As the day warms (expected high of 39) this first Sunday of March, I will be venturing outside to begin clean up in the garden. Next weekend looks as if it would be more cooperative with temps in the 60s but I will be in California instead. The Hellebore will be in bloom any day now and for them to look their best the leaf trash needs to go. So, that means I must get my hands dirty today :) The mulching will begin the week I return from the west coast.
The winter has left me a bit of a mess to clean up.
If nature cooperates and I do my part, we will be here in a number of weeks.
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Kent,
All the leaves remind me of my childhood backyard in Colorado. My brother and I would rake up the leaves from two three-story high sycamore trees into one or two enormous piles, prop the ladder against one tree, climb out on the sturdiest branch and fall into it. We would laugh will glee. I don't know how many numerous times my mother watched from the kitchen window, always nearly giving her a heart attack (the "fall" was pretty high). Good, good memories!
I am so excited for your trip to California to see Wayne and others. Have a wonderful time (I already know you will!) Say "hi" to Wayne, if you remember.
I'm also glad you are getting some good warmer weather. My parents are two up in WA state.
Here down in glorious Arizona, we too, are getting amazing weather, with a high expected to reach almost 90 degrees today and tomorrow.
When you return from CA, I know you will enjoy beginning this year's garden. I look forward reading and seeing your photos of from seed to blossom, evolution of your handiwork.
Have a great rest of your weekend.
Blessings,
~Amy :)
That treefalling sounds wonderful, Amy :)
Kent, I'm so glad spring is springing for you :) It is beautiful going into autumn here, and I want to get away from summer after the fires, but it is always tinged with a bit of melancholy that the summer has past, the winter is coming. But (and it sounds a bit corny, I suppose), it makes me feel better knowing that as the earth is darkening for us, it is lightening for you guys :) I was thinking the other week that when the night is darkest, the sun is right under my feet literally :)
Anyway, while I'm here, do you have any recommendations on very eco-friendly ways to mulch instead of the yukky overdyed pinebark stuff the previous owner laid down here? I'm thinking if there's something cheap, I would consider laying it down. The poor soil is probably expiring under the chemical-laden content of the current pine bark.
Sue, I use hardwood mulch. It breaks down and enriches the soil and is great in holding in moisture and helping keep the weeds down.
All of it can be expensive. You could always start a compost pile and compost leaves into a nice leaf mulch. Just google "how to make leaf mulch"
Thanks. I don't have many leaves here really, just occasional grass from the occasional mowing. But maybe I could get leaves from other people. (Sounds weird, but I just like the idea of leaf mulch.)
I do plan to start a compost pile, but it was more for vegetable peelings and such things. I guess that sort of compost and a leaf mulch compost are two differnet things, aren't they?
Thanks for the tip.
you can use any compost for mulch if you like.
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