back veggie yard. One bed done and planting begun with Walla Walla onion sets (wonder what they'll do in Ohio?) and cabbage plants that I grew from seed myself. Several rows of seeds, Peas Blondie (light yellowish leaves and yellow peas), Sugar Snap Peas, cilantro, lettuce, and dill. I figure by the time they surface, it will be far enough into May to be safe.
Here's another showing a second prepped but unfilled and unfinished bed.
10 comments:
Oh my goodness - you have been busy!
Your front garden looks wonderful CF. A very cheery view. And I love the photo of your wee spruce -- it's so cute against the grass. :)
Looks like you're going to have a lot of veggies -- those beds are big! What are you thinking of planting in the new bed? (Can't wait to see photos of the Peas Blondie when they grow!)
Being semi-retired helps a lot when it comes to projects. However I really am loving this one. I've been without a garden for almost 10 years and that's too long.
I have lots of tomato starts (64) for the other beds (I won't keep them all) and Pepper plants, oregano, corn, beans and some others that can't be planted until mid-May.
Always nice to see you.
The redbud is gorgeous! :D
Morning O. Thanks for coming back to see the Redbud. I'm excited about it too....and this is only the first year. Yippee. Yesterday I bought a few more little perennial bits and some things for the veggie garden. I won't plant them immediately but stay tuned.
What do you mean, yours look totally professional! Plus they are made from cement blocks.... they will out last us all! Where mine, I'll probably have to replace the wood in 15 years.
Looks good!
Hi! Thanks for coming around. I guess I just prefer the looks of yours. I found it was hard to get the half-thick blocks to stand up straight. The blocks are 8x16x4. I did not strip off the sod. I did put down weed block cloth and my first layer of soil is a very black soil. So between the two, I'm hoping the grass will be stopped. Oh, yes, also we mowed the grass very short before putting down the week block. Time will tell.
Hi Coneflower,
Wow, things are really looking great out your way! Definitely go for some herbs and Nasturtiums in your brick holes, they will be gorgeous and tasty with all your tomatoes! You can plant the seeds now and they'll do fine, even with some cool nights.
Might I suggest some Columbines planted around your Cercis? Looks like you have a Heuchera there already and Columbines would be great to fill in a bit. If you're not familiar with them, I'd avoid the fancy ones (the 'Barlows')because they're not long lived, and go for the simpler, wilder looking forms ... we have several Alpine Blues and a couple of red and purple ones that do quite well... you'll see them on the blog when they bloom. Of course, advice is free, so take it only if you're so inclined. :-) I just immediately thought how great those would look there!
Hi IVG. Your advice is always welcome... and good! I love columbines, hadn't thought about them. I may have to resort to seed. It's getting hard to find "ordinary" plants in the nurseries any more.
I'm a little concerned about the Redbud in the back yard. It started leafing out as soon as the buds appeared. I hope that's not a trend. It's some kind of "special" patented new form. If it always leafs out as soon as the blossoms appear I'll be quite disappointes. The delay in leafing is one of the appealing things about Redbud.
Hi Coneflower,
I got a new columbine today, "Crimson something" but it's one of the basic ones, red and white. Saw mostly the Bluebird type and Barlows (ack), but where I splurged was the Blue Elf, Blue Butterfly, and Summer Night delphiniums (I bought 7 of them!) They're great little bushy versions with Larkspur type flowers on them, very airy foliage, heat tolerant and reliably hardy varieties. If you see some of those you might want to snap them up for sunny spots!
LOL, more free advice, hehe.
Oh, they sound lovely. Little bushy columbine would be perfect. I'll look forward to seeing them on your blog.
BTW, I have two larkspur, a red one and a blue on. They both have flower buds already! I'll show them here when they show a little better.
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