Spreading Mulch
First, before I get to the mulch, I wanted to share a photo of the transplanted loquat. I am thrilled with its progress and think it looks great for January! I felt really guilty after moving it but it was one of those situations where I wanted to make room for another plant. I do that a lot. I thought it was a goner after leaves and limbs continued to turn brown. But, new growth in popping out all over.
My neighbor was over and I was sharing my mulch with him. I said "I can feel spring in the air". He laughed and said "Well, it is 45 degrees." And so it was. But the sun was shining, no wind or rain and the birds were singing. I can feel spring coming.
Today was a good workout and I made it much longer before my sciatica, lumbago or whatever it is called in lower back started acting up. The mulch mountain is dwindling...
This was a huge chip drop and one drop is going to be enough and then some. Because these chips come from arborists, they are not treated with dyes and therefore don't have the attractive color. That turns some people off but I can't over-emphasize the benefits this gives the soil. It breaks down fast and your garden will love you for it. What I usually do is cover high profile areas with a layer of the darker chips from the garden center.
This batch of chips also had a lot of fir needles in it but I really like that.
I noticed that the potted sumac looks interesting -
I don't focus well on one activity and when spreading chips along the fence in back, I noticed this -
This is the bamboo screening that the previous owner placed over the hurricane fence. I'm surprised it has held up this long. I've covered most of the screen and fence with the twig fencing but there is some areas left along the side garden. Every year, I find where it has blown down. This seems to happen despite my best efforts at tying it. So, once again, I stopped what I was doing to get it back in position.
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(Is there a purpose to the upturned terra-cotta pots next to the sumac?)
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