Day 39, Tuesday, July 7, 2026: All the Weepers are in!

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 new trees. We planted the Japanese Snowbell, Weeping Caragana and Dwarf Mugo Pine this morning.

P2 digging up a hole for the Snowbell while D clears up some debris. Photo credit: YS
Our Marley’s Pink Parasol needed a special acidic mix to be planted in! Photo credit: YS
Placing the Japanese Snowbell in an area that doesn’t get a lot of afternoon sun. Though we had to figure out how to support it on this slope. Photo credit: YS
Of course, our favorite activity – rock collection. Photo credit: YS
P in the middle of his painstaking process of pressing in each stone one by one! Photo credit: YS
Weeping Caragana was planted beside the path on the North-East side! Photo credit: YS
Dwarf Mugo Pine was planted in the NW side of the garden, beside the path. Photo credit: YS
Elsewhere on the property, one of our deer friends was back after a hiatus of about a month. Photo credit: YS

After breakfast, P2 and D worked on making more adjustments to the irrigation lines for the new trees. Later in the evening, Y watered some of the plants again and helped P settle the fine dirt he had poured as round 2 for the path in progress, followed by a spray of water. We thought it was an overall productive day for the garden with all the new additions. We closed the day with D and P discussing what to do about the patio steps relative to the level of the path next to the Upper Pond. Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

Gently sweeping the dirt into the cracks, round 2. Photo credit: YS
Watering down the path to help the dirt settle in between the stones. Photo credit: YS
A delicious end to the day. Thanks mama E! Photo credit: YS

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