The Jerusalem Sage is in full bloom. This the second year for this plant so it beginning to show how well established it has become.
Damianita is a Hill Country Native. I planted this one but they grow all over out here. None on my property. I was going to steal some very nice ones from another property; however the owner's put their house up before I could get over there with my little shovel. They grow on almost no water and flower only in the spring and early summer.
Just another area with Rosemary and Salvia Aggregi. These are also becoming better established. They were planted in native soil so they grow much slower.
This is another new garden box area. When completed will be comprised of tomatoes, peppers, and fennel this year. The installation was fairly painful though not as painful as Cherie's birthday.
To begin I made all of my measurements, set up lines and laid the whole thing out. Everything was square in relation to the house and designed to fit with future site development plans.
I set both planter boxes and filled with topsoil/manure mix. I then commenced the building of the fence. I was putting in the post to the right - (cropped out of the frame) when I hit a rock. So I got out the big pry bar and and started through the rock. I made a close inspection to examine the rock - it looked more like concrete. "Must be a piece of buried concrete left from the slab pour, couldn't be the septic tank, I'm way too far out for that." When I heard the plop I new what I'd done. Gases began to evacuate the two inch whole I'd punched through the top of the septic. Lovely.
I have to say with all of my fence building my pry bar technique is pretty good.
I called the septic tank guy and he said I could patch with quick crete. So that's what I did; and then I set about rethinking my fence and new garden area. After probing the ground and determining the location of the septic tank (there are two actually, I hit the second one) I decided it would be best if I moved, reset the boxes 3' north.
The weekend project became a three weekend project.
David
3 comments:
Wow, looking good. I'm amazed at the gardner you've become. What are you mulching with? I just bought the rest of my vegies today and hope to get everything in the ground.
I mulch with wood stuff mostly. The last I bought was cypress. You have to here in Texas. The mulch keeps the water from evaporating. A good bed of mulch will keep native plants going for months without rain, once the are established.
David
Your experience, David, convinces me that before I put
in my two spicebushes, I'd better call the Utility one-call # and check to make SURE there's nothing going
through that part of the yard!
By the way your plants are looking good! See ya' this weekend. Jan
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