Friday, April 3, 2015

Observations as of April 3, 2015


1       The grass is down, which was the last major project this year. Just in the nick of time too - I got it down just before the flu ran through the family (including me) and the weather turned nice. I used Pennington 1-Step, which is a combo of seed, mulch and fertilizer. Total cost was about $140.00. Just trying to keep it moist all the time, and the temperatures are fluctuating quite a bit between mid-30's (at night) to mid-50's and mid-60's during the day.






2     There are too many tulips clustered at the northern end of the IG. They really are beautiful! But it's meant to be a more spare coastal atmosphere - just a few pops of hot color here and there amongst the more subdued greens and grays. And for some reason, the southern half turned up few tulips so it's too bare. The red hot pokers and the Cleopatra foxtails are showing growth however, so it shouldn't be devoid of color for long. Just need to move some of these tulips down that way in the fall.




3     Things are looking pretty nice! We've been fortunate this year, the winter was so mild except for a couple of week-long cold snaps last November. Time for some before-and-after snaps I think:




May 2013





May 2013


 
April 2015
 
April 2015









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