Gardening/yardwork observations.......
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:49 pm
Funny thing, I don't remember intentionally planting wild onions! I guess we'll never starve but they sure look like weeds, where I don't want anything growing but a tree and a shrub, with mulch added into an oval shape. Those pesty onions! Where do they come from? Weeds in mulch? Just curious.....
As I'm preparing for a huge party this spring (HS graduation), I'm edging, weeding, and then mulching. Since it's popular to go green now, I am beginning to envy the neighbors who have never landscaped around their foundations! Several have done the front but not the sides or back. One home is lovely, with a covered porch, they have one ornamental tree (weeping Japanese), a few flowering baskets hanging and THAT's it. Their lawn is always green and there are never tall areas of grass next to the porch or foundation. The husband works hard on their lawn. But the grass goes right up to their house. I'm guessing they are so relieved they don't have to mulch. Each time we'd add another shaped area to our yard, I knew we'd need more mulch. More plantings = more mulch. So much so that you wonder - why did we plant all this stuff? LOL
Am I ready for a condo? No, not yet but I am fully ready to admit I am not getting any younger and all this yardwork is hard work! Didn't seem to be years ago.....he he
So, let's see, if we ever win the lotto, I'll hire a company to edge, weed and mulch for me. That would be sweet!
Sometimes it all just feels like too much. You put in all these shrubs and trees, b/c well everyone else is doing it....you don't want your house to look bare.
But now I actually admire the neighbors who have kept it simple. LOL
Well, anyway, back to my yard work. Enough ramblings from this Baby Boomer...with a sore back now!
Mary
As I'm preparing for a huge party this spring (HS graduation), I'm edging, weeding, and then mulching. Since it's popular to go green now, I am beginning to envy the neighbors who have never landscaped around their foundations! Several have done the front but not the sides or back. One home is lovely, with a covered porch, they have one ornamental tree (weeping Japanese), a few flowering baskets hanging and THAT's it. Their lawn is always green and there are never tall areas of grass next to the porch or foundation. The husband works hard on their lawn. But the grass goes right up to their house. I'm guessing they are so relieved they don't have to mulch. Each time we'd add another shaped area to our yard, I knew we'd need more mulch. More plantings = more mulch. So much so that you wonder - why did we plant all this stuff? LOL
Am I ready for a condo? No, not yet but I am fully ready to admit I am not getting any younger and all this yardwork is hard work! Didn't seem to be years ago.....he he
So, let's see, if we ever win the lotto, I'll hire a company to edge, weed and mulch for me. That would be sweet!
Sometimes it all just feels like too much. You put in all these shrubs and trees, b/c well everyone else is doing it....you don't want your house to look bare.
But now I actually admire the neighbors who have kept it simple. LOL
Well, anyway, back to my yard work. Enough ramblings from this Baby Boomer...with a sore back now!
Mary