Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Its Spring!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Well--

Now that greenthumb started this thread--tomorrow, i will go out and see what's what--camera in hand.

My daffs. are all up about 4". Saw ONE blooming Crocus today...Ahhhh.......

My Wintersweet Shrub is perfuming my whole front of the house. SO sweet an aroma!!! it is in it's fullest bloom right now--even though many of the buds/blooms look a bit waterlogged. This shrub started budding out before the big snows came--so there was some damage for sure.

None of my Helebores are even showing signs of blooming yet. I have 3. No new growth as far as i can see.....
Just old winter-worn foliage....

My old, tall evergreens at the back of my yard are in sad shape. They were all bent over double with the two snows. Do you remember me posting that picture? None of them have really straightened out. They are ugly!
I have been wanting to cut these back for years--then changed my mind.

Upon someone's suggestion (not on DG)--I now have a long-term goal for this bed.
1--get rid of these old, bare, ugly evenrgreens. GONE!
2--find someone with a small back-hoe to dig up all the roots and fluff up this bed
3--Install 3 panels of fencing along the back property to hide all the junk my back-yard neighbor stores behind his garage. Out of sight for him--but i would see it all. Firewood--3 trash cans---dead shrubs, etc....
3--Use it as my new Tomato/Veggie bed. It gets good light. Oh, well. i can dream.....

This will not be an easy task. Besides these 40-year old evergreens--there are also roots from my 2 maples all intertwined there. Have to consider possible damage to the trees if I chop off all the roots in a certain area for them.
Any suggestions here???????????

I can't do much of anything yet for another 4 weeks. Had my surgery this past Tuesday--and now i cannot lift more than 10lbs for 4-5 more weeks. So--NO garden prep for a long while--and tomorrow will be near 60*...Bummer!
Maybe i will just rake and clean and prune a bit......Gotta do something!!!!! Also--gotta be good!!!! I want this "fix" to work!

Gita

Here are the evergreens--after both snows have melted off of them--trying to straighten up.
Hasn't happened yet.........