veggiegardener's Blog

Working on new gardens
Jun 13, 2009 | 9:45 PM PST
Tags: mulch , new gardens

I have been out all week digging, weeding, planting, watering, mulching and having fun. I received quite a few plants from a GG friend last weekend. I have been sorting thru trying to remember which ones are best in part sun and which ones want full sun and especially which ones like shade. I think I have it figured out. I took before and after pictures. The other things I have been doing is trying to remember all of the names..I seem to have forgotten most of them. You will see them in the pictures. Maybe my GG friend that gave them to me can remind me so I can mark them in the garden.

I want to make cute little markers that I can do with my daughter. She needs a new craft for this weekend. I saw the cutest rustic markers made out of sticks. I will have to look for that website again, forgot where I saw them.

A few I remember: Forget-me-not's, hostas, iris's, fern, a lot of ground cover, mint and Day lilly's to name a few.

The front bed is almost finished. I have to finish mulching. I decided to put newspaper under the mulch so the weeds don't have a chance. Most of the planting is done except for the new bushes my husband went to pick up this morning for the front of the house. I had a choice between a rose bush or a butterfly bush. I chose the butterfly bush (tricolored: blue, white, purple). I have a rose bush and one is enough for now....Would rather see butterflies instead of bees and ants...

I am working on a special gift for my flower giving GG friend. She will be so surprised when it shows up on her doorstep. It will be a few more weeks until it is finished but she will get it soon after..

Back to work not quite finished....