4/28/2013

After a few days of rain, we finally got some sunshine today.  He has been taking advantage of that.  He started out with planting marigolds in the corners of the flower beds out front and petunias in the little diamond boxes.  He potted up some larger wandering Jews and some airplane plants.  We re-potted the lemon philodendron into a hanging pot with a drip tray.

Back out to the yard, he then planted 3 wisteria starts around the oak tree in back along with some homestead day lilies around the base of an old stump out there.  I think we may plant some sedum in the top of the stump.  The day lilies have bulbs that are edible, and the flowers can be battered and fried.  At least, that's what we're told; but we'll have to wait till next year before we could try the flowers.  We want the bulbs to spread in the meantime, so it'll be a while before we might sample those.

Now he's working on a 100-foot row of thornless blackberry starts.  We figured the Indian peach tree for the same row as the rest of the flowering trees, just past the mimosa.  The Indian peach does produce peaches, but it sure is pretty when it blooms.  The foliage is more red than green, though.  That whole side of the driveway will be beautiful blooming trees for spring, and the mimosa blooms should last through the summers.

We kind of have an idea where the cherry trees will grow, out back on the other side of where the back yard fence will go.  The violas (which are also edible) will start out in front of three of the bigger flower beds out front.  They can spread to cover that whole little hill and be a nice ground cover for that area.