Another Beautiful

Spring Day in the garden.  Amazing what a little warm weather and sunshine will encourage one to accomplish.  I got out there and mulched the leaves in the flower beds with the mower. I have always wanted to try that but I usually wait until things are too high to pass over them with the mower. I will see how this works. It seems to be ok now.  I did nip a few things so we will see.

I also got some sweet pea seeds planted. I didn't plant them in place but I am trying the toilet roll potting up technique. I got the empty toilet rolls corralled in a box. I took them to the compost pile. I got a piece of wire fence and sifted some compost into the rolls.

Then I placed the seeds I had soaked overnight into the individual rolls and sifted more compost over the seeds.  One big lesson I learned is that I need a compost sifter.  It is a pain to sift compost this way. The seeds are happily ensconsed in their growing medium and all I can do is wait now.  They got a good drink of rain last night.

My Dearly Beloved got out and did a job that wasn't at all easy. He busted out a concrete pad that the former air conditioner sat on for years. It was buried under about 4 inches of soil. After he got that little project accomplished I dug out all the ferns and weeds that grew here.  I amended the soil with two wheelbarrow loads of compost.

I have had this start of a Fragrant Viburnum for some time. I had separated it from its parent plant last summer but didn't see a place to plant it until now.  I decided to plant it here so it will grow up and hide the hideous siding on the house plus it will afford us some more privacy from the road while we sit on the patio.   I need to get a load of mulch, one of many needed around here.

As you can see I set a two-rock stack in the corner of the bed.  I will move my minature hostas into this bed so I can see them more frequently.  This soil wasn't too bad here because I have over the years tossed my veggie scraps out the kitchen door.  They composted well here. I know most people actually bury their scraps but I only buried them with mulch.  Hey, it worked.  I hope all of your spring experiments will work out too.  What all have you been doing in your garden?