April 30, 2009

Much Mulch


This cocoa hardwood mulch was delivered yesterday.....all 18 yds of it. With cheerful enthusiasm we happily started to spread it on the beds. After about two hours we were headed to divorce court, but recovered in time to make good progress, have a nice dinner, take two Advil and fall into bed. Mulch makes me kind of sad. Although it's handsome-looking and shows off the plants/bushes in a way that plain old dirt can't do, I prefer being able to dig in the dirt without having to mess with the mulch and then there's the worrying that we (my husband) covered a plant that won't be able to find its way up through the mulch. Today will be another day of work.

The Fern Leaf Peony has big fat buds like this one. It's a plant with an interesting history which I'll share when it's blooming.


The Delta Blue Hyacinths are blooming. Although they've multiplied since being planted in 2005, the flowers are getting smaller. Maybe that's to be expected. I don't know very much about Hyacinths.



The pretty little Anemones. They always seem to be waving me over to take their picture.

7 comments:

  1. I want a Fern Leaf peony!

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  2. ArtCricket2, come on up and get one of mine. I'll start digging now.

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  3. I've never been able to make a plain old peony grow. I've been told to try tree peonies. Maybe I could do a fern leaf?
    Oh, I would love a truckload of that mulch!

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  4. Sue, a Fern Leaf Peony is not fussy at all. You'd be very successful at growing one.

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  5. Your hyacinths are way bigger than mine, so you must be doing something right! Mine got puny the second season and stayed that way. Boy, that mulch makes me tired for you!

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  6. Lisa, you're even farther north than I am. Maybe hyacinths don't like it this cold.

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  7. I love your anemonies! They are one of my favorite perennials and I don't know many other people who have them. Beautiful pictures! I'm from Wisconsn, too, and its so nice that things are FINALLY blooming!

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