Weekend update

14 years ago

I'm sore! Just removed 1000 sq. feet of sod this weekend for my new beds. Still lots of work to do before I can kick back and relax. Next up amend and rototill, plant and mulch. Probably a months worth of work ahead still.

Doesn't look like much, but it's 55 feet long and I guesstimated 6 feet wide on average.

It took half a day, because it is on the far side of my back yard and there is a slight hillbetween the pool and the deck that required a running head start with the wheel barrow, kicked my a@#!

I thought I was going to poop out by noon, so instead of hauling it all up the hill, I layed it under my deck so I only had to go halfway up the hill.

I finished the back bed and these 2 side beds yesterday. I could have gotten it all done if my dumpsite wasn';t so far away. A dump trip took 30 minutes round trip between the drive and the emptying of the truck.

I finished the front bed right before it started to rain this morning.

Found a Hopi crape myrtle at the Lowe's in Morgantown. Sioux is also from Morgantown, WV.

Some of my newer plants, picked up a daisy gardenia and confederate jasmine at the Lowe's in Cumberland, Md.

My BBB is getting some flowers 1 week after planting.

I took a pic of my neighbors mag, unsure of the variety. Picture not great, took it at max zoom, they were home and I didn't want to seem like a stalker. This is the mag that's 18yo and only about 10 feet tall. I'll get a better pic when they're not home, it's weird looking though.

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statenislandpalm7a
14 years ago
There is alot of potential in your yard. I live the big bed.I wish I had that much room to garden.
bradleyo_gw
Original Author
14 years ago
Lots of potential = lots of work! The thought has crossed my mind how fortunate I am to have so much space, even though I would like a much larger yard, esp. one with woods behind me to dump like my old place. I know many people, esp. city folk are lucky to 1000 sq. feet of yard total. I remember when I lived in Cali, they measure the yards in sq. feet. My wife is from Long Island, so I am very familiar how much real estate is with that much land.
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jimhardy
14 years ago
"I'm Chevy Chase and you not"

Oh,not a SNL thread.....

Man,that looks like a lot of work,it must be kind
of cool to have done it before so maybe(just maybe)you know what you want to do..........
bradleyo_gw
Original Author
14 years ago
I was thinking the same thing about the SNL thing after I typed it. Actually I really don't know exactly what I'm doing right now. It was more or less what fit with the yard, optimal areas of sun, usable and unusable space, etc... As far as what goes where I'm still working on it. And the desert bed is still up in the air. I think it will be smaller, but still debating the logistics.
tropicalzone7
14 years ago
I agree, I'm also very jealous of all the space in your yard! You could probably plant 1000s of plants if you wanted to in that space! I can already see where some plants would look really nice and you have a lot of room for plants that take up a lot of space (like crape myrtles, southern mags, mimosas, etc). Glad to see southern mags doing well there. Thats a good indication that its a nice climate for subtropicals!
Good luck! The work will definitely be worth it, if not this year then next year!
-Alex
jimhardy
14 years ago
You can always add on to the desert bed(-: