thoughts

The giant spring clock started ticking this weekend -- at least inside my head.

At some point, the clock will stop and I will have to wait till fall (outside of routine maintenance like weeding and watering).

Now is the time when my project list gets pulled out and I start thinking of the steps to complete what needs to happen in my garden. I will never get to all of the items on the list, but enough gets accomplished each major gardening season of spring and fall. If I think about it, I see progress in my garden building.

For many, looking at a blank, flat yard is daunting at first. When we first moved here, I stared at the yard for a long time and come up with a visual imagined idea of what I wanted for a garden in this space. As I look at how all this has finally shaped up, it feels like pieces of the puzzle are finally fitting together.

While the final shape is close to my original plan, I did miss the boat on somethings, particularly on the dimensions (the width) of the beds. I was toying with slender beds like the rose beds in the Bishop's Garden at the National Cathedral. Over time, I figured out that my slender beds were too skinny and needed to be widened.

I am moving some plants around, too, figuring out that my sometimes whimsical decisions on what to plant where may not work. More editing.