Glorious Saturday...
The first half of today is absolutely fabulous!!!! It's a bit breezy, but temps are in the mid 70's and the wind is warm. We are cleaning out our building (garage sized, but no overhead door - shop and storage) and that means the deck furniture, lawn mower, and garden tools are all seeing the light of day after a long winter.
I've cleaned out my only "official" flowerbed. It's the only one left that has a real plan to it (lights, an accent rock, mulch). The silver mound is trimmed back, the leaves are raked out of the lavender, and the few early weedies are pulled. We got some dark brown bark mulch last weekend and it's all primed to apply that.
I have plans for another planting bed by the stairs going up to the deck. Last year's window of opportunity for purple cone flowers came and went and I want those at the back of the bed against the decking - so it had to wait until this year. It's a great corner for some color. It gets fantastic light, but is protected from any bad winds.
My hostas also really need dividing this year. They are in the front beds along the house and I would love to add another bed of hostas along the yard side of the sidewalk.
It's supposed to storm later, so I might head to the garden center for some container plants if the weather doesn't get severe.
The bad weather and tornados that hit Iowa a couple of days ago really left a lot of damage. The University of Iowa got hit really hard. They were showing video from Iowa City on the news this morning. It's really a miracle that they didn't lose any lives. Some of the student houses were in really bad shape. One shot showed a sorority house that had lost it's entire side. Bunk beds were balancing on the edge with the sheets blowing in the wind. Incredible what Mother Nature can do in just a few seconds.
I've cleaned out my only "official" flowerbed. It's the only one left that has a real plan to it (lights, an accent rock, mulch). The silver mound is trimmed back, the leaves are raked out of the lavender, and the few early weedies are pulled. We got some dark brown bark mulch last weekend and it's all primed to apply that.
I have plans for another planting bed by the stairs going up to the deck. Last year's window of opportunity for purple cone flowers came and went and I want those at the back of the bed against the decking - so it had to wait until this year. It's a great corner for some color. It gets fantastic light, but is protected from any bad winds.
My hostas also really need dividing this year. They are in the front beds along the house and I would love to add another bed of hostas along the yard side of the sidewalk.
It's supposed to storm later, so I might head to the garden center for some container plants if the weather doesn't get severe.
The bad weather and tornados that hit Iowa a couple of days ago really left a lot of damage. The University of Iowa got hit really hard. They were showing video from Iowa City on the news this morning. It's really a miracle that they didn't lose any lives. Some of the student houses were in really bad shape. One shot showed a sorority house that had lost it's entire side. Bunk beds were balancing on the edge with the sheets blowing in the wind. Incredible what Mother Nature can do in just a few seconds.
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