Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021

Straw bale beds #1-4

Picture taken on February 10, 2021.

From a second palette, took 6 or 7 wheat straw bales to finish installing the straw bales in the raised beds #3-4.

Straw bale bed #7

Picture taken on February 10, 2021.

1 or 2 of the straw bales had broken strings and the straw was placed on the front of straw bale bed #7 and on the walkway between raised beds #7 and #8.

Back right corner of the back bed.

Picture taken February 10, 2021.

The 10 pine straw bales from the second and third palettes were placed in the back right corner of the back bed along with 5 bags of garden soil. The remaining 5 bags of garden soil were placed near the right side of the house.

Pink Muhly Grass

[Muhlenbergia capillaris]

Picture taken on February 24, 2021.

Serviceberry

[Amelanchier sp.]

Picture taken on February 24, 2021.

The 75 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets from the third and fourth palettes were placed mostly in the front yard near the places that they would be used. 15 bags were placed in the Butterfly Bush bed and the Lenten Rose bed.


Additional photographs (7) were taken today:

Wisley Supreme Witch Hazel

[Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’]

Picture taken February 10, 2021.

Wisley Supreme Witch Hazel

[Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’]

Picture taken February 10, 2021.