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hrjYou know? Even apart from the question of rain, I'm glad I spent the weekend working on projects rather than going to Crown. I finished the curtains (and matching pillow shams) for the guest room. I finished the lacing eyelets on the new 14th c. fitted under-gown. I went off to REI with my annual membership rebate and discount coupon in hand and bought a new carryon suitcase. (It's a style I've had my eye on for years: rollaway but with hidden full backpack straps, and with a zip-on daypack as well.)
Then on a whim I ran by Navlet's to browse plants and decided to plunge into the Parking Strip Project. Two rolls of water-permeable anti-weed mat, 18 assorted lavenders, 6 prostrate rosemary, and not nearly enough bags of shredded redwood mulch. The process is to scrape the majority of the weeds off, insert the plants, roll the matting and pin it down, cut slits over the plants and carefully help them through, then spread the mulch (which is mostly to hide the ugly plastic matting). I also moved some of the spare concrete pavers from the back to sit between the plantings (to indicate to people that it's still ok to step there when they park). So far I've done 30 feet out of the 100+ and used 6 lavenders and 2 rosemarys. So I may need a few more plants at the end (and will need a bit more of the anti-weed mat, since I only got 100 feet). And so far I'm averaging one bag of shredded redwood per 5 feet so I shudder at how much of that it's going to take (although I'm thinking of extending it by mixing in some of my leaf mulch from last fall).
The ultimate idea is to establish some tough, aromatic, drought-tolerant shrubs to replace the rather lush assortment of winter weeds (which turn into ugly dead stuff later on). With luck, the plants will take off before some clumsy parker steps on them, but that's the risk.
Weekends are a bit funny when it comes to schedules. Friday and Saturday nights it seems like I go crazy knowing I don't have to get up early, so I stay up working on projects past midnight, then do my best to sleep in. But Sunday evening I feel like I'm crashing by 8pm.
Then on a whim I ran by Navlet's to browse plants and decided to plunge into the Parking Strip Project. Two rolls of water-permeable anti-weed mat, 18 assorted lavenders, 6 prostrate rosemary, and not nearly enough bags of shredded redwood mulch. The process is to scrape the majority of the weeds off, insert the plants, roll the matting and pin it down, cut slits over the plants and carefully help them through, then spread the mulch (which is mostly to hide the ugly plastic matting). I also moved some of the spare concrete pavers from the back to sit between the plantings (to indicate to people that it's still ok to step there when they park). So far I've done 30 feet out of the 100+ and used 6 lavenders and 2 rosemarys. So I may need a few more plants at the end (and will need a bit more of the anti-weed mat, since I only got 100 feet). And so far I'm averaging one bag of shredded redwood per 5 feet so I shudder at how much of that it's going to take (although I'm thinking of extending it by mixing in some of my leaf mulch from last fall).
The ultimate idea is to establish some tough, aromatic, drought-tolerant shrubs to replace the rather lush assortment of winter weeds (which turn into ugly dead stuff later on). With luck, the plants will take off before some clumsy parker steps on them, but that's the risk.
Weekends are a bit funny when it comes to schedules. Friday and Saturday nights it seems like I go crazy knowing I don't have to get up early, so I stay up working on projects past midnight, then do my best to sleep in. But Sunday evening I feel like I'm crashing by 8pm.
