At the beginning of the season – with everything that needs to be done to get the gardens up to speed – I decided not to plant anything except for vegetables.<\/p>
Didn’t work out that way this year. Like every other year, I found a few “had to haves”, like the butterfly bushes, one of which was pretty badly damaged with the tree work; the delphs; five small dappled sun\/woodland shade bushes at half price; and this week, 100 tulip bulbs, purchased in part with a White Flower Farms gift certificate.<\/p>
Most of the bulbs are in the back “U”, but I did put in a new tulip bed that extends the front corner garden. I’d forgotten how hard it is to dig a new bed.<\/p>
Ron picked up mulch at Scenic Roots. He’s mowing the lawn now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the beginning of the season – with everything that needs to be done to get the gardens up to speed – I decided not to plant anything except for vegetables.Didn’t work out that way this year. Like every other … Continue reading