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Saturday, June 11, 2005
 

Sunset Saturday

Garden 20 percent revealed. Plants perking up. Found so far: giant yarrow; millefoil yarrow; four clumps of chives; germander; lovage; thyme; a wan, etiolated comfrey; three blueberry bushes; catmint; three columbines blossoming away.

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I can't get a fork, spade, or shovel into the soil. It is like concrete. The grasses are glued in place. A pair of kitchen shears is my only hope at this point. As each plant is revealed I pull as much grass from in and around it as I can. then I lay down a layer of llama manure, a layer of bought compost, and a heavy mulch-flake of rotted hay. Then I pour in a gallon of creek water per plant.

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First, remove the staples that secure the ugly blanket over the door to the back garden:

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Reveal door:

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Open door:

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Believe it or not--somewhat like a sculpture trapped in a block of marble--there's a garden under all this:

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