24-25 January: still more winter gardening
Jan 31, 2016 by Tangly Cottage
Sunday 24 January 2016
Another afternoon for gardening rather than reading.
I decided to cut back the rest of the Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ despite its winter charms.
after
Stipa gigantea already trying to bloom
Mary by the bogsy woods
weeded but did not pick up sticks
still fairly bogsy
Smokey in the chopped and dropped garden
view from the west gate
Monday, 25 January 2016
Looking out the front window, I was thrilled to see that the Iris unguicularis that Todd gave me was in bloom. Just yesterday I was thinking I had planted it in too much shade.
Iris unguicularis
Iris unguicularis
Iris unguicularis
crocuses in sunshine
west bed before today’s efforts
Allan helped me remove way too many shasta daisies in this area that is infested with weed grass.
Because of the weed grass, I also dug and divided Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early’ and put some here and there in the garden.
After: I transplanted the Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’ whose semi hidden location had bothered me a view days ago. Now I can see it from the south window.
Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’ is a wonderful, long blooming plant.
I was pleased to find some rough compost in a bin in which I’d put some yard debris a year ago and just let sit.
This filled in the area where Allan had dug out those daisies.
I do love the look of the natural richness of rough compost and chopped and dropped mulch. At most jobs, I would have to rake all the debris away to make the client happy.
Inside the composter. They all got a trip to field far away.
I finished out daylight by picking away at (but not raking) the weeds on the patio.
Smokey by the water boxes (Allan’s photo)
Meanwhile, Allan did some weeding of his own.
Allan’s photos:
that messy area, before
after (It’s a privacy screen for us and our neighbour in the little black cottage to the east, so not much pruning will occur.)
between greenhouse and shed, before
after. He’s clearing because of plans to re-side the shed.
Before weeding and before thinking about what kind of siding, Allan went out to the post office and library and returned with some photos of crocuses…
Ilwaco community building
Planters on First Avenue:
and our good friend Helen at our accountant’s office
Because I wrote up the recently flurry of blog posts, not much reading got done the past two evenings.
I am impressed by (envious of) your early flowers…and your snail harvest.
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