I noticed my list from last year, things I hoped to get done by August 2010. Now that I am going into growing season 2011, where does my garden stand?
Garden Chore List
I had accomplished #1,2,4,5,7,10 last year. This spring I have finished #3 (although that pyracantha could use still more pruning-it was wayyyy out of hand), and #6.
- move all the shasta daisies out of the east flower bed.✔
- move the echinacea✔
- severely trim back the pyracantha✔
- divide Caramel heuchera for increase✔
- move the Russian sage to sunnier location✔
- take out the brick edge from the pyracantha bed✔
- plant the Japanese maple✔
- divide the Jack Frost brunnera for increase
- extend the plant area beside the hot tub fence
- cut back bugnet rose✔
Not too bad, considering how decrepit I seem to have become compared to twenty years ago when I would have barreled through all that and done more besides. Ah, how little I appreciated my youth at the time!
Prairie Bed Project
I created a prairie bed of sorts from the plants I relocated, although Shasta daisies and daffodils do not grow in prairies, not real ones!
I guess this is like the Japanese gardens many of us think of planting.
We want the impressionistic atmosphere rather than adhering to the genuine components. Mine is a simple country garden, after all.
It will soon be time to make my new set of goals for this year’s garden.
