Getting the Garden Spot Ready

As I have explained in an earlier post, when my husband and I started working on our yard, we had a blank slate. Our yard was AWFUL! We've spent many long hours creating flower beds, weeding, watering, and praying for our plants to live. We are on summer number 4 and the little tiny bushes are finally filling out and our preenials are looking quite good.

However, every spring I get this itch in me to move things around! When we started planning our landscaping, we purchased some things that we thought would work. As they have matured, we've realized that they are not quite what we were looking for. So, each spring as plants grow, I get these new ideas. Hmm, what if I moved the lillies from one side of the house to the other? What if I the boxwood bush moved to the other side of the walk? What if we just ripped out that plant (it didn't grow like it said it would on the tag!)? Needless to say, I'm getting really good at moving all these around and my husband just shakes his head. One day he'll understand.

I only mention this because if I am going to have these square foot gardens, I have to move some plants around inorder to have room for the raised beds. In this bed, I currently have a few hosta plants and four large plants that have leaves that look like corabells, but they aren't corabells. These plants have a deep purple, beautiful leaf that create pretty mounds and send up little tiny white flowers.

Anyways, the reason I'm thinking about this is that I have to move these cool flowers to another location. When it's warm, my husband is just going to shake his head again, but he will soon see the big picture.

Ah, the joys of gardening!