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Spring's Awakening
Mar. 20th, 2005 11:14 amFirst plantings of the season went in yesterday. We planted two mulberry trees along the back edge of the lawn, against the back woods. Two elderberries (a Nova and a York) went in on the sunny side of the "island" of trees along the driveway. Should be about three to five years before we actually get fruit off of those.
A lot of the future plantings I'm choosing for the purpose of providing us with some kind of food - we've already got the kiwi (which didn't fruit before they were donated, so we're hoping for better luck) along with fairly abundant wild blueberries, wintergreen, as well as the up-and-coming (and yet to fruit) strawberries, and some forms of blackberries or raspberries. An herb garden is planned for this year, and I'm looking into a variety of citrus and tropical edibles for houseplants.
Justin helped with the plantings, which went in fairly smoothly, despite the fact that the elderberries had such extensive root systems... a good thing, but requiring more digging! Everything was bare root, and looks very healthy. They were ordered from Gurneys.
Earlier in the morning, Justin and I assembled the compost bin and loaded it about a quarter of the way with stuff from the compost pile. We'll pick through the old pile periodically, removing sticks and stones, and transfer the more appropriate materials into the bin. We're not adding more sticks to the pile - now we spread the ones that fall onto the lawn out into the woods, and we leave the ones that fall in the woods where they land. A more natural approach, which will help maintain the forest floor.
A lot of the future plantings I'm choosing for the purpose of providing us with some kind of food - we've already got the kiwi (which didn't fruit before they were donated, so we're hoping for better luck) along with fairly abundant wild blueberries, wintergreen, as well as the up-and-coming (and yet to fruit) strawberries, and some forms of blackberries or raspberries. An herb garden is planned for this year, and I'm looking into a variety of citrus and tropical edibles for houseplants.
Justin helped with the plantings, which went in fairly smoothly, despite the fact that the elderberries had such extensive root systems... a good thing, but requiring more digging! Everything was bare root, and looks very healthy. They were ordered from Gurneys.
Earlier in the morning, Justin and I assembled the compost bin and loaded it about a quarter of the way with stuff from the compost pile. We'll pick through the old pile periodically, removing sticks and stones, and transfer the more appropriate materials into the bin. We're not adding more sticks to the pile - now we spread the ones that fall onto the lawn out into the woods, and we leave the ones that fall in the woods where they land. A more natural approach, which will help maintain the forest floor.
