The day began with a skeleton crew composed of D and P for the morning shift. They worked on digging out the upper landing of the Bridge and the path to complete our loop on the West side of the garden, next to the patio. The morning shift ended early as some of us had to go for our day jobs. Late in the morning, Y went around to check the water levels and water the plants. A lot of our trees have a dedicated irrigation system and it was great to see those trees less thirsty than normal on this hot day.
In the evening shift, P and D finished laying out the foundational layer for the Bridge’s upper landing, including gluing some stones above the base layer after leveling.
P laying out the stones after the landing was dug out and leveled. Photo credit: YSThe stones have been glued in! Photo credit: YSThanks again for the yummy dinner, mama E! Photo credit: YS
Upon E’s suggestion, we also decided to include today a brief photo tour/status update of the various sections of the garden.
Our Japanese Maple seems to like its spot. PC: YSThe new Mare’s Tail is starting to peek out of the Upper Pond surface, and the Red Water Lily here has recovered from its initial shock as well. PC: YSDwarf Mugo Pine just went in yesterday, but so far so good. PC: YSMost of our rock plants seem to have stabilized, especially after trimming away spent blooms on some like the Red-Leaved Thrift on the top. PC: YSOur marginals on the Upper Pond’s Bog Shelf that never skipped a beat! PC: YSSedge and Woolly Thymes on the top and Blue Fescues on the bottom of the snapshot, beside the stream are liking where they are! PC: YSRelatively recent plantings, but Blood Grasses are still vivid, though we’re keeping an eye on the Creeping Jenny beside the stream. PC: YSThe Blue Globe Spruce has been shifting and settling since early days, and we’re keeping an eye on the Cotoneasters for transplant shock, though they look mostly fine for now. PC: YSOur Weeping Caragana is but a day old, but looking fine thus far! PC: YSOur day old Japanese Snowbell’s looking fine, though we’re watching our Bamboos for some shock. PC: YSThe Karl Foerster and Phlox patch looks happy! PC: YSLower Pond Bog Shelf marginals are also thriving! PC: YSThe Barberry still seems to be its thorny self. PC: YSOur new Weeping Cherry might have some transplant shock, we’re hoping for a quick recovery! PC: YSCircling back to the Bridge’s Upper landing Foundation, looking good! PC: YS
Tuesday morning dawned bright and quite warm again. D and P2 were out around 8 am, setting up some more irrigation routes and digging holes for our new trees. P worked on firming up the stones along the newly laid path. Y watered the plants and worked with D and P2 to plant and mulch…
The crew had a late start as almost a month’s work caught up to them. Some of us struggled to get out of bed, but we got out in the garden! Y started the day by watering the new plants and the plants in waiting. D and P discussed how to best lift up the…
As is often the case following a big work day, we had a slower morning. Given K was planning to go back home, the group focused their time on getting the materials that K would take home to build the bridge with T’s help. K, and P discussed the finer details of how we wanted…
The crew was greeted by a really warm Friday morning! But, they had things to do and places to be, so they cracked on. P picked up yesterday’s stair building. P2 and D continued to clear out more of the dead tree remains and roots, as well as dug a slightly larger hole above the…
The day started a little later at 8 am today. The crew kicked off with their usual stand-up. Given P had a lot of meetings and could spend less than an hour this morning, we decided to focus on finishing up the grass removal as well as lowering the step down from the patio to…
Monday was a shorter day for the crew. In the morning shift, P worked on extending the path up to the bridge landing using a different process than the previous one by one stone placement. Here, D and P poured sand over a stretch of the path and placed rocks over them. P balanced them…
