One of my first projects this spring was to clean up the flower bed along the front of the house. The area was completely overgrown, so I pulled up the grass and weeds and cleared out hundreds of rocks (literally!). Because the soil around here is a lovely mixture of rocks and clay, I added some fresh compost and top soil into the mix and crossed my fingers that everything would grow!
After clearing out the bed, I transplanted our collection of Asiatic Lilies from the old house to the new house. I was surprised at how big the lilies already were in early April when I dug them up, but the process of moving the bulbs went surprisingly well.
With the lilies happily transplanted, it was time to finish planting. For this year, we decided to keep it simple by adding a row of daylilies (Happy Returns and Red Volunteers) interspersed with zinnias. Once those were in, we added a layer of fresh mulch and voila!
All the plants have been thriving in their new home and just this week the first flowers began to appear! Plans are already in the works to add new flower beds next year.....
One of my first projects this spring was to clean up the flower bed along the front of the house. The area was completely overgrown, so I pulled up the grass and weeds and cleared out hundreds of rocks (literally!). Because the soil around here is a lovely mixture of rocks and clay, I added some fresh compost and top soil into the mix and crossed my fingers that everything would grow!
After clearing out the bed, I transplanted our collection of Asiatic Lilies from the old house to the new house. I was surprised at how big the lilies already were in early April when I dug them up, but the process of moving the bulbs went surprisingly well.
With the lilies happily transplanted, it was time to finish planting. For this year, we decided to keep it simple by adding a row of daylilies (Happy Returns and Red Volunteers) interspersed with zinnias. Once those were in, we added a layer of fresh mulch and voila!
All the plants have been thriving in their new home and just this week the first flowers began to appear! Plans are already in the works to add new flower beds next year.....
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Beautiful! How good it must feel to create this wonderful garden.
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