planning for spring
(Photo by Steve Rawley)
January: Write and dream about plants.
February: Plant peas, garlic? onions? Prune roses, plant two daphnes out front, move the Japanese maple so it has more space. We’ll do “lasagna layering” — spread out a thin layer or two of newspapers over the grass we want gone, spread compost/mulch on top of that, then plant. Then remember to water, once the rain stops. We’ll be good until July ;) We live in western Oregon, after all.
March: Hanging baskets? Naw, too early. Primroses in pots.
April: Get good and fed up with the rain.
May: Hanging baskets, plant garden, watch it get soggy and drown.
June: Re-plant garden.
July: water, weed, pick, water, weed, pick
August: repeat
September: repeat
wish list: foxglove, coral bells, clematis, wisteria, snapdragons, crocus, daffodils, lilacs, Roses of Sharon, Sweet William, bleeding hearts, more columbine, hellebores, more tulips, more dahlias…
(Photo by Steve Rawley)
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June made me laugh. I usually skip January through April and just do June in May.
January 25th, 2012 | #