Took 3 days off and went to the farm. Cold.
- Planted 200 Spanish Bluebells (hyacynthoides hispanica 'excelsior') Most of them were planted down the hill alongside the boardwalk where I already have 400 planted. It will be a beautiful spring.
- Mulched plants in the Wave Garden and the Long Border.
- Fertilized the Vegetable Garden with liquid fertilizer.
- Fertilized the Dianthus in the Star Garden.
- Finished a bed that I started last weekend.
- Transferred about 6 clumps of bearded irises to the new bed. I moved them from the Bulb Bed. I moved them to make room for my Big Daddy Hydrangeas.
- Moved 3 Big Daddy Hydrangeas from a bed that sits in full sun (by the dining room) to the Bulb Bed (that sits in dappled sun all day). They have been growing in the wrong spot for 3 years, so they were very heavy! I found a baby copper head in the wheel barrow after I lifted up one of the hydrangeas.
- Built a new bed in front of the gate by the shed. Planted 30 of the remaining Spanish Bluebells.
- Planted 6 Bluebells in front of the house next to the Franziska Kreuger rose.
- Pulled up all the chicken wire that I had staked to the ground in the Orchard. It was protecting the beds in the Orchard from the armadillos. Unfortunately, it is very hard to weed the beds so I pulled it all up.
- Planted two "Pink Cloud' Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) in the bed where the Big Daddy Hydrangeas had been. My mother gave them to me for my birthday. I'm very excited about them. They are dense, arching shrubs that grow to 10 feet with pink flowers with yellow throats. I don't know anyone that has these shrubs growing.
- Tried to move my Harlequin Glorybower tree to one of the new beds I built. I had it growing in a pot. My husband and I picked it up and put it in the wheelbarrow. But as soon as I started to push it forward it fell out of the wheel barrow and the little tree snapped right in half at the base of the tree. I was very upset! I planted the stub anyway. Hopefully it's a fighter!
- Weeded - always!
- The wildflower seeds are doing fine. Can't wait for the spring! Also the sweet peas I planted look very healthy. It was a good idea putting chiken wire around them. They are climbing up the wire and - no rabbits nibbling away at them!
- Still haven't shredded any leaves yet. But all the leaves have not fallen yet. I will shred some next weekend. I have to replenish my compost pile.
- Watered the lemon and tangerine in the Greenhouse.
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