Trellis

Finally. It turns out all I had to do was ask Paul for help, and like magic, the trellis appeared. So I painted it (a coat of spray grey primer and two coats of sprayed purple) and planted the wisteria. I odd not do a great job of getting the wisteria's roots. I know it's tough, but I expect it to falter.

Most of the day was spent cutting back the bushes in front of my bedroom, along the walk from the side yard. It looks nice and open now.

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Bud Break

It's early, but we have bud break on the oak leaf hydrangea and Carolina silverbell.



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A Small Amount of Work (at last)

I got out there Sunday afternoon and cleaned up the front yard. "Cleaned up" means I did the raking I never did in November. Typically, the silver maple leaves are very brittle and break down on their own, but this year without any snow everything stayed intact. I raked in the actual garden, and chopped down the standing stems (asters and grasses) to lower the overall profile. I just piled all the leaves under the Norway spruce on the other side of the walk.

I did some pruning on the redbud and the Carolina silverbells. I need a ladder to prune the ash and red oak and hickories, but it's coming on hard on the season when I need to get moving on them.

It's all better than nothing.

Daffodils in Full Flight

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Blooming Now But Out of Season

It is still way too warm. I spent about half an jour yesterday cleaning up dead stuff on the corner, so the untimely daffodils can be seen. The witch hazel is blooming, and of course the heather, but I was surprised to see crocuses up.



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Too warm for January

Very weird weather. In the teens on Tuesday but up to the sixties by Friday. My garden is extremely confused. Photosynthesis is happening and staffs are blooming.



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Christmas Flowers

It's meant to be winter blooming but usually not this early.


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