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You know I crabbed about critters and bunnies last year, and last Fall I dug out our well plot of the 30+ year old Day Lilies...sifting the dirt and getting MOST of the roots out. We splurged and planted purchased Tulips, some transplanted Daffodils and lots Iris I got from a friend. Then the plot was covered with leaves, and we laid heavy plastic fencing over the whole thing and rocks everywhere to keep the edges down.
Lo and Behold, there was a softball size hole in the fence last week, so that is why we built walls to try again.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Besides the hole, I very quickly saw the mesh of the fencing wasn't big enough for the sprouts coming up. So, I pulled it all up, replaced more leaves on my bulbs' growth and fenced the whole area in. We don't through anything away, so some fenceposts were new or used, and some really old. The blocks are holding the edge of the fencing down, and so far no critters have bridged my little plot of Spring bulbs.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The big black pot is currently covering our well, the saucer is balanced against a trellis for the Clematis. Here and there you can see the Tulips and Daffys unfurling. I heaped more leaves in here afte the photo as our night temps are still below freezing.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Honestly I can't wait....winter has been dreary here.
TIP: I leave all the flower beds covered in leaves and old blooming stalks until it is warm enough to support the bees and helpful insects that are so necessary for polinations. I do clean up stairs, concrete, walkways and anywhere else that just leaves congregate in winter.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This is the extra stuff stored in the greenhouse I just had to pitch out for the moment.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I was so ill last Fall, the last of the garden pickup didn't get done, and Hubby was also dealing his friends illness, death, and then estate.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Literally the weed cloth is still down, and you can see the veggie garden really needs a clean up!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Moving around the yard...we had a DRY winter, very little snow--but we did have a lot of rain late last Fall.
Everything is dry right now, we need rain.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
How about the precision drilling on this branch...these holes are all @ 1" apart. Made me smile! The birds hard at work. This is the reason we have cement panel siding on the house...lots of Woodpeckers...LOL.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This is a LIME Heuchera or Coral Bells trying to come up in a patch of sun in our shady back yard. I covered it deeply with extra leaves after grabbing this shot.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I call this my squirrel feeder, supposedly a bird feeder four feet off the ground, LOL! Let's call it a dog, raccoon, possum feeder. Grins.
I'm going to put a vine plant in here, a good excuse to buy a different new plant.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The birdhouses along the fence are favorites of our little sparrows...and occasionally nuthatches.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I have so many Iris and new perennials planted here last year, I do hope everything made it.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This was our crazy bush sunflowers that grew 10 feet high...I left the branches in the lax cleanup---and they have been filled with birds picking at the seeds all winter.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I'll pay for not getting this wreathe area cleaned up---that wreath had sweet peas on it. Planted some 40 years ago from a package of seeds. They are all pale pink now---but I bought another mixed colors package to start some near the veggie garden for pollinators.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The pond is always so sad this time of year. The fisher kids are all dark and cruddy, when the sun hits them they will brighten up. Everything needs new stain and paint this year. A whole year's worth of projects for sure.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
My only actual SPRING blooms, a couple of crocus-peeking up-so dry-and skinny.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I couldn't stand the lack of color so I jammed a 90% off tulip bush from Michaels in a pot.. along with some fake grass plants I've had for ages.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Our Barberry Bush on the left seems to be the only severe winter damage. This is the south side of the house and under an eave. We water heavily during the green months, but clearly it isn't happy. I will trim is out and see if it survives. It's sister looks great they were planted at the same time. Iris and Daffodils are coming up here.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
In the same bed, My Giant Sedum. I call them bushes as they get huge. Amazing how they start like teesny rosebuds.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This is where I have tried to clean up in years past and bees flew out of the debris...so now I leave it messy and alone. (Besides I'm deathly allergic to bee stings)
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Another OLDNEWGREENREDO project??? This won't fit in the rock bed because the legs bow out front and back...DARN. It will land on the front porch. Everyone needs a six foot long planting bench? Maybe.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Out on our Mound (now a flat mound) by the street, lots of Daffys and Tulips should come up. Our Evergreen bushes don't look very happy, they need water. We can't water yet as our exterior faucets may still freeze and hoses burst if water freezes in them.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Up by the porch I plopped another fauxTulip bush and some faux Grass, it really does help a bit.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
PS our gray carpet on the porch pavement is fading to pink from gray. Oh Dear, in one year, pinkish really doesn't go with a yellow, brown red house?
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| oldnewgreenredo |
We need rain......and the kids need new poles again...they blow away
to WHERE?
Happy March Chicagoland Spring!
What's BLOOMING in
YOUR NECK
of the WOODS??
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Sandi
Sandi
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