Monday, January 26, 2009

A New Arrival!

There's been a new arrival in the garden today - A Crepe Myrtle Lagerstoemia Miami (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/7905/)

This went out on the front corner in preparation of the future "one day" garden

The soil was rock hard and it took a fair amount of effort to dig the hole with just a shovel. I ended up digging about 3 to 4 times the size of the pot and filled the hole with water a few times to give it a good soaking. It took a good hour or so for the water in the hole to drain - not a good sign of my soil quality!
I also added some blood and bone and water crystals to the base of the hole...  Fingers crossed!







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That should give a really nice lift to that corner - can't wait till it grows a bit, and the "one day" garden's a reality.
love,mum