Description: My little gardening adventure on Alcatraz
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Today’s adventure: We finished planting the lawn! The weeds and corms have been removed, the irrigation laid and the grass plugs planted! It looks great and it is going to be more and more beautiful all the time. Hooray!
Today’s Adventure: Planting the lawn! After nearly two months of weeding and preparation we started planting. Everyone was excited! Before and after(1&2). The Toro with the grasses all loaded and ready for transport from the Rose Garden to the lawn(3). The lawn plugs were pretty root-bound so we had to soak them in buckets and pull apart the roots before planting(4). Hidden amongst the pelargoniums is a gull best with two eggs(5)!! Some absolutely gorgeous snapdragons(6).
Today’s Adventure: Completing the removal of the lawn! We did it!! After many weeks of diligent work, we finally finished digging up the oxalis and crab grass. What an accomplishment! It was a very windy day, and we all had dirt in our eyes, ears and mouths, but we were determined not to leave until we had sifted through the last bit of soil. Awesome!! Before and after (1&2). Canadian geese and an adorable gosling hung around with us on the lawn for a while (3). A neat ship arrived before our ferry departed