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How to Amend Garden Soil with Compost

December 4, 2019 kbjanda

See how I use compost to amend garden soil over the winter.

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Planning and Planting a Narrow Garden: Part 1

September 3, 2019 kbjanda

How to deal with a long, narrow planting bed between steps and a driveway.

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After a long, dreary winter, signs of life are springing! 🌱 Rhubarb, daffodils, sedum, Shasta daisies, and our spring pup, Teddy, are brightening up our somewhat snowy, definitely soggy, backyard. I'm 🌷grateful🌷for the new season, even if it's still moody. I need a little (no, a LOT) of seasonal energy to propel me through the next several weeks of virus-mandated virtual learning for all 3 kids in the midst of full workloads for myself and Nick. Lord, grant me strength! (...and sunshine, and green leaves!) 🌱🌱🌱 Tell me, how are you holding up???

My goodness. I've been so preoccupied with other responsibilities this winter that I'm only just now getting to ordering seeds! Normally, I'd be starting a few around now, but I have two weeks of travel coming up, so I won't start seeds until after spring break. ☀️🌱 For now, I'll order what I haven't already found locally and cross my fingers that Burpee still had what I need! Oh! And it's going to be 70 degrees today! I'll be boosting my vitamin D with a little yard cleanup! 🥳🥳🥳

Winter composting is a little bit slower, but after clearing my bin in the fall and adding to it all winter, I usually have several (sifted) buckets of finished compost by spring. Next opportunity, I'll do a winter composting update on YT to show just how well it's coming along. Are you keeping up with winter composting?? 😃

A little winter gardening with my favorite helpers ❤️ (though I'm not thrilled to see that daffodil poking up already 😬)

After some winter doldrums, today was a beautiful day and I was inspired to get my seed act together. One of the sleds is coming in handy as I sort for salvia seeds 😅

Thinking *forward* to warmer days and a more interesting landscape. We've lost many plants and trees over our Colorado winters, so I'm always anxious for everything to awaken each spring 😬. I'm definitely the crazy lady who digs in the bare soil or scratches the tree branches looking for green. 😜 Then, after they've proven to be alive, I get SO excited to see how much growth everything will put on! In a young landscape like ours, every year is epic 😃 . What do you most look forward to in the spring garden? Green? Privacy again? The excitement of new growth? Possibilities for new plantings or projects? ALL of the above? 🤩🤩🤩

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