Gardening or oo look two posts in one day.
Ive been going crazy with yard work and gardening since Spring sprung. Maybe yardening? Not sure. My dad and I removed some nasty hedge things out front. The previous tenants never did any pruning and left them to just grow. All the new growth was at the top of the 7 foot tall bushes. It was more like a tree when we pulled/cut it out.
I split and replanted Hostas along the back, next to the porch. Then planted Castor bean plants, Liatris and some sunflower seeds. I think it’s the Mammoth variety.
We also picked up some packs of annuals and perennials like coleus, impatiens etc. In the front, near the sidewalk, I dug out a patch of dirt.
That lead to digging out the grass, which was like cutting through carpet, turning over, adding soil and outlining with found bricks from the backyard. I had started with two rows of bricks, then stupidly added the remaining two rows.
Next I added Melampodium aka Million Gold
Lastly we moved the Celosia from a pot to the flower bed to fill in more color. The Melampodium is supposed to spread out some, so we’ll see.
I have some tomato plants, Italian basil and two varieties of bell pepper plants in the back garden. Two plants are green belle peppers and 1 is Chocolate beauty a variety of sweet bell pepper.