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Getting Down To Business

01.04.04 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Here is my garden work survey, from viewing the garden this year:

Weeding

lots of switch grass coming up -as usual- front main perennial bed most in need of attention

* also remove from around magnolia, dig up whole section of sweet woodruff to take rye grass out and replant woodruff.

Dandelions -mainly around Fringetree and by walkway. Use roundup in between the stones.

Edge all beds

* consider buying better edger

Dig / Divide/ Replant

Dianthus replanted along drive

Achillea along main border

Strawberries in veg. garden

Roaming Therese rose.

* take out extras and plant elsewhere in yard

Dig out layered Viburnum starts, replant in roadside areas

Make more lavender starts

put phlox starts in driveway bed, experimentally

get ivy or vinca starts for around sweet gum trees

Move rosa rugosa ‘ Blanc Double Coubert’ this year

remove tree start from side garden bed and replant in back field

Place some lamium upfront along driveway rocks

move self-started lilac from under fir tree

Pruning

finish other two apples

pear

cut back clematis

lonicera

trim up weeping willow

open up between the large arborvitaes
Other

mulch

till veg garden

clean pond for season

Obviously, I am going to have to pay my children to help this year, if I hope to do this and the porch’s extra jobs.

I’ll see how I do.

===== a few words on roundup=====

I am not a purist. I do garden organically for the larger part, but on occasion I will use something like spots of roundup for hard to reach weeds in between the walkway stones. It saves lots of time and it is in a very limited amount. If one is sensitive to the gardens needs, I don’t think that much in the way of chemicals is ever needed.

Chemicals are usually needed when the gardener is not working with the nature of their location. Ditto for uncontrolled demand on water resources. Modern life creates a tension that former times did not know. We are sold ideals of perfect plants and fruit and limited in the manpower to produce them. That creates demand for artificial means. At some point we have to delete some of the unrealistic ideals that come from importing other climate garden styles and results into unfriendly locales. At some point we must embrace clover and some lawn weeds rather than velvet swards of unnatural greens. Or we will escalate the stress upon our environment.

I am always for moderation in such things. I find that is the only sustainable answer. Man will not abide tight restrictions of extremity. Not a “good” extremity any more than anything else.

But moderation of our dreams and desires will produce a larger body of responsibility. And that is really what we want, after all.

A well-stewarded earth. Reasonable people. Peace in the garden.

Yes?

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