I don’t have any pictures ready for this post although I did take some. I’m working to prepare my in-laws landscape for my brother-in-law’s wedding in July. Here’s just a quick list of some of the projects we’re working to complete.
- Weed the various gardens including a patio garden, a front yard sidewalk garden, a shady woodland garden and a raised bed garden made from stone. I’m just looking to get them into a manageable state. The difficult part of weeding the patio area is getting in-between the cracks. I found a trick for that I’ll share with you soon!
- Mulch up the shady woodland garden. I designed and planted the garden a while back but haven’t shared it online yet. After it’s mulched up I’ll share the process from beginning to end. I did share part of the rock border in a post a while back.
- Help take down a few dangerous trees. There are several dead trees on the property in the neighborhood of 50 feet tall. These need taken down for safety reasons. We sure don’t want a wedding party to come to a crashing end. Just talk to Gail at Clay and Limestone about trees and close calls!
- Move various plants including a euonymous, two nandinas (not my favorite plant), and a bunch of volunteer coreopsis.
- Trim up some plants including a Japanese dappled willow(Salix integra) and a butterfly bush. The dappled willow is actually the mother plant of the willows I have in my yard as a deciduous hedge row.
- Random tasks that will probably pop up!
We only have a couple days to do all this so I’ll be busy. I started a good chunk of the list tonight. Tomorrow we’ll take down two more trees and I’ll be working on the rest of this list!
Those trees are a pain. Seems that is all I do, limb up, haul off, limb up, haul off, cut some dead ones down. Good luck! Be careful!
Sounds like a lot of work Dave! I’m looking forward to seeing the pictures.
Wow, Dave, you’re managing two gardens! Looking forward to seeing the photos of all your hard work and of course some wedding shot, too! Thanks for the link.
gail
Looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you. Sounds like an adventure though! Be careful with the dead trees! Don’t want them to fall onto you or your helpers during the work! 🙂 I can’t wait to see how it ends up looking.
Dave, make sure all children and pets are safely tucked away from the falling trees! Have heard too many sad stories lately.
We have our share of falling trees as well. We avoid the woods on windy days. Like you Tina, limbs a constant saga around here…
Sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you Dave. Drink lots of water during those hot times to stay hydrated! Cant wait to see the final results!
All the trees we are cutting are down and no injuries! I did a bunch of work today and I’ll wait until later to do a post about something. There’s a lot to talk about. I may put up the tree post first. We’ll be getting a chipper for the limbs tomorrow.
How nice of you to do all that work for your in-laws! Wishing the newlyweds much happiness and hope that the work goes smoothly (and your back holds up)! Take lots of pics…I have an engaged daughter and we’re looking for wedding ideas.