Building Our New Home

September 21 - One new bed down, one to go!

We managed to get the BIG bed on the northeast corner of our house finished today- used about half the dirt we got from Warren and Jenni, and maybe 1/4 of the mulch we got delivered yesterday.

I changed my mind on where I was going to put the Tamukeyama maple- I had done some reading that said that cultivar tends to be really touchy if it gets too much sun- leaves wilt, loses color, etc. So I put it in the corner of the dining room and the morning room instead- it gives it more room to grow, the soil back there is always more moist, and it doesn't even get full morning sun, let alone most of the day so it will be a lot better protected. More protection from wind too- most of our nasty gusty winds tend to come from the south and west. I put one of my 2 spare rheingold arborvitae in the spot I had originally planned for the maple.

I think the bed looks good, neat though a little sparse so far. Well, the Japanese maple will get to a 8-10' spread eventually, so the space will fill in! And I plan on planting more things in that area eventually too. Once my back stops hurting from this batch! :)

posted by Bee @ 11:46 AM