I'm not dead! Sorry I haven't been posting...I've been too busy to do much at all. Here are pics from 2 days of work. The first day I pulled up a bunch of green weeds that were bugging me and that's about it. Newly weeded beds ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) This is one of the weeds I pulled up. Ridiculous. Took me a half hour just for this one. ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) My herbs...from top to bottom, left to right Basil, Cilantro, Rosemary, Mint Pineapple Mint ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Gift from my mom...not sure where to plant it yet. ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) New garden hose and caddy ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Then the second day...a couple weeks later, my fiance and I dedicated a whole day to doing yard stuff. Here is the result of our work. Eric freed the plum tree of the metal around it. ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) I had to use a saw to cut down 3 sumac trees...pulled up weeds over here and behind it all discovered another rose bush ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Trimmed Japanese Maple. ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Cleaned off the cathouse. Also those are the Impatients I planted a couple weeks back ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Brush pile. That's going to be a doozy to haul to the dump. ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Side Yard pruned up and the discovery of the blooms of a tree ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) Front...finally got around to pruning everything, cutting back the rose bush (after which I ran into it), and pulling some weeds ( photo / image / picture from thenoobgardener's Garden ) So there's the update. What do ya'll think?
Golly, that's a vast improvement already. Congratulations on getting this far. I'm so glad you've got help. Cleaning up is much more fun with company. The outside spaces look inviting now.
You are doing a great job! It looks great! And I'll bet the plum tree is happy now, to be out of its cage
Congratulations on your graduation! Mystery plant number 1 is a Dicentra spectabilis (bleeding heart) I went outside to look at mine! They are very hardy and make such pretty flowers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprocapnos_spectabilis They are very pretty, mine are planted with some ferns, they seem to like each other.
So I need advice... We have a plum tree (one of the top pics) and a peach tree (not pictured on either side of our patio. The fruit is falling and bursting open on our stone and it's starting to smell. What should I do? Do I cut the tree way back? Is there a way to train it away from the fence? Any help would be appreciated!
