March Winds bring April Showers
Where are the showers, the gusty spring winds continue to blow with very little rain or moisture.
We’ve been very busy in the yard.
We’ve been very busy in the yard.
Yards -- Plural
We tackled Jen’s front yard in Richardson with a plan. She has a gorgeous red oak tree that shades her east facing house. The original shrubs were straggly and old, so out they went last winter.
We mostly followed the plan… a plan is a guide, only a place to start.
So for her shady bed (since she had her trees trimmed last year they are now a partial shade bed) we first dug up the soil and added 2 CY of premium bedding mix.
The plant list
Compact Nandina
Red Columbine
Dwarf Hosta
Coral Bells
Forest Pansy Redbud
The best and easiest to use web resource for finding “Earthkind” or well adapted low water use plants is
North Central Texas Smartscape
We had a fun day working and planting in the yard. Aunt Linda from Houston, Cousin Kristin, Matthew and Gabriel, Tommy and SaraBeth and of course Mom and Dad were all on hand to slave in her yard and enjoy the pizza.
Enjoy your yard.
Enjoy your yard.
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