Thanks to Tim, Mom, JR, Heath, Liz, Cat and Zach, the berm is finally done! It took a couple of weeks to finish, but I think it looks great. At the beginning, Tim and I were a little hesitant to dig up so much of the grass, but with my mother's persistence and reassurance that it would look great, we charged forward. I am very thankful we listened to my mother, she was right, it does look great. (Aren't they always right?)
Last year my mother gave us some trees that would eventually "go in the corner berm," but since we didn't dig out the grass last year for the berm, we just had to put them in the ground. So here is a photo of what the two little trees looked like last October, pretty close to where they are in the current corner berm.
All the horrible, HORRIBLE witch grass is gone! Thanks Tim!
After a load of fill dirt and a load of mulch we finally got to plant!
Cat and I went to some plant nurseries and picked out all the plants with the exception of a few that I already had. The wonderful, beautiful plants in the berm:
(1) Redtwig Dogwood
(2) Yellowtwig Dogwood
(2) Coral Beauty Cotoneaster
(1) Lavendar
(1) Austrian Black Pine
(1) Read Leaf Maple
(1) Fir (I think... mom gave me this tree and for some reason I can never remember exactly what it is!)
(3) Blue Star Jumiper
(1) Lupine
(2) Echinacea (pink coneflower)
(1) Massachusetts Kinnikinnick
It is a packed little berm, but it will take awhile for things to fill in. In a couple of weeks, I plan to plant some annuals to bring in some color and in the fall we will be planting some tulips!
Here are some pics of my favorite plants I have planted in my yard:
Massachusetts Kinnikinnick
Dwarf Mugo Pine
Karl Rosenfield Peony
Last year my mother gave us some trees that would eventually "go in the corner berm," but since we didn't dig out the grass last year for the berm, we just had to put them in the ground. So here is a photo of what the two little trees looked like last October, pretty close to where they are in the current corner berm.
All the horrible, HORRIBLE witch grass is gone! Thanks Tim!
After a load of fill dirt and a load of mulch we finally got to plant!
Cat and I went to some plant nurseries and picked out all the plants with the exception of a few that I already had. The wonderful, beautiful plants in the berm:
(1) Redtwig Dogwood
(2) Yellowtwig Dogwood
(2) Coral Beauty Cotoneaster
(1) Lavendar
(1) Austrian Black Pine
(1) Read Leaf Maple
(1) Fir (I think... mom gave me this tree and for some reason I can never remember exactly what it is!)
(3) Blue Star Jumiper
(1) Lupine
(2) Echinacea (pink coneflower)
(1) Massachusetts Kinnikinnick
It is a packed little berm, but it will take awhile for things to fill in. In a couple of weeks, I plan to plant some annuals to bring in some color and in the fall we will be planting some tulips!
Here are some pics of my favorite plants I have planted in my yard:
Massachusetts Kinnikinnick
Dwarf Mugo Pine
Karl Rosenfield Peony
Comments
Lovely! Can;t wait to see it all filled in.
Second, I don't know if you remember me...but I asked you a while back if you would create a cute header or title or whatever for my blog. Remember?
Anyway, let me know if you are still up for that and what you need/want from me.
Thanks, Emily!