Working on making the yard prettier.
May 3rd to 12th

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Tulips are still blooming.

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Back in April we reported on bluebells growing where we don't want them. Allan spent about three days digging bluebells from this strip along the back of the house and Sheila helped scoop the bulbs out of the stones. Who knows how many are still hiding there.

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In the front yard - pink '"snow" in the Japanese maple.

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Another couple of hours work - two layers of black garbage bags have been spread over the stones, pots and bricks hold them down.

And since the photo above was taken, the two largest pots acquired big tomato plants.

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The small maple tree on the left is a bonsai started last year. The two on the right are this year's seedlings, which will also have their roots trimmed to be added to the pot to hopefully have a bonsai "grove" of Big Leaf Maples.

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Heather, Steve and Alex gave Sheila a basket on fuchsias for Mother's Day.

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We went out and bought some more baskets to go with it. This one is New Guinea Impatiens.

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And some begonias.

Sheila has been planting her own baskets in recent years, but Costco had these for less than the price of the bedding plants to do her own.

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One more basket for a sunnier spot at the back of the house.

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The same basket from the other side.

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This patch of tiny alliums is turning pink.

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And the wild columbine is blooming.

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Last Updated:
14 May 2025