Garden Dreams and Plans

I spent the day looking through plant books for ideas for annual flowers to plant in the garden this year to fill in and add a compliment to the perennials in the garden. This year I plan to use seeds to help offset the cost of plant flats.

East Yard:
* Clean up compost corner. Rebuild the compost container using wood slats so as to keep Lewis out of the kitchen scraps. I avoid putting them in the compost pile because Lewis eats them right up... yep melon scraps to onion peels, he doesn't care as long as it resembles some sort of digestable product.
* Clean out rocks from soil... put rocks around edge of side garden where the rocks are looking thin. Compost and amend soil. Plant SUNFLOWER ASSORTMENT in this area. With plans for this fall to plant a couple of fruit trees; dwarf apples? pear? Yummy. Even thought about putting an arbor tunnel over the area on the east side of the garage and planting some vines.. ie., grapevine.
* In the perennial flower bed, plant annuals and add more perennials. Moon garden theme?
* In south corner.. remove river rocks along fence, add amended rich soil... plant vines. Attach lattice to the corner area to support the vines. Hang window boxes from the fence... alternate from middle supports to higher supports... plant with vines and flowers. (Add another length to the garden hose so that it will reach to the corner for watering the plants in this area). Lush green corner is the effect I am looking for.

Move landscaping rock from future sitting area... grade to a minimal slant.. pour cement, stamp design. Put in a low wall... blocks salvaged from around the yard.. stack and then stucco finish with a cap; stone, tile, or brick finish. Maybe build a planter at the ends of the wall?

Fill in the stream bed with river rock.. puncture the lining so that it no longer holds water, it turned into a breeding ground for mosquitoes and didn't have the effect I was looking for. So fill in with rock... place another flagstone for walking on.

Continue to work on the mosaic paving blocks for the walkway behind the pond.

I could tire myself out just reading the list of things to do... but I hope to have these jobs completed by mid-March.. so that it will be ready for planting by mid-May. And still have time from March to April to focus on the west side of the house so that I can add some raised beds and complete the veggie garden addition this summer.

Love to garden and play in the dirt...
With Love and Dirt, Kristi