I’m absolutely not a pro at this. Post your plants!
OP pic is Chinese rhubarb to maybe replace my old plant, russet potatoes that were sprouting on the counter, wild strawberries native to AB I often see in our river valley, asparagus (cut down once already), chives. Further back box is next week’s problem.
Everything under the evergreens (out of frame directly behind the fence) suffers and this old planter the old owners put in is rotting, so last year for this struggling stuff except the Honeyberry bush which I need to move anyways. It’s big enough to survive in the lawn now. Rhubarb, saskatoons, raspberries don’t do well in here. I’ll salvage what I can. Smashy’n clover next year. Then new half buried kiddie pools with the bottoms cut out “planters” elsewhere away from those trees is the plan. Classy! I’ll do neon green with the dinosaur pattern.
New cherry tree because my old one is about at the end of its expected lifespan and it’s showing. I’ll pretty up its space if it survives the winter.
Same deal here, but these are an experiment to see if these “CANADIAN HARDY -TAYLOR” Paw Paw (Michigan Banana is another name) trees from Quebec’s Green Barn Nursery can really survive zone 3b. They’ll get the burlap sacks over winter. Has anyone eaten these fruits before on Lemmy? Curious. Nobody has heard of them locally here I’ve talked to so far. https://www.greenbarnnursery.ca/products/paw-paw-taylor
The row will hopefully be purple and orange goth-ish Sunflowers. Or “Chocolate” I guess.
The grass mostly died beside the pine tree, so I’m trying clover. It uh, yeah it’s thriving. I’ll dig out more of the damned grass later. Very good result it’ll be lower maintenance now.
everything I hear about clover lawns is so great, I’m so happy to see someone trying it out.
please keep us updated on the clover lawn, I hear they thrive forever so I’m excited to hear if that’s true in your situation.
I’m traveling right now, the last time I got to plant stuff a couple years ago I tried a whole bunch of of seeds and when the radishes and carrots and all the little sprouts popped up, it was so exciting, so congratulations.
I know how you feel and it’s very gratifying.
it looks like you’re doing a great job.
By July I think it’ll be pretty uniform for the clover lawn experiment, so I’ll update then :) The tall stuff is from last year and I already over-seeded they’re just like 1-2cm tall rn in the lowest spots. Went so well I’ll do the backyard, but it’ll be 5X the work next year. I think from what I read clover is nitrogen enriching the soil unlike grass, so maybe that’s why it thrives forever.
Thanks for the support. I hope your travels go well, be it work or leisure.
shoot, 5x the initial work to never cut grass and cultivate a plant bees actually visit?
sounds like a good deal!
travels are good, I taught English a decade ago and have been traveling since.
I don’t know how to follow your progress except to subscribe here, so I guess I’ll do that.
if you have the time, @ me on updates, but I’ll try to be following along.
I’m going to get a house eventually, and clover lawns or grass-alternative lawns are one of my musts.
have a good one!