It’s time to think of my garden plans for next year. Because of the amount of weeds I had this year, due to bad shoulders, I’m going to have to replant almost all of the stone bed. I had to cut it all down, doing my best to salvage the old succulents that were growing there, some of it’s now covered by a layer of newspaper.
I’m going to have to either cover properly and add a lot of soil or dig up a massive amount of roots to be able to plant anything here. In a few weeks, when I’m done with the theory for my driver’s license, I’m going to sit down and make a list of plants. If you’ve got any suggestions for suitable plants that survive in the mountains, let me know. I’m also going to have to replant some of the small bed by the south wall, and remove the bed below the stone bed, which is really just an elevated strip of grass with a few flowers in it.
In addition to that, I’m playing with the idea to create a relaxation area or spiritual area in one of the spots that are now to uneven to mow. I’d like to frame it in some way, and maybe put some nice bushes by the fence. I’d also like some flowers there, but I haven’t decided if I’m going to use containers or make a flower bed. We’ve gotten a lot of snow today, which makes me glad I took these pictures a few days ago. I wasn’t able to put bottles over the apple tree saplings before the snow arrived, and I think the deer might have gotten to them. They were a lot smaller when I checked them this weekend than earlier.
Beautiful space! Living in Texas – it’s tough for me to know what grows in mountains! Can’t wait to see how your garden progresses though!
Thanks 🙂 There are more pictures from the garden at http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v223/svehex/Garden/
YEAH! Love the snow pics! 🙂
Thanks 🙂 The pics are better than the real thing. Had a two hour walk in that weather to bring Lilith home from daycare because Jonny was late due to traffic problems.
Wow …. Great plans …. Love the idea of having a spiritual area …. Look forward to updates …. 🙂
Thanks 🙂 I hope I’ll be able to at least start that areaa next year.
OMG snow! We haven’t got any yet here in Spokane Washington (USA), but the foot hills and mountains around us have snow. – all within about 15 to 30 miles from us. As for garden? We are looking into setting up a couple green houses with solar power in the spring. We are looking at year round veggies and herbs 😀
It’s way early this year. Today we’ve got 6 inches of snow, and -15 C/5 F this morning. Last night was the coldest October night in 41 years.
Love your plans for your garden, Linda. I’m needing to spend some time thinking about my own patch. It’s quite crowded at the moment, which I quite like as it gives the birds some cover while they’re at the bird feeders, but it could really do with some pruning and cutting back, some of which I should have done before now, but most of which can wait until spring. Love my garden space. And can’t wait to see how your plans progress.
Thanks, I’d love to see yours as well. In addition to the plans above, the Apple tree really needs some hard cutting back, as it’s way too high.