Plans

We've got plans this weekend.  We always have plans.  Our plan fort his weekend:

"Get stuff done."

It's a good plan.

I started on my plans last night. It was a beautiful evening.

This is the hosta garden on the side of the house. It needs some attention. 

When we planted/created/designed this garden Walt Kowalski brought home several large 55 gallon water barrels like this:

He cut the top and bottom off and then cut each barrel into 3 or 4 sections. I dug holes to fit the barrels, put the barrels in the holes, filled the holes with good dirt, then planted hostas inside the barrels.  After it was all planted, we filled in around the barrels with stones.  Here's an old photo of the progress

The method worked.  The hostas had time to establish and grow (and truthfully they could be divided already!)

Hey, there is Old Blue in the photo!

Now the ground has settled and the barrels are sticking out too much, they really aren't needed any more, and we want to use them in another area.  By the middle of summer, the foliage from the hostas grows so much that you can't just barely see the barrels sticking up.  But until that happens, you can see them and I'm ready to pull the barrels out.

That is one of my projects this weekend.  The ground has finally thawed and the barrels are workable.  But it's not an easy job.  The rocks have worked their way in and around and it takes a little (LOTTA) effort to get the barrels out. 

It is the perfect time to do this, too.  The hostas are just starting to appear out of their winter sleep.