Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yarden maintenance May into June, 1 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
WOW Terri, now I REALLY want to see pictures of all that work you guys got done!!!!!!!! Did you get any "before" pictures of the pile of fill dirt, and then "after" pics of how it looks now? We'll just HAVE to see pics of the tables and chairs are you've got set up now... heck, I want to see ALL of the new areas!! =)

I got some stuff done over the weekend, but nothing nearly as much as you did. I finally got that driveway side bed cleaned up, and MY GOODNESS, I had no idea how many volunteer Dianthus I had until I cleared away all the weeds!! Had oodles of blooming Shastas, but upon closer look I realized I just didn't like how the foliage looks so WHACK, away they went! Got all the (EVIL) Holly leaves raked out of there, weeds pulled, and the driveway (next to the bed) hosed down. Now it looks a lot more bare (barer?), but cleaner. I think I'll dig out all the questionable looking Shastas and put Cosmos in there instead. ... Oh yeah, remember all the "Chaste Tree" seedlings I had? Well, turns out I am Ms. Pollack Extraordinaire, and they are Cosmos, not Chaste Trees!!! ACK!!!!!!!! I just DON'T remember sowing Cosmos seeds!!!!! Good Heavens, I need to have my head examined!! < =/

Anyway, a pic or 2 of "before" cleaning the bed, and "after". It needs help, I know, I just haven't been focusing on it this year like I used to.
Heh heh, you can see my Lone Bachelor Button there too. Maybe too many weeds for too long, they're not really volunteering like they did last year. I hope the Dianthus "volunteer" some more! =)