Monthly Archives: May 2024

The Last Day in May

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Southeast Conifer Corner
Heatherwood Spring

Today is the last day of May. Where has the time gone? In one more month half of the year will have passed us by. These last three months have been extremely busy in our garden. We started with spring clean-up. Then we spent a couple weeks transplanting many, many plants to make ready for our spring planting project. After taking a short breath, we began a large planting project adding a number of trees, many shrubs, and a zillion ground covers. Then for the last couple of weeks we have been doing touch-up work and extending our irrigation systems to the new plants. When I thought we had finished for the spring, I got the crazy idea to go plant shopping at a local nursery. We now have another week or two of more planting and finishing things off before July.

Heatherwood will never be complete. As soon as I add a new plant, more ideas pop up. It’s time to enjoy a morning cup of coffee in the garden … and think what we need to enhance this or that spot!

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A Place to Sit and Enjoy the Day

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A Chair in the Woodland
Heatherwood Spring

My last post showed a view of our Heatherwood woodland. We have placed a sitting view point in the middle of the woodland at the corner of a garden pathway. Looking to our right (east) we see a row of redbuds in the foreground and the Selah Ridge beyond. Looking straight ahead (north) we see a curving path into the heart of our woodland area. Looking to the right we see Japanese maples, dogwoods, and a double row of buckthorns. Soon the buckthorns will grow to hide our secret hideaway. It is a great place to enjoy a morning cup of coffee, afternoon glass of wine, or just to enjoy the garden around us.

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Looking to the Woodland

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West Lawn and Woodland
Heatherwood Spring

It has been almost a month since I last posted an image. Where did the time go? This spring we were very busy planting a large number of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers. It took us about six weeks to transplant existing trees and shrubs and then plant the new ones. I keep saying that this year is the last one for major planting. But when we got near to the end, we still had a lot of ground that we needed to cover. So we went out and bought more. We still have about a week worth of planting to do before the end of spring.

As we continue to add to Heatherwood, it is fun to look back and reflect on what this area use to be. Five years ago it was just an unruly pasture full of weeds. We are trying to establish a little woodland along the road on the left side of the image. The trees are getting taller creating a little shade. The understory plants are filling in. We even planted some shade-loving hostas. It is starting to take shape.

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