yard werk.
 Top: A work in progress. Bottom (left to right): Every gardener needs a machete!, Stella checking out our new pear tree, I have a seed hording problem. |
Well it’s that time again! Though this time seems to be earlier than most years – hello warmest February ever. Sheesh. This sunny weather has been putting me into yard/garden overdrive these days. Every weekend has had at least one full day of yard work. I even got sun burned the other day – WTF Seattle? I thought I would have a few more weeks of hibernation, guess not. So in preparation of growing season 2015, here’s what I’ve been up to lately.
Here’s what’s been done:
- Pruned fig tree and grape vines
- Pruned and re-strung raspberries
- Pruned camellia, hydrangeas, pine tree and rhodies (thanks Aunt Susan!
- Cleaned up peony bed and added two more bushes (yay!)
- Added strawberries to the herb bed
- Planted 3 apple trees along fence line
- Planted 1 three-in-one pear tree on east side of house (how genius is that! self-pollinating.)
- Planted round 1 of seeds near herb bed
- Made a bad ass hippie stick art thing
- Added landscape rocks to end of herb bed to make it look more finished
- Picked up 10 bags of moo doo for veggies – highly recommend Sayers Fuel on Rainier
Here’s what’s left to do:
- Buy blueberries for the blueberry patch – getting these bad boys at the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale on March 14!
- Straw bale garden alongside the shed – too lazy to make a real garden bed this year, so this will do
- Figure out where to plant my 3 new dahlias
- Prune plum tree
- Finish veggie garden layout
- Plant more seeds!
- Make more fun hippie stick art!
Phew! That’s it for now. What have you been up to in your yard these days?
