Gardening Projects Galore: May 4 2025

2025-05-05T05:53:51

This weekend was all about the yard and garden! I don’t have a whole lot to show for it yet in terms of flowers and color because I’m still in winter cleanup mode (and until today it has been cold and/or rainy), but it was so exciting to get a lot done around the property.

The first project of the weekend was creating a defined border around a large garden area that had fallen into disrepair. I had spent several evenings after work pulling out the old terra cotta colored plastic border, pulling weeds and creating an 8-inch gap between the yard and garden.

My husband’s job was going to be putting in a border strip on the outside edge. Then we were going to add much together. Well after toiling for days, I went out on some errands on Saturday morning and came back to find out he had finished the project!

I was thrilled. It allowed me to move on to other things (which I would eventually rope my husband into as well — ha ha).

Here’s a “before” picture.

The next project was a big cleanup of the backyard, which was still covered in fall leaves (which get covered in snow before we can gather them all at the beginning of winter). I also gathered a massive amount of fallen branches and twigs to be burned.

I got through about 2/3 of the brush burning and then my husband offered to take over. To be fair, it was so that I could go cook dinner! He is not a big fan of gardening, but he’s even less inclined to cook.

Again, I was thrilled. I was ready for a break. Maybe I pulled the Huck Finn move and got him interested in doing the brush burning. 😁

Another project I did was to clean all of the leaves and debris from around my little pond. That area is shaping up! I still have to clean out the pond itself, set up the fountain pump and add new aquatic plants.

And I did yet another project to clean up leaves and branches alongside the house. I didn’t get it quite done, but here’s what that mess looked liked along the way.

I think I will sleep well tonight!

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