My husband hung a porthole from some metal poles this weekend. We got the porthole from my sister. It had been in a closet for years. It's heavy! The poles from which it is hanging should get less shiny and bright over time, or else I will spray paint them brown.
- Went to town Saturday morning and bought the poles for our porthole sculpture and 4 green landscaping strips.
- Made a flowerbed around the bottom of the sculpture using the landscaping strips I bought in town. Filled the bed with shredded leaves and soil I dug up around the property. I've never done that before - I have always used good, store-bought soil. I will have to amend the soil once I begin planting in that flowerbed, but at least it was cheap for now. We placed the porthole sculpture near the Greenhouse. I am expanding the gardens in that area. Some of the beds will define the horse shoe area on that side of the house. My plan is to plant gingers, and that's as far as my plan goes. I'd like to find some elderberry plants. They tolerate shade, and they are edibles. Since this is primarily my medicine garden, I like plants to be edible, medicinal, or utilitarian.
- Shredded leaves on Saturday and Sunday. The pile is getting very big!
- Watered my new fruit trees - the apple, the mulberry, and the paw paw.
- Fertilized my banana shrub and the Debutante Camellia.
- Watered many of my shrubs.
- Weeded and cut away dead debris.
- All of the Bluebells have emerged at last - the ones along the boardwalk, the ones I planted near the house, the bulbs by the shed, and the bulbs under the Mml Franziska Krueger rose in front of the house. The Chinese Sacred Lilies and the Erhlicheers are in bud. The flowerbeds in the Orchard are green with seedlings of Larkspur, Johnny Jump Ups, Poppies, Black Eyed Susans, Mountain Garland, Purple Tansy, Chicory, Moss Verbena, Corn Flowers, and Dames Rocket. Spring will be beautiful!
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