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On Thursday February 22, 2024 our favortie landscaping guys (all young and with very strong backs). Arrived to work their magic in our yard they did lots of things; however, this was the most anticipated.
Photo on the left is before they dug up weeds that had roots all the way to Austrailia. Over the years, we have been very unsuccessful, here in our part of NC we are blessed with red clay that is as hard a concrete. The young men were very SUCCESSFUL. They planted 5 Evergold Carex, carefully cut holes in the weed cloth fitting it over each plant. The covered the weed cloth with beautiful Delaware Rocks. Our mailbox area has been transformed form an eye sore to eye candy.
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' grows best in shade to part shade, but it is durable and adaptable, and will grow in sun in cool climates. Evergold Sedge can tolerate drought once established. Likes well-drained soil. It is low growing and will fill in nicely around the mailbox.
March 1, 2011
"OUR' Chair
Dearest Cecilia,
ReplyDeleteOh, they capture our 'warm' seats like a trophy hunt!
Love Angel Madi's face... very sweet indeed.
Your mailbox area looks indeed picture perfect like this.
Those landscaping guys have also helped us out several times—strong young backs is key!
Hugs,
Mariette
Hari OM
ReplyDeleteThe landscape work was worth every cent! Awwwwww Madi........ YAM xx
that looks beautiful... and we love it! and we love to see the sleeping diva...
ReplyDeleteIt's going to look beautiful this spring and summer as the plants around your mailbox fill out! What great books! I haven't read Evergreen in forever. I must do that again! You are cute as a button, Madi♥
ReplyDeleteGail likes the sound of your landscaping guys.
ReplyDeleteWould they perhaps like a trip to Scotland?
Always good to hear when someone hires the right people for the right job. That'll look beautiful this summer. Not yours beautiful as your sweet angel looks in that chair and of course you could not make her get out. That would have been cruel.
ReplyDeleteJune enjoys DEWEY ... though it makes the Mommy a bit teary-eyed, and she's always amused (Dewey was her maiden name...) ... yay for no weeds, surely the man in blue shorts will be happy!
ReplyDeleteI went out and checked to see what the new plants will look like, and they are everywhere here. just did not know their names. it will be beautiful and they grow really fast. waiting to see which stripe and colors yours will be.
ReplyDeleteAlways happy to see sweet madi, and i remember this one. hugs to Madi in heaven
My favorite place to read is propped on 3 pillows, have reclining in bed. 2 hours every day at 1 pm
as a child I read and reread every book I owned. as adult only a few did I read more than once. I had 3 paperbacks for years, i read them maybe 4 times for each book. i would wait a year and read again. since i can't read the print any more I donated them to the library a few years ago. I have been reading since i could hold a book..
You are doing Fill-Ins again, C!... I am tickled :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with books about cats and animals. I love Dewey.
Your newly done landscaping is very nice. I would like to get away from mulch and do rock in the front of the house. I haven't seen very pretty rock around here. I googled Delaware Rock and it is very pretty!
Your landscaping looks lovely, and will be beautiful when the plants are well established and flowering. Well done to Madi getting her coveted chair.
ReplyDeleteLove the new look on the mailbox. It will be absolutely beautiful later on in the year.
ReplyDeleteYour mailbox looks great. We need some young men to come here and help clean up our yard for spring, too. That's such a sweet flash back of Madi and we loved reading your fill-ins.
ReplyDeleteI wish we had good landscapers here. That was a sweet flashback series and terrific fill-in answers too.
ReplyDeleteYour property looks great! Fun list of books ~ Madi looks so content ~
ReplyDeleteHugs to you and Angel Madi ~ from me and Ziggy ^_^
Wishing you good heatlh, laughter and love in your days ~
A ShutterBAug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
What a great post today C! They did a great job with your weedy mailbox!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Beth
Sweet Madi !
ReplyDeleteI love seeing Angel Madi, she was such a cutie. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. #4 is very sweet. And I have read and would reread most of those too. XO
ReplyDeleteLove the new landscaping around the mailbox! So nice and neat......AND of course the flashback of sweet Madi touches our hearts - we will ALWAYS AND FOREVER miss her!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy too
So sweet to see the pictures of Madi. Sometimes Xena will take "my" spot on the couch, and I don't have the heart to move her, so I sit next to her. Most of the time she will then get up and go to "her" kennel (Chia will argue about whose kennel it is, since it is her doggie bed in it).
ReplyDeleteYour mailbox area redo is lovely.
ReplyDeleteAnywhere you can sit is a good place to read, I agree.
I'm glad you left Madi there, I know she appreciated it. Thank you for linking up with Feline Friday!