[Melonious Thunk]

I'm fantasizing and early summer coming in with armloads of cut peonies and irises to make bouquets all over the place.

Our gardener Tim Heady came by yesterday to go over plantings for the spring and summer. He promised to do the job this year that he didn't get to last year. One garden is to be chock a block full of peonies and variegated irises. Another, more shady, will have tons of astilbes--early, middle and late blooming, interespersed with several other shade plants. Many irises and hostas are to be added. He has a long list of plants, lots of ideas and has a very good aethetic.

We got to detail three of the gardens and then he asked to stop for now. But I am excited that he has agreed to put me on his priority list. I've got lots of other ideas for a marsh garden and a woodland garden. Now that we seem to be able to keep the deer out of the property, there is hope. I hope he does the job.

We've cleared out a 12 X12 area to use as an herb garden. It's all walled with belgian block. It has grown mint like crazy in the past, as well as thyme, taragon and basil befire poison ivy took it over. Tim said he could pull it all out and keep it out.

The promise of spring meets the reality of August. We'll see.

[clb]

Belgian block, Melonious?

My parents have just been visiting, together with their long-armed loppers, and I can see through the kitchen window again. The neglected back garden looks wonderful now: full of forget-me-nots and blossom covering the morello cherry and ceanothus. The white wisteria which should cover the front of the house is concentrating on removing the drainpipe and reaching the roof, but still looks pretty good. Buds all over the trachelospermum and the myrtle.

Time to go and plant out the parsley, coriander and chervil I bought at the farmers' market yesterday and maybe to find supplies of the tomatoes the Divine Mrs F. was extolling on Saturday night.

Ah, Spring. :wub:

[clb]

I planted out the herbs - and found the first lily beetles. :angry: :angry: :angry:

clb

[Melonious Thunk]

clb, on Apr 26 2004, 05:23 AM, said:

Belgian block, Melonious?

Belgian Block (before building walls).

[Kikujiro]

Melonious Thunk, on Apr 26 2004, 05:24 PM, said:

Belgian Block (before building walls).

Start here.

[clb]

Thanks, Melonious; looks lovely stuff.

Does anyone else find that photo rather frightening though? :unsure:

clb

[g.johnson]

If you took all that rock out of Belgium would there be anything left?

[Melonious Thunk]

clb, on Apr 26 2004, 03:52 PM, said:

Thanks, Melonious; looks lovely stuff.

Does anyone else find that photo rather frightening though? :unsure:

clb

Da trut is dere's a few former friends unda dat rock pile. I keep 'em until they get soft enoough to foitilize da peonies. It's called awganic gahdening.