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Sunday in the Garden

By Mavis Butterfield on April 24, 2016 · 3 Comments
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lucy the puggle dog

Yesterday Lucy the puggle princess and I were up and out the door by 6:30 and ready to pull weeds. I absolutely LOVE working in the yard as the sun comes up and the birds are chirping their songs.

lasagna garden

The lasagna garden I started building last fall is coming along nicely. I ditched our yard waste bin months ago and haven’t looked back. I knew when we bought this house I wanted to build up this area in the backyard and plant a perennial flower bed. But having to haul in soil and buy fully grown plants would have cost a pretty penny.

By going the slow and steady route, I should have this area completed later this fall thanks to all the leaf litter, grass clippings, compost and pine needles I’ve been able to collect for free through general maintenance of our property.

hosta plants

All the hostas have opened up!

laurel hedge in bloom

And the laurel hedge is in full bloom.

raised garden beds espalier trees

Pinky the flamingo and crew are working as placeholders for my upcoming plantings…

raised garden boxes

And now all that’s left to do is sit back and wait for the warm weather to stabilize so I can get the beans and squash planted. Yee- Haw! Spring is here.

Have a great Sunday everyone,

~Mavis

 

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Comments

  1. Lisa Millar says

    April 24, 2016 at 6:26 am

    Mavis, that’s looking awesome!
    Love the flamingo crew!!
    All over its looking gorgeous.
    While I did not get up anywhere close to 6.30am, we did spend a lot of today in the sunshine in the vegie patch!
    Its gone from end of season scrappy, to gorgeous lush red dirt (with a few leftover patches of vegies like carrots, beetroot & tomatoes.
    We ate dinner pretty much from what we harvested today! 🙂
    Seems like it was a great Sunday all over the world to be in the garden!

    Reply
  2. Kathy Gardner says

    April 25, 2016 at 10:53 am

    I love Lucy and adore pictures of her. I wish I had a fenced in yard so that my Beagle, Little Bit, could run loose when I garden. I take her with me but have to secure her leash to a tether. She loves going outside with me and can walk around for a good distance that way. I’m fortunate to have raised beds since I live in an apartment that management graciously allowed me to put in the raised beds. This year I hope to gift them with tomatoes as I went a little overboard in planting them. It’s time to make chow chow late this summer though to enjoy with dried beans this winter.

    Please, please keep the pics of Lucy coming. It just makes my day when I see her.

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  3. Terri says

    April 26, 2016 at 11:41 am

    We had trouble with pine needles in our compost. Could have been the pine cones too – but neither composted.

    You mentioned pine needles in your compost. Have you been successful with them? If so did you limit the amount or????

    Help

    Reply

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