Over the last week or so, I had to perform one of my least favorite garden tasks. The spring clean up. This was done over the span of a week, small bits at a time. Honestly, it’s one of my
dreaded activities that I think to myself “WHY did I plant all of this!?!” Allergy inducing dry dead plant material. Can you think of anything more fun?. Yes there are some who love the task of weeding and cleaning out a garden bed. I just don’t happen to be one of them. I will say that after I start and begin to discover all the tiny plant life buried underneath last years beauty, I am excited once again for all that spring holds. Which brings me to the next dilemma of spring. Volunteer plants that seemed to have taken up residency in places I didn't plant them. I am a fan of what I like to think of as free plants. I didn’t go out and buy these, they simply began to grow all on their own. The one problem is that they often end up in places you don’t really want or need a plant. Since I didn’t plant these volunteers, the garden lacks structure that my landscape architect planned for. I have a miscellaneous lilac shrub here and there. A misplaced Aspen tree (or two). Hummingbird mint in the dry creek bed. A tall fence like structure of Cosmos in front of a small bed of Columbine. I just hate to remove a perfectly fine plant. So I tend to let them grow where ever it seems that they would like to. I have on many occasions let something grow that I thought was a plant, only to find out it's just a huge weed. I spent a great deal of time removing some of those. We have some plans this summer to transplant some of these volunteers to better locations and to just move some plants that no longer belong where they are. Some beds we have just lived with will hopefully get a bit of a makeover and some irrigation overhaul will be taking place. Until then, here are some early springtime pics.
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AuthorCrazy plant girl who likes all things flowers, gardens and kittens. Together with my landscape foreman and photographer/site manager, we are watching our garden grow. Archives
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