*dusts off hands* So the hard part is done, and the three plants we got last week are in the ground. And as promised, pictures:

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We've got a Hydrangea (that I nicknamed Hortense in an extremely lame pun, 10 points if you get why it's such a bad pun) Japanese Toad Lily, and Chinese Astilbe. When I put them in the other day it was apparently just in time since they perked up instantly and looked quite potbound at that point. I might go down to one of several local garden places later to find some (cheap) other things to add as well, and I know Mom wants to put some Lily of the Valleys in at some point, and we know someone who we ran into at one of said stores who said she had some we could take.
The stone wall is sort of based on the type we have around here, and just driving down our street you see a lot. Most are left over from the 1800s when people tried to farm this area, but like me they quickly found that after you dig about 6 inches down you hit slate, and assuming you get below that it's sand. The good soil is in the bottom of the valley, up here it's just leftovers from the glacier, and we happen to be the top of the ridge where the glacier scraped off a bunch of rocks.
And I'm glad to say that our horse manure makes excellent soil once it decomposes. The stuff I used on here is several years old, and it's obvious these guys love it.

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We've got a Hydrangea (that I nicknamed Hortense in an extremely lame pun, 10 points if you get why it's such a bad pun) Japanese Toad Lily, and Chinese Astilbe. When I put them in the other day it was apparently just in time since they perked up instantly and looked quite potbound at that point. I might go down to one of several local garden places later to find some (cheap) other things to add as well, and I know Mom wants to put some Lily of the Valleys in at some point, and we know someone who we ran into at one of said stores who said she had some we could take.
The stone wall is sort of based on the type we have around here, and just driving down our street you see a lot. Most are left over from the 1800s when people tried to farm this area, but like me they quickly found that after you dig about 6 inches down you hit slate, and assuming you get below that it's sand. The good soil is in the bottom of the valley, up here it's just leftovers from the glacier, and we happen to be the top of the ridge where the glacier scraped off a bunch of rocks.
And I'm glad to say that our horse manure makes excellent soil once it decomposes. The stuff I used on here is several years old, and it's obvious these guys love it.






