garden plans
This year the veggie bed gets purple haze carrots, mizuna, and miner's lettuce. Totally random, but I'm trying to pick things that can't be easily acquired at the grocery, and are also pretty easy. I'll try the miner's lettuce around in a couple spots, it's cute and native and hopefully will naturalize somewhere. I'd like to have tomatoes and potatoes again, but they'll have to be potted, who knows if prior owners ever rotated anything properly.
Last weekend, I made a small bed for herbs by moving out some strawberries, re-edging and adding a bit more soil. The plan is to add basil, cilantro, parsley, maybe thyme? Also I have borage to put somewhere it can't overrun or poke me unduly.
Bought some wildflower mixes to put in the mostly-empty front beds, and in the back where it's more moss than grass. I'm hoping these aggressive native annuals will take over as much as possible! Also I have orange poppies and nasturtium to go by the front entry.
I need to move the young hydrangeas planted by the prior owner. In a couple years they'll be 4-5' wide and invading the driveway and garden path. Good thing gabo is handy with a shovel! Just not sure where I can put them yet.
Ordered some hostas to put around the trees in back, and some creeping thyme around the arid driveway bits out front. Prostrate rosemary will go on the terrace above the herb bed.
It's not a total landscape makeover, but I'll post pics if the results are good. I'm still pretty much a gardening n00b, but I have the internet and the library, so I'll eventually figure it out!
Last weekend, I made a small bed for herbs by moving out some strawberries, re-edging and adding a bit more soil. The plan is to add basil, cilantro, parsley, maybe thyme? Also I have borage to put somewhere it can't overrun or poke me unduly.
Bought some wildflower mixes to put in the mostly-empty front beds, and in the back where it's more moss than grass. I'm hoping these aggressive native annuals will take over as much as possible! Also I have orange poppies and nasturtium to go by the front entry.
I need to move the young hydrangeas planted by the prior owner. In a couple years they'll be 4-5' wide and invading the driveway and garden path. Good thing gabo is handy with a shovel! Just not sure where I can put them yet.
Ordered some hostas to put around the trees in back, and some creeping thyme around the arid driveway bits out front. Prostrate rosemary will go on the terrace above the herb bed.
It's not a total landscape makeover, but I'll post pics if the results are good. I'm still pretty much a gardening n00b, but I have the internet and the library, so I'll eventually figure it out!