The front "bulb bed" which goes across the front of the porch, is mainly planted with iris. There are a few hyacinths which the pigs (javelina) haven't eaten, but darn few. So I have decided to not only weed the bed and dig it up to aerate the soil, but because my sweet niece Mindy Kamholz gave me a ton of iris bulbs, to replant them, some tulips, and some daffodils in order to fill the bed with spring happiness.
Because it is a rather large bed, and the soil is not easily worked (thus the amendments of compost and mulch and maybe some manure), I've decided to do it in portions instead of doing the entire bed at one time. I'm not as young as I used to be, and there are other projects which need to be completed for which I'd have no energy left if I did the entire bed (like making meals for my husband and feeding the dog!).
So here are the beginning project photos. As I continue to improve it, I'll post more.
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| the entire bed...first quarter completed area in the front |
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| left end of bed--a mess |
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| right side of bed--new bulbs with compost |
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| center area of bed--iris' trimmed down only |
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