Filling in the holes

New plants going in where the black walnut was

Sunday night we had a pleasant rain. Everything needed it - we were getting a little short for September, so was glad to see a long steady rain to water in the plants and getting them ready for the transition into winter.

Today I'm going to continue to work on the lawn. I have to repair the lawn from when the tree was taken down so this'll be a good time for getting the seed started. And I was glad to see the finches landing on the brand new arbor I put up for the climbing hydrangea. So it was a dual purpose - an arbor and an arch for the entryway into our pond area for the climbing hydrangea, but also the finches have found it for a resting place. So October is here and it is getting closer to fall clean up.

Yesterday I built another arch for a climbing hydrangea that's been taking 2-3 yrs to grow.. going to give it something to go over. Also working again today on an arbor on the entryway to the pond that I started yesterday.

It's the one that was unfortunately knocked down when the black walnut branches were falling. I'm going to accent it with a pyramidal yew, and then in the background I'll use a global arborvitae. I'll try to scrounge and plant some ferns and woodland phlox in that area if I can, and maybe a hydrangea.

I have to re-create a garden that was destroyed when the black walnut came down. I'm going to go around today and try to get the beds to rest the best I can. Start to edge & transplant a little bit before I go off to do another landscape site analysis & a little bit of work for somebody else.