Running Chick

I took shovel to ground today and dug away at the last section of Josh's side garden.  This is a really large section, so I decided to break it up into thirds to make it less  daunting.  This section was pretty much devoid of the giant rocks from the last two sections (yay!), but the majority of it was sod and a tangle of miscellaneous plants that made for lots of root-pulling and digging. Boo. Anyway, here's what it looked like before I started poking away at it.

 

Here's what it looks like now:

 

In the far back corner is a peony plant that I dug up from a spot where the garage is going to go.  They can be a bit finicky so I’m really hoping that it takes to this new spot.

 

The front corner has a tomato plant that some nutty lady gave me for visiting her garage\book sale.  She even had a name for the plant, it was “Helen”.  Helen is comfortably residing in the front position.

 

I relocated the herbs I originally planted in the first section of the side garden to this new spot.  Josh is planning on fixing the wall soon and needs the work space, so all the thyme and sage have been moved to their permanent home. 

Their old spot is looking rather naked.

 

BTW, the herbs are looking really good. We should be ready to harvest the first batch in a couple of weeks. I hope Josh makes me something yummy for all my efforts!

 

Finally, on a semi-unrelated note, Josh’s apple tree is bursting with apples.

I was a gardening machine today.  Remember this from Josh’s Garden, Phase I ?

I dug it all up and filled it in with one dwarf lilac bush, two mugo pines, two spirea shrubs and some cedar mulch. I also repurposed the last of the stepping stones and made a path to the water spigot.

Onward! I tackled this nasty job next. 

I lost count of how many rocks I dug out of this section, but it was more than you would ever believe. My back believes it, however. Oof, sore.

It’s now home to three hosta plants and some more cedar mulch. I used some of those rocks I dug up to make some neat edging.

When my back is my friend again, this is Phase III.

Josh's apple tree is in full bloom. The bees are going crazy with the pollenating. If you stand at the trunk of the tree and look up, all you see is bees swarming everywhere. I tried to get a shot of one of them, but the little buggers are too quick. Pretty, right?