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This is what the front yard looked like on August 20, 2001, before we put in the island bed.
Aug 20, 2001
Here's the island bed before we planted anything in it. August 20, 2001.
Aug 20, 2001
Views of the "during" phase of the island bed, before we actually planted anything in it. August 20, 2001.
Apr 19, 2002
Aaaaaaargh!!! What a disaster! Here's the same island bed April 19, 2002 -- This is what happens when you (1) don't layer enough newspaper, (2) don't layer enough other organic material under your mulch and (3) start planting stuff way too soon.
*grumble, grumble, grumble*
Apr 19, 2002
More terror in the island bed, April 19, 2002.
May 3, 2002
The island bed, taken March 6, 2002. This is after we crawled around on our hands and knees, spading out grass and weeding. Oh, and then we raked off the cypress and put down hardwood mulch Howie's brothers delivered for us. Much better!
As of May 26, some grass is trying to grow there again, for Pete's sake. I suppose it's annual grass which is sprouting, but it could be coming back up through the mulch, I guess. I keep picking it out of there, though.
May 10, 2002
Soapwort blooming in corner bed along fenceline, May 10, 2002. I need to dig out the botanical name for this one, still.
May 26, 2002
The island bed out front, taken May 26, 2002. Things are really starting to flower and come together. :) I've put in sweet william, asters, lavender, lupine, delphinium, penstemon, coreopsis, crocosmia, candy lily, daylily, alyssum compactum, mullein, liriope, globe thistle...I can't think of the others off the top of my head!
May 26, 2002
Another shot of the island bed out front, taken May 26, 2002.
May 26, 2002
Zepherine Droughin climbing rose. It's thornless and wonderful. Her flowers smell really fruity and sweet. :)
May 27, 2002
Some of the sweet william in our island bed out front.
May 27, 2002
Another shot of the sweet william in our island bed out front.
