So, last year I went to a garden conference at the nearby University and one of the presenters said that each spring she takes the propane gas torch and burns her tall grasses down to the ground in early spring. Fun! I did it last year and they came up again stronger than before so I just torched then again. It's got to be one of the craziest things I do in the garden. Very small prairie fire.
This spring has been so chilly and wet that plants are really delayed. I'm disappointed that three new bee plants which I had put in last fall did not come through the winter. But the lilacs from the Arbor Day Foundation, little sticks actually, are doing beautifully. Lots of green leaves. Now to find a permanent place for them.
The new bee garden is open for business -- my business :-)
It gets so much sun I've got a bunch of perennials to move there. The trees have grown so much on the east side of my banked garden that it really has become a shade garden. Luckily my mother in law was a master shade garderner. She's given me great knowledge and many plants which I had not allowed to multiply unchallenged before. Sun changes. Gardens change. Gardeners change. Let's not bring up the climate.
Happy gardening!
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