First, I tried out the new chipper/shredder. Yes, they do make electric ones :) I don't know that I have the patience to chop up the bulk of my leftover oak leaves (definitely easier to rake them out into the yard the day before the mowers go through!), but it did make lovely shreds of last year's fountain grasses. And now I have a large pile of said shreds.
Then, I added some composted manure and some regular compost from my composter to the veggie garden and mixed it in. Then turned the remaining compost.
Then, planted two new shrubs in the front. A pussy willow and a scotchbroom burkwood now flank my poor struggling crabapple. The deer rutted on the crabapple last fall and the damage was pretty thorough to the main tree, but the suckers are leafing out nicely, so I cut off the trunk. Too bad there was no mulch at the store where I stopped on the way home tonight, so I'll have to live with the bare landscape cloth until I get some...
Meanwhile, everything else keeps growing (especially the dandelions, but that is a whole other story). Tulips are fading, and the redbud is transitioning from pink to green, but the creeping phlox and bleeding hearts are beautiful, asian lilies are coming up, and the peonies are on the way (thank you, ants!).
Did a garden inventory tonight. Phew. I was keeping all the tags in an album, but it is getting too fat and messy. Now I just have to get the inventory entered into a nice database...
