Extremidades caseras diarias de la renovación

In Part 13 we had finished planing the six Yews and are now on to the next task in our garden make over.

The garden plan we obtained from the professional garden planner (remember, for the cost of $100 for which we received a $100 store credit) called for a climbing hydrangea at each end of the garage wall against which the front garden was located.

This would accomplish several things:

• this is a slow growing perennial plant that will return year after year (i.e. low maintenance for us)
• it produces white flowers which will add colour to our garden amongst all of the evergreen type bushes yet will complement the white window frames on the garage wall and the front of the house
• this plant is a climber, so it will provide visual height to the garden, and
• being a climber the plant will help to hide the new down spout which was not installed with the original gutters of the house 20 years ago but will be installed at the front right corner of the garage wall with the new gutters we are having installed this summer (more about that in a new series of articles)

Now, speaking of the new gutters, the initial plan was to have them installed in mid-June. However there was a delay from the supplier to our installer for the over-sized downspouts that we wanted and needed with the large roof we have. So, the gutter replacement project did not kickoff until early July.

The climbing hydrangea plants were on sale in late June at a local garden center. We did not want to plant them right away out of fear they would be damaged by the gutter replacement projects. So we put them out on the deck in the back of the house (yes the one with the due south exposure as you may remember from our series of articles on exterior solar blinds). This plant is not we are told a full sun plant, which is good because they will receive mostly shade once they are planted. But, out on the back deck they will receive mostly sun.

So, we purchased  one of those plastic watering cans (the one we had for many years had started to crack and leak). This way we could provide lots of water by simply refilling the watering can in the kitchen.

Heck, even Sandy, our pet dog, likes it!

Now, keep in mind that many garden fertilizers are sold in power form requiring you to mix a certain amount of the fertilizer with so much water. How to measure? We like this watering can because, unlike some watering cans we have had in the past, it has measurements right by the handle.

And notice that the measurements are in both litres and gallons to accommodate which ever basis the fertilizer package instructions provide. That way we can use an old table spoon to measure the amount of the plant fertilizer placed into the watering can and use the water volume measurements right on the side of the watering can for the appropriate amount.

Nice.

Next time we plant the climbing hydrandea plants and see how our remodelled front garden is taking shape.