My Eastern Redbud tree is starting to show life again and my maple tree looks very cool with all the red seeds hanging. Does anyone know if maple tree leaves make good mulch for around the base of trees? I usually just use pine needles.
I added some amaryllis and spiderworts (I think) to my flower garden. I still need to mulch around them to keep the weeds from growing. I've decided that this area is where I'll plant things that people give me. There is an odd collection already in the garden including aloe, milkweed, ivy, Ox Eye Sunflower, and more that I haven't identified yet.
This was a spur of the moment project. I was working in the yard and got an alert on my phone that someone was giving away railroad ties. I heard about how people make gardens out of them so I thought I'd give it a try. These are pretty old railroad ties that have rotted some, but the garden frame ended up looking good.
Now I need to find around 20 cubic feet of garden soil to fill my new railroad tie garden. So far I have a quote of $35 dollars for 1 cubic yard (27 cubic feet) but the soil is in Wakulla. Does anyone know of a place in or around Tallahassee that has good quality garden soil at a decent price?
This is an area of my yard that I'm trying to plant all natives. So far under the pine trees I've planted 3 Arrow-wood, 1 Spicebush, and 1 Crabapple that were purchased as bareroot trees at Native Nurseries. Do you say "bareroot", bare-root", or "bare root"??? I also planted 3 'Little Gem' Southern Magnolia toward the back of my property line.
Here is a closeup of the Crabapple. None of these trees are very big but my goal is for them to fill out the area covered in pine needles and give birds, insects, and wildlife food and shelter.
Sun setting over my future native filled landscape...
The time springs forward this weekend so that means more time in the yard!!! (if my wife lets me...)
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