The Ivy is Gone!!!
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botiasThings I bought that I really, really didn't need: A yard-sale tarantula. At least s/he came with a nifty two-unit tarantula condo. Also, bare root fruit trees were 50% off so I now have a 'Honeycrisp' apple and a 'Liberty' apple.
I have been gardening fearlessly. I don't know if it's just some sort of Spring energy, but it's so wonderful. I'm planting plants that have been waiting far too long for the 'perfect' place. I've tended to be a garden romantic, never seeming to grasp that my relationship with my flowering annuals is fleeting and doomed until they begin to fade. This spring I actually planted cosmos before the agrostemma has even begun to bloom in earnest. I also tackled the Ivy Disaster.
I just went for it late one afternoon with an electric hedge trimmer bought for the purpose and a hand saw. Things went faster when the Mister joined in with his Sawz-all. I had never used a Sawz-all before, but I highly recommend it. We hacked the I.D. into three 4' X 10' slabs with it, and then my mom showed up with her pick-up and took it all to the green waste. I'm very excited by this development even though it will take time to have the same level of privacy. The Mister is in the process of putting in a new fence that is set back some feet from the ivy-covered one. More garden space!!!
And finally: those little white fuzzy things at the right are peaches! I've never grown them before. I can't wait to see how the whole ripening thing works out.
I have been gardening fearlessly. I don't know if it's just some sort of Spring energy, but it's so wonderful. I'm planting plants that have been waiting far too long for the 'perfect' place. I've tended to be a garden romantic, never seeming to grasp that my relationship with my flowering annuals is fleeting and doomed until they begin to fade. This spring I actually planted cosmos before the agrostemma has even begun to bloom in earnest. I also tackled the Ivy Disaster.
I just went for it late one afternoon with an electric hedge trimmer bought for the purpose and a hand saw. Things went faster when the Mister joined in with his Sawz-all. I had never used a Sawz-all before, but I highly recommend it. We hacked the I.D. into three 4' X 10' slabs with it, and then my mom showed up with her pick-up and took it all to the green waste. I'm very excited by this development even though it will take time to have the same level of privacy. The Mister is in the process of putting in a new fence that is set back some feet from the ivy-covered one. More garden space!!!
And finally: those little white fuzzy things at the right are peaches! I've never grown them before. I can't wait to see how the whole ripening thing works out.
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Date: 2011-05-16 06:11 pm (UTC)Ivy covered stuff is very romantic, and it seems wonderful for birds. I've seen them devouring the berries. The problem with the ivy, besides the maintenance issue, is that it's considered an invasive plant in my part of the world. Native plant aficionados get together for 'ivy bashes' in our natural areas. My plan is to replace it with bird-friendly native and non-invasive shrubs.