a winter garden
last September grandson Iain and I visited several local Japanese gardens
then school happened and soccer and more interesting things
but the school project is due
yesterday was a pro-D day so time to get on with it
of course it is January and it has been a winter of extreme weather
the compost box in the background isn’t exactly perfect but….
Dad helped with the surrounding the day before
hopefully the weeds won’t come up through the landscape fabric
weighing down the fabric meant we could walk on it
Iain did the heavy shovelling
then it was off to the beach for a good rock
the weather was perfect, warm-ish with no wind and blue sky
the tide was in, all the rocks were either too big or part of the breakwater
we settled on three that we could carry – two in the bag at Iain’s feet
it took both of us to carry it up the steep bank to the car
and then go back for the third
the Canada geese were not impressed with us or their frozen pond
we went home to complete the job
plants I potted up in September will have to wait to go in the ground
this morning we woke up to a dusting of snow and a bitter wind
the weather Gods were kind to us
A good investment–you will reap the benefits in 6 months.
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Alice – not sure that he understands the amount of care even a minimalist garden requires, time will tell.
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That’s a neat project–I’ll look toward to seeing it progress!
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Kerry – hopefully the plants will survive and thrive.
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to think that you can plan and build a garden in january!
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Velma – only out of necessity and if you are 15 years old. Not today, I might have disowned him!
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