countrylane's Blog

Been nice the last few days. Lots of planting. Planted watermelons in the incline outside of the twins' window on the south side of the house. Lots of sun there and no one runs around right there. Should  be safe there. Planning on planting the pumpkins on down the hill toward the road. There's a place that I can't get the mower to very well, so I thought that the pumpkins would do well there. Moved some hostas that weren't doing well. Someone told me there are actually some that do well in sun/part sun. So I moved them under the SW maple tree, as a jump on the new project I have started. I plan on making a fire pit on the concrete pad that used to have the old brick BBQ "pit" sitting on it. I took it down two years ago. It was crumbling and really a home for all the chipmunks. I didn't know what to do with it until I saw a picture in a magazine where someone built a fire pit on a concrete pad. Then I am going to rip up what grass is around there. Not much grass is growing; result leftover from the paver patio that brother John put in 3 years ago. I am going to put in some part sun/shade loving plants around under the maple tree and then mulch in the rest and place the adirondack chairs around the pit. I haven't quite decided what to make the pit out of. Concrete blocks, or something else. Whatever Joe and I decide, it will have to have some fire bricks on the inside to prevent cracks, etc.

I planted the elephant ear bulbs that my mom gave me. I planted 3 where those hostas were that I transplanted (on the N side of the shed). The other hostas back there are doing very well. The run off from the shed's roof will help keep the bulbs wet. I also planted some on the west side of the LP tank. I would have planted some on the E side of the LP tank, but I had already planted some okra and gladiola bulbs there. Maybe next year. It would hide the tank from view when you came to the house.