Garden interlude

I accomplish little in the way of miniatures this weekend. But I have been admiring our efforts from last summer and fall in the garden. We ripped out all of the weeds and other vegetation except for the ferns and two wild rose bushes. Apparently, gardening is a blood sport when it comes to things with thorns.

We replaced that with 9 bags of mulch, an Easter lily we gave the alternative of growing instead of composting, a bunch of Hostas that we moved, and some upside down roofing tile to serve as a cheap trough for dealing with rain.

Six months later, I'm happy with the results so far. We'll see what it looks like in summer but this is a great start.

The next project is likely to be the front garden and lawn. The lawn is in particularly bad shape because grass struggles to grow on it and I just weeded it with a digger that rips out the entire weed, root and all. It looks a bit like World War One battlefield right now with big craters everywhere.

I'd love to replace those concrete blocks at the end of this garden, but I think that is going to take some serious WORK and some expense to do properly, so for now it will stay as-is.