God's Palette Easter Plum Tree Front

Front yard plum tree on this sunny Easter afternoon!

Plum Blossoming

What a gorgeous day, almost 70°F! The warm weather made the tight buds on the rhodies POP! We have a pretty plum in the front, pretty because it has been pruned into a lovely vase shape recently. What fun I'll have seeing what exactly is planted in the front yard. The bed under the plum is begging for something terrific...like a hundred daffodil bulbs or three hydrangeas!

God's Palette North Pasture Horse

My daughter in the back north pasture with the neighbor's horse.

God's Palette Water Spigot

My sweet little nephew visited and totally enjoyed watching the water run out of the faucet at the well house.

Family Worm Bin

We used the plans for a worm bin here:
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/Easywormbin.htm

This video was very inspiring as I was planning our worm bin:
http://youtu.be/2SuBT7SukdI

If you don't know anything about vermicomposting, you might be surprised to know that worms will eat your kitchen scraps and turn them into beautiful fertile soil and liquid fertilizer! It doesn't make sense to have a garden but no worm bin...the worms absolutely provide a wonderful benefit...you toss your kitchen scraps into the bin and get out compost tea and compost! For under $45, we got one pound of worms and a couple Rubbermaid bins for the project.

God's Palette Future Lavender Beds

My son helped me stake out the future lavender beds.

New Garden Layout

Upon entering the gate, there's about a 30'x30' square which can hold up to 18 3'x8' raised beds. I'm going to start with TWO. Then the area slopes down and I staked out a path between two triangular beds with path around the entire perimeter inside the fence. I moved the bench and potting table, I'm liking this a lot! It really helps me plan to have the stakes and string so I can visualize the space better.

When outside the garden standing at the gate, to the right is the corner, I want to plant a Lavatera 'Barnsley' there and put a cherry timber to define the bed area. And I want to plant Sedum 'Autumn Joy' on either side of the potting table.

Looking at how to plant raspberry and how to support the canes for easy picking!

Things I'm working on:
-raspberry support
-which lavenders to plant on the slope
-which blueberries to plant
-considering russian sage and crocosmia 'lucifer' together, love the purple and red!