At first I had a neat background for the heading but now it isn't there. Then I tried the new slide show feature and it didn't load right away. Now it loaded but it is not showing the pictures I picked out...It dug up some other ones. What nerve!
Starting a blog before you know what you're doing is certainly challenging.
Thursday
Down and Dirty
Not especially a great day for outdoor work, but it isn't raining right now and the ground is nice and soft because of all the earlier rain... The ground here is rarely soft unless we have had a fair share of rain.
It is the perfect time to neaten the edges of the front yard gardens.
LATER...
The digging was easy and the severed sod heap grew to an intimidating size. But, why does one thing always seem to lead to another? I mean, what is somebody supposed to do with a load of heavy sod when the dump won't accept it?
It is the perfect time to neaten the edges of the front yard gardens.
LATER...
The digging was easy and the severed sod heap grew to an intimidating size. But, why does one thing always seem to lead to another? I mean, what is somebody supposed to do with a load of heavy sod when the dump won't accept it?
Saturday
ONCE UPON A TIME...
All gardeners like to say that there "was nothing here when when I started this garden," and I'm no different . There were Oak trees an old 'King' variety apple tree, and a crazy wisteria vine that sent runners through the back door screen right into the house. And I forgot to mention the ungraded lawn. Walking on it made a person look quite drunk as they reeled to and fro.
The little house we bought sat on a partially wooded lot and the land sloped down to the north, east and west rising a bit at the foundation. This helped the drainage of the tough clay soil until it was gradually improved by truckloads of loam, sawdust, compost, sometimes sharp builders' sand and sometimes by raising the beds.
I was initially surprised by the impenetrability of the clay. I dug in and broke the tip of a new spade. Thinking perhaps I had rock and not clay, I took what samples I could wrest from the "garden" and soaked them overnight in a pail of water. Since the so-thought rock dissolved I guessed it was clay after all.
The little house we bought sat on a partially wooded lot and the land sloped down to the north, east and west rising a bit at the foundation. This helped the drainage of the tough clay soil until it was gradually improved by truckloads of loam, sawdust, compost, sometimes sharp builders' sand and sometimes by raising the beds.
I was initially surprised by the impenetrability of the clay. I dug in and broke the tip of a new spade. Thinking perhaps I had rock and not clay, I took what samples I could wrest from the "garden" and soaked them overnight in a pail of water. Since the so-thought rock dissolved I guessed it was clay after all.
BACKSTORY
THE PICTURES ARE SOMETIMES DUDED UP WITH PHOTOSHOP EFFECTS AND SOMETIMES NOT. SOME OF THE PICTURES ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN SEASONALLY...DATED ENTRIES OF WHAT IS HAPPENING "AS WE SPEAK."
PHOTOS WILL BE MINE (c)
THIS IS a path in the woodland section of the garden.
As illustrated articles appear, I'll attempt to name all plants in each picture.
Friday
COMPREHENSIVE GARDEN INFO TO COME
Before serious posting, I want to try to customize the blog title with picture... know lots about plants but little about programing a blog.
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