Pacific Northwest Gardening: 50 Trees or so for Murmur, 1 by Poochella

Poochella wrote:
Hi Laurie, That kennel has been used as a temporary goat quarantine, temporary goat kennel while fence repairs were underway, brief canine post-op sunning zone, naughty neighbor dog quarantine, but never to house a dog for more than a couple hours. I hope to put a greenhouse there someday, but right now we need the extra animal space, just in case.

Perhaps by the tunnelling comment you refer to the big hole in the back left? That was done by the marvelous dozer operator who saved me hours of back-breaking work moving 3 trees I packed in as foot tall saplings a few years ago. Not only did he move them to the lower yard, but easily scooped up new holes, plopped them in and only two branches lost on the three of them! The trees never missed a beat. They're growing well because their roots were kept intact.

The new bed has a ratio of rocks: soil of about 3:1 LOL! I am picking rocks and then screening the remaining soil to a depth of 15 inches, amending with purchased veggie/flower mix soil as I go. It's so bad that one has to chisel hard clay and rocks before any shovelling can be done. I would rather be in the LA County jail with a certain blonde heiress as a cellmate, but it's got to be done.

Total bed size is roughly 35'x16', tapering to 14' on one end. Bulldozers/diggers are not an easily finessed thing, I was just glad to have his superdigging help!

I would love bluebells from England! I have a few sunny spots in the woods where they can naturalize to hearts' content. Thanks for the offer.
Annie
edited because I mentioned a current 'event.'

This message was edited Jun 23, 2007 12:56 PM