This Week in the Garden: November 17, 2024

This week I removed about 1,200 square feet of sod to make way for the continued evolution of an area of the yard.  I should say garden because I consider the entire yard (front and back) as a garden that happens to have areas of lawn.  This particular area, off to one side and tucked into a corner of the yard (ahem…garden, that is) has had several plans drawn for it but none have really worked or stuck.  However, this time the layout will stick and it feels 100 times better than previous iterations.

The first thing that had to be done for the 'vision' to become a reality was stripping the sod.  The next thing will be to relocate four blackberry bushes about 4' to the east of where they currently are.  I will also space them farther apart after seeing their sprawl extended beyond what was noted on each tag.  Then, I'll be marking out the footprints of a future greenhouse, little tool shed, cold frame area, and potting shed.  I'll also be putting down heavy duty landscape fabric in the area that will ultimately be covered with bark mulch in the pathways.  I love this sort of work, translating what has been drawn on a piece of grid paper outside onto the landscape.  Dreaming, marking, shaping, planting, and dreaming some more.

A very small bird’s nest that was revealed in a maple tree when all the leaves fell

Weedy Pete