The last few days Lee and I have been working on a beautiful shade garden. Lee has done 90% of the work and I have been doing the easy stuff like starting seeds and planting. Yesterday I planted a lot of violets, spearmint and apple mint. Now that the area has been mulched I've been thinking about growing mint as a ground cover and naturalizing some bulbs for next spring. There are a lot of paperwhites and narcissus to replant from the Spring. The amaryllis has baby bulbs to replant too. I would appreciate any suggestions.
The victory garden is really doing well, the weather has been so lovely and the tomato plants are getting full of fruit. Usually we don't get tomatoes this early because there are so few bees. But this year with have both honey bees and bumble bees. They are still enjoying the lavender plant I planted 12 years ago. It has grown into a beautiful plant but it needs to have the old flowers removed so it will bloom again. Once I cut back the lavender the bees should be more interested in the vegetable. The green beans are finally coming up and should take off in the beautiful Summer we are having. A new section of the yard is almost finished it has taken me a long time to get it ready. Lee worked over the soil but I want to make sure the weeds are out of the soil before I start planting more seeds.
The wild pansy embroidery is slowly taking shape. The leaves are almost finished. Getting the right angle of the stitches has been difficult and it seems to be an important factor in needle painting. Tomorrow I hope to have some pictures.
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