Shrubbery

Previous Page (Shrubbery 2007-2008)

Index:

• Page 1 Site is prepared and planted during 2007-2008
• Page 2 Progress in 2009 (this page)
• Clearing the weeds!
• Page 3 The 2010 Season
• Page 4 The 2011 Season
• Page 5 The 2012 Season
• Page 6 Before/After Photo Gallery

March 2008

The grass path seemed rather too narrow, and I sowed about another 4 feet on the left in Early Autumn 2008 which has taken well.   Lots of weeds that need to be got on top of this year, and the ghastly sheds on the right now seem more of an eyesore than before, but we haven’t yet got plans for a better set of sheds and that needs to happen before I demolish these

Early Autumn Sown Grass (on left)

By contrast a second patch of grass, further up,  was sown a few weeks later (end of October 2008 from memory) and is nothing like as well established.  You can just about make out the Lavender plants lining the path off to the left.

Late Autmn Sown Grass (on left)

This picture, from the roof, on a nice march day shows the curving path from the house under the Cricket-bat Willows and through the Shrubbery leading to the Spit. And the ghastly sheds!

Aerial view of the Shrubbery

The circle in the foreground is where the kids have their trampoline – which goes up at the start of the Easter school holidays.

Last Autumn we transplanted a few of the more mature shrubs from the Front Hedge Replacement project to fill some gaps, and some bulbs, but nothing else significant to report

20 April 2009

Shrubbery in Spring

I naturalised a few Daffodils in the rough grass last Autumn. The shape isn’t quite how I want it, so I’ve mown a ring around the bulbs, which I will keep moved short this Summer, and then in the Autumn hopefully I’ll be able to work out where to plant some more bulbs.

Daffodils Lifted

I’ve lifted some daffodils from the Front Bed project (which we are about to level with a digger), and they will stay in pots this Summer to be planted in the Autumn. That might make them blind next year, but I’ll have to live with that.

Foreground cleaned, but distance needs weeding

We’ve been making a concerted effort to clear the weeds. Last year we had to let things take their course, and it was a wet Summer which favoured the weeds, sadly. We’ve been hacking the tops off with a Swan-neck hoe, and then using the Mantis Tiller to open up the top few inches, which should enable us to keep the soil on the move this year, and prevent the weeds getting a hold. I’ve also had a go with teh flame thrower just to knock the weeds back, get rid of some of their top foliage, and stop them seeding. We may be able to get in with a rotavator on the larger areas, which will save some time

Prunus amanogawa

Spiraea arguta - Bridal Wreath - fit to bust!

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