Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Summer Projects - "Staycation", 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
Thanks Stormy, glad you finally had time to catch up after your trip and take a look :) Oh good lord, no - "only one vole" - we probably have dozens or more :( It's just that this one tunnel kept popping up right in the middle of the path so it was easy to spot him! We sprayed the whole area of Heucheras and Hostas with the Mole Away and so far so good. However, the adjoining bed where Rick planted shrubs, etc. has been attacked recently and I've got to get out there with the spray! Even though we had a nice rain last week it's still been a major effort to keep everything watered. If the droughts we've experienced two years in a row continue we will definitely have to make a plan for irrigation, we're getting too old for this! LOL We have hoses everywhere but you still have to set up the sprinklers and rotate them. It's a very large area and with the lack of rain it needs to be done almost every other day :(

I've been searching for old photos to keep a journal of before and after photos of our landscape. Found these taken in 1999 and spliced them together. This is the view from our deck - white shows the area of the new Heuchera bed. On the left side of the driveway is an area which will be a future project. The two arrows show a Carpinus on the right http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78379/ and Beech on the left http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56723/, both of which are at least 20'-30' now! The arrow on the right is where we planted a Yoshino Cherry in 2001 (photo to follow). Just to give you an idea of how much and how tall everything is now, If I took a picture today from the deck, you can't even see the telephone pole in the background!