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
Monday morning began with the crew somewhat dispersed. P and Y took care of some errands and did not get to the garden project until about after lunch. D and P2, however, were busy right from the get go. First, they went to Bylands to pick up our new trees that were awaiting a pick…
The morning was a warm one, but our crew was out and busy at 8 am. P2’s task this morning was to clear out all the leftover grass in the Western side of the garden, beside the patio. P and Y continued to dig out the path over in the North. There were multiple planning…
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…
Wednesday morning greeted us with some more warm weather, though the high in the day was expected to be just 22 degrees C. The crew met outside at 8 am again. After an initial discussion on what adjustments were needed to the patio steps, most of the crew went on to their own separate tasks….
The team was ready and going early yet again – this time to speed up planting and other activities before the showers arrived for some days potentially starting Friday. P2 continued his pruning around the big ash tree. P continued to meticulously place the tumbled slate rocks over the North path one at a time,…
The crew awoke to a cooler day in the morning. It would rain at some point in the day, our weather forecast read. Starting around 8 am, P2 worked on readjusting all the path steps now that we had lowered the level of the path in the North. P started down on the East end…
