More clean-up, pruning and transplanting

Freshly mown grass always makes me feel better!

 
The weather gods are being very kind this week. The weather here is glorious - sunny and in the 50s and no clouds whatsoever today although we woke up to a chilly 29 degrees and a big frost. The forecast for the remainder of the week only gets better. The best part of this is that I have most of the week free! I  have one more day to work at my winter job at Target and then I'm off to Alabama for a trip and following that, I will probably be starting back at Yard N' Garden Land for the gardening season. I'm thrilled to have so many days in between with some great weather.

The pruning chores continue. This morning after it warmed up a bit, I got out and started working on the border next to the street. Before -

And after -

The daffodils and crocus are blooming. Now that the grass is sheared away from them, you have a better look -

 My first grevillea has survived the winter nicely. I'm hoping that is will bloom this year -

Grevillea juniperina 'Low Red'

When cleaning up, you always come across plants that new relocating. These poor 'Hameln' grasses have been devoured by Ceanothus 'Vandenberg' -

 I moved them down a bit to a new location -

 Another victim of the ceanothus was this boulder -

Fortunately, this was one of the smaller ones and I managed to move it without killing myself. I relocated it about 5 feet down and positioned it closer to the road. You can see the hole where it was sitting to the left -

 It doesn't look big but don't let it fool you - it was heavy -

I cut back one of the buddleias ('Buzz Hott Raspberry') - this is the largest and I haven't had any problems with it reseeding. Before -

 and after -

Finally, I mowed the grass. This is the second time this year -

 Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy