Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Falland Cleaning up Your Garden...What are YOU doing??, 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:

Quoting:WOW, time flies when you are having fun!!!

Not sure about "fun", but seems like it's been forever since I posted :( I've been following along but have been trying to get used to new computer recently installed and getting everything organized and back to normal - hopefully I'll be able to catch up soon!

Lady, I love your topiary - what a neat DIY project and much cheaper than buying one already trained! I might have to keep my eyes open for a good specimen and try it myself - I'm looking for something "different" to plant in the area where I want to dig for the new pond/stream :)

Last week in anticipation of the new computer I spent three days cleaning and missed all the beautiful weather for working outside :( I'm paying for it this week - have been working in the cold and WIND with layers of extra clothing! I started this project back in August and here it is almost November and I'm finally getting back to it. This garden used to be in full sun when first planted and has always been called the 'herb garden' but I've had to switch the whole 'theme' as the trees grew and the 'sunny' plants suffered because they were in too much shade. The only plant that didn't suffer was the Comfrey and it had become a nuisance almost swallowing everything in its path. A lot of the other plants had suffered from the two years of drought we've experienced :( I'm ashamed to say that since I didn't "like" this garden anymore, I rarely took the time to give it the extra water the other gardens received. Anyhow, this was finally the week to tackle the final stages of 'clean up' and start planting. Unfortunately the first day was spent moving some of the plants I wanted to save and tossing others (yes, I actually threw away some plants! LOL) I have no idea how many plants I've planted but I've still got spaces to fill :( After freezing my butt off for two days I finally took a break yesterday and spent some time inside organizing my photos. It's amazing looking back at old photos how much things have changed! It's actually kind of sad, I'm not sure if I liked this bed better as a sunny 'herb garden' or the shade garden it will be in the spring :( I'm going to take a few photos of what I've accomplished since the weekend even though you can't see much because most of what I planted is dormant but wanted to show you what made me sad - this is when I "liked" this garden, photo was taken 8 years ago.