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Hopalong:
Massive dejunglification got done today.
Everything was so overgrown I couldn't even access parts of the yard.
Wild grape, wild everything, volunteer mulberries...a nice little crepe myrtle got unveiled though; happy about that.
Anyhow, costly but worth it. Mulching, irises thinned and spread, hostas to be done likewise shortly.
Took three men all day. Rebuilt compost bins with new pallets. Unearthed my pleasantly shaded mini-patio in back corner up the hill. Cut tree branches back that were low enough to take out an eye. Were about to trim shrubs wrong (reverse gumdrop) but I finally got that idea through. (Sides and bottoms must always be wider than the top and slope outward, or sunlight doesn't get through the lowest parts and you wind up with lollipops on sticks.) Flat-topped buzz-cut shrubs? Spare me the tragedy.
It was like a facelift for the yard and feels very good.
hugs
Hops
lighter:
What a great update, Hops! You sound really pleased with your yard progress. Givng the birds and all manner of creatures something to drink in this heat is SO you, my dear. Getting your yard ready for fall company gives you more joy: )
Lighter
Hopalong:
Thanks, Lighter.
I hope the company will be coming.
Meanwhile, I'm hoping I can find a replacement top for an ancient concrete birdbath pedestal. Some cute critter knocked it over (it was an old quiche dish with a heavy rock in the center, still destined to fall).
It means I have to go to the big box store, which I'll hate.
Also need to find a couple dwarf native shrubs to plant in front. Clethra looks right; ain't cheap.
hugs
Hops
lighter:
I love plant shopping, Hops. I used to pick the brains of people who knew what they were doing at the expensive nurseries during slow times.
Let me know what you find for the birdbath. I have a pedestal growing ivy out back.... pulled from the depths behind the Hemlocks. I'd like to find a topper for it too.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Either of you want a fountain? It's concrete; has 3 graduated bowls... and could be repurposed into bird baths. Right now it's only breeding mosquitos. It was here when I bought the place and I've had bigger things on my radar than removing this affront to Appalachian sensitivities.
We need to clear a lot of trees from that are to create a fire break - just in case some random wildfire occurs. It has happened here decades & decades ago.
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