Wednesday, 26 January 2022
At house
Allan completed up his tasks by placing the latch and a few crosspieces on the brand new door gate…
He was happy together with his salvaging of some wooden from the rotten previous door.
He did the primary mowing of the 12 months within the drier entrance garden at Alicia’s subsequent door and the J Crew Cottage tiny garden throughout the road. Ours is way to moist to mow.
We discovered a purple tub to place the additional papyrus in, and I put it in a too-shady nook by the south Catio until I discover a higher spot.
I wheelbarrowed many the load of mulch out to the willow grove to complete a mattress on the east finish, the place until yesterday plenty of branches had been piled.
I planted just a few vegetation within the new space.
I attempted one other licorice fern tucked right into a willow trunk. They prefer to develop on the trunks of a conifer however perhaps not a willow. I’ll regulate it for indicators of misery.
I’m ready on planting shrubs until the following chilly snap is over and till I do know whether or not or not the frog lavatory might be spared from being was a street. If not, I have to fully block my view to the south to cover the unhappiness. If the lavatory stays, I received’t want as a lot of a display screen. I’ve vegetation in my girls in ready areas for both event: evergreen or deciduous.
Skooter helped.
We have now crocuses.
On the finish of the afternoon I made the brand new edge on the bridged swale.
Allan helped me put up one other tall pole on the Frog Bathroom gate.
I admired the look of the willow grove in late afternoon. Eradicating that pile of branches, mid left, will end the creation of the backyard beds, apart from planting and adorning.
We had one other campfire dinner to make use of up the dry wooden that I had moved out of the willow grove, principally alder branches.
Allan’s subsequent plan is a midwinter boating day and mine is to make use of the remainder of the mulch on the entrance backyard.
