Friday, May 17, 2013

I Finally Started Working on my Spring Garden

I took a vacation day today just so I  could begin my spring garden chores.  #1  on my list was to completely remove everything from the tiny garden under my living room window.  Last fall I took this pic and placed it in my "to do" file:


There is actually a lot more in this area than you see in this fall photo. It is FULL of Star of
Bethlehem, a lovely white spring flower, but VERY invasive. Years ago my neighbor gave me a sack full of bulbs.  Had I known that they were such invasive thugs, I would never have planted them!   They have taken over every area  I planted them in.  Today, with the help of my recently-retired husband,  I finally removed them from this area. 

Isn't this beautiful? :)


So clean! Underneath the new top soil I planted Tropicannas and yellow calla lilies--not exactly what I had noted on the first photo.  Unfortunately I did not have enough peach cannas to plant this space.  The yellow callas will bloom first and the Tropicannas will have gorgeous foliage with orange blooms in mid-August.   I am excited to see what this new planting will produce!

Just a few feet away from this area I have some yellow tulips in bloom:

It felt so good to be outside working -- even though it was only 60 degrees today.  For me that is the perfect temperature for hard physical outside work.  I dug up a lot of plants today.  My old muscles are complaining just a tad right now. :)

I will show you some other garden areas tomorrow.  I hope you all have a great weekend!

4 comments:

  1. Oh dear Zoey, I'm thinking you need a massage by now..those muscles are so sore in the beginning of gardening season. You yard will once again be pretty spectacular no matter what you decide to plant.

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  2. I think your new garden bed is going to look gorgeous when it is complete! I just replanted two of my garden beds and they are looking fantastic right now even though they will likely be a continual work in progress. I can't wait to see the rest of your garden!

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  3. We are 90 and humid today.... Love those tulips

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  4. Sounds like that combination of what you planted is going to be beautiful. Nice compliment to one another.
    Cher Sunray Gardens

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