Another weekend - bit by bit

Between warming, drying, coffee-drinking sessions, I managed to:

• work on the pebble border (a tedious task I should probably give up on, ROI-wise)
• continue removing butterfly bush on sidewalk strip
• weed the walk between the raised beds
• move blue-flowering groundcover plant (name?) from North strip to under ash tree
• weed the crocosmia bed
• begin reclaiming* North fence strip
• thin arugula seedlings
• check recently transplanted lime cedar
• go to Garden Fever for: sweetpeas, bachelor buttons, parsley
• weed winterberry area

* Reclaim - when "weed" isn't a strong enough word.

Mugwort

Usually the mugwort comes up, blooms, and begins to fade before I even realize it's there. But with the early warm weather this year, I'm out in the yard early. Early enough to see the magic mugwort.

Long weekend

OMG, the grass is so high already!  I'll do this instead:

• weeded dahlia bed
• finished make-shift border work on back beds
• trimmed the all-consuming rosemary (front yard)
• worked on removing the dead lilac
• weeded crocosmia bed
• weeded blueberry beds
• researched splitting mugwort
• tidied potting area
• worked on pebble border (raised back beds)
• moved lime cedar
• began removing mimosa in front
• weeded area around fern & hellebore
• worked on cleaning up basement steps
• weeded the sidewalk strip

Then take an epsolm salt bath.

Get with the get down

Gardenbooty.  Shake it around.

Saturday:

• Removed soil from strip against basement wall
• Turned compost
• Tidied potting area
• Pruned & weeded lavender walk
• Moved echinacea on sidewalk strip
• Flagged back corner hostas (to visualize for moving)
• Worked on removing dead lilac
• Weed/mulch fence strip
• Weed/mulch winterberry area 
• Weeded sidewalk strip

Sunday:

•  Mulched transplanted fern
• Tidied potting area
• Weeded crocosmia bed 
• Weed/mulch back Russian sage
• Planted arugula seeds in herb bed
• Weeded dahlia bed
• Attacked blackberries
• Dug up & split one hosta into halves
• Took hosta half to neighbor
• Drank a glass of "job well done" prosecco

Winter prep

The old firepit will house strawberries in 2015 -- if I get my act together and if climate change doesn't turn Portland into an arid desert this year.

Fall falls