What I did Last Weekend

This would be much more effective if it weren’t already most of the way through this weekend. Ah well! At least I remembered to document the transformation of the final garden corner. I have been wanting to get rid of that short bed since I moved in nearly a year ago, and I am proud to say it is gone! It was a ton of work – an entire weekend full, but so worth it. That back corner is where my lavender and orange grasses (sedges) are supposed to go, and I can’t wait to see them finally in the ground.

Here’s the pictorial. In order to remove the bed, i had to remove the rest of the chain link fence. What a *bear*. Note to self: do not be silly enough to plant Wisteria against a chain link fence.

Here’s the corner in all of its messy splendor. Chain link fence? check. Huge dead rose trees? check. Woven wisteria? check. You can see the top of the wisteria line is about 3 feet higher in the last corner because it’s propped up by a massive network of dead rose.

The start of the weekend - Saturday morning. There's the short bed to remove...

I decided to take a break for some lunch right when I had a giant pile to clean-up.

Nothing like starting off the weekend by wrestling down chain link fence.

8 hours later…

End of the first day (Saturday) and you'll note the wood is gone from the bed!

Then comes Sunday with a giant hangover, and much more of a sleep-in than i had planned. Pitch Forking and raking out a bed full of solid clay is no fun with a massive headache. Trust me! Very smartly I decided to irrigate the new plants first which means no pressure to plant them in a hurry since they are irrigated. Phew!

End of a loooong Sunday... but look ma - no bed!

In fact, I finished so late on Sunday I had to take this picture the following day because it was too dark at 8:30pm.

And last but not least a nice comparison photo from a couple of weeks prior since you know I love the before & after!

Taken a couple of weeks prior even before weeding was done.

And a final update of the after, after, after photo: