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
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been building this garden for a week now! P2 wasn’t going to join us today, so it was just D, P and Y. We got an even later start around 8:45. Unbeknownst to Y, D and P had discussed a change in the plans around the lower pool where…
Monday morning began all clear but still. The crew was out for the morning shift, busy with different tasks. P prepped the sifted dirt and spread it over the recently laid patches 3 and 4 of the path. Y went about watering the plants. P2 was busy with pruning the area near the top of…
The regular crew went to work with definite goals in mind: extend the upper landing and celebrate Canada Day by planting our showcase Japanese Maple tree now that our bridge was in place. We had help from K of course since he would be here for another half a day before heading out again. We…
Friday was a truncated day for garden progress as everyone was busy with miscellaneous errands or their day job. P spent some time in the morning to glue down the folds at the stream mouth underneath which we had poured gravel the prior evening. He also replaced the liner and under-lay back over the stream…
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…
The builders were greeted in the morning by some chilly weather. Whatever happened to the famous Kelowna summer? Nonetheless, our builders marched on, led this breezy day by K, who was at the site, all decked up in his toolbelt and paraphernalia at 7, while the rest of us struggled out of our beds to…
