The weather was beautiful today. I went outside and supervised while my husband worked in the yard. We plan to have some topsoil added to the yard as the dirt is so poor. To get ready for that, DH potted some hosta that were going to be in the way of the new dirt. Hosta do great in pots as long as they are watered. We have some potted hosta arranged around the old pump fountain.
The hosta in the back, to the right, is ‘Green Fountain.’ It has been planted in the same old, iron kettle for at least fifteen years. When it was moved to our current home last year, DH pulled it out, added some new soil and put it back in the kettle. It has always thrived. A few of the hosta around the pump are in plastic pots. We are changing those out to ceramic pots a few at a time. When we moved to this house a few years ago, DH potted plants from the old garden in every pot we could get our hands on. As it turned out, our older son and his family bought our previous house and now we have perpetual access to the old garden.
A few weeks ago, we had a tree crew take out one of our large oak trees. It has been failing over the past year of so. I asked that they leave a stump, and I asked that they cut the trunk into rounds for use in the garden. They will make nice places to sit for a while, or we can use them as side tables next to the concrete benches in the garden. DH counted the rings in the trunk. It was about 50 years old. Our small yard has maybe eight more oaks that look like they could have been planted at the same time. They line the west and the north sides of our yard.
About ten feet behind this tree is our neighbor’s ten acres. He is actively planting new trees. We love the view! It’s like having a private park in our backyard.
Every season has been beautiful. Below, Winston enjoys a spring sunset with a side of daffodils on the craft desk. It has been nice to watch the sun move north to south and back to north as the year goes by.
After DH’s bicycle accident on Memorial Day, he wasn’t able to work in the yard for two months. Now, at the end of the season, we are doing some catch-up. But it is always good to get outside and see what’s going on.
We have a water station by the back door of the catio, near the pump fountain. So far, we have seen feral cats, skunks, possoms, a fox, raccoons, Chuckles the ground hog, and even an armodillo making daily/nightly visits to the water station. We caught a nighttime picture of a raccoon and a skunk sharing the water with each other. This was several weeks ago, before DH planted a large hosta in the empty pot. Most visit at night, but Chuckles and the feral cats are daytime visitors, too.
I hope you enjoyed a peek at our yard.
My younger son, who oversees the blog for me, thinks he has fixed the problem the comment section has had. I’d love to hear from you. What’s going on in your yard?
~~Rhonda 🙂