Endless Seas of Green
I could whine a whole lot about how many weeds there are to pull this year, but I will not, because we've been having unusually warm weather lately and that has put me in a very good mood to go outside and do a pile of weeding every day.
Here's my work in the Fern Walk, this being about fourteen bucketloads of weeds carried back to the compost. I haven't weeded the path (I'm thinking of just hoeing that into submission), so it is a little river of green through there now. I did find a whole bunch of plants I thought had died alive under the grass.
If that doesn't look so great, I give you this reference shot of the Fern Walk from the other direction. There were a LOT of weeds in there. There still are, but I'm working on it.
Also, since the neighbors in the green house were nice enough to let me landscape the whole width between our houses, I make sure to keep the soil and weeds away from their siding, so that has required a bit of extra attention this time.
I really need to just buy more plants to fill in there so the grass doesn't get a chance to come back so strongly.
Also, February didn't let us down: here's the first flower on the nectarines.
Can the first strawberries be far behind?
(Actually, that photo's a cheat because the strawberries have been blooming (but not setting fruit) all winter.)
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posted by ayse on 02/28/08
Comments
So pretty... I can't hardly wait for spring here in MI!
Posted by: Sandy at February 29, 2008 08:04 AM
Currently, i'm looking out the window at the 18 inches of snow on my neighbor's roof (not exaggerating) and thinking how very surreal weather in other places can seem. I'll be lucky to see my crocus by June. Happy March!
Posted by: Annie at March 1, 2008 09:27 AM
wow your ferns are beautiful, I lost a large elm tree last year and it was the one giving my back yard all the shade so most of my ferns received too much sun, this spring i am going to have to move them. At least today it is warm here highs in the 60's and I am in the wonderful state of Illinois.
Posted by: norma at March 2, 2008 09:44 AM
I wish I was pulling weeds right now. *Sigh*. But I'm still under a foot of snow.
Posted by: Joanne at February 29, 2008 12:55 AM