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. 7:29:58 PM    comment [] 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. 1:56:40 PM    comment [] First, remove the staples that secure the ugly blanket over the door to the back garden: Reveal door: Open door: Believe it or not--somewhat like a sculpture trapped in a block of marble--there's a garden under all this: 11:00:21 AM    comment []

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