Alabama Rose and Flower Garden from a Non-Green Thumb: fountain

Monday, February 17, 2014

Journal Notes...Peacock Mounted, Pond drained, and signs of Spring

I wish it had not been so dark when the peacock was mounted in the ground by concrete. But after it was, it looked fantastic! It did not take much imagination to realize the vision coming to life. It was late when I took these but I think it will be everything I imagined, my DH (Johnnie Bear) did such a fabulous job!

The neck once mounted looked perfect.

Concreted in the ground

Galvanized wire hold much of the rebar together.

Earlier in the day pictures..

Husband making the concrete to mount it. This baby is going nowhere!

Stirring the concrete.

He needed to make the rebar stable??? So he brought out the wood that he use to create it.

The dirt that he dug the holes looked very black...good sign.

Before it was mounted.

I, originally, thought that this was a bad investment but it is definitely been showing its uses.

My husband in the front field mounting it.

I think the next step is to kill the grass and weeds underneath the frame and outline the tail and kill the seeds and till it. That is my thinking.

On other notes.
My husband was very busy today. He drained the front fountain. Most of it. I started clearing out all the leaves and debris. Note to self. If you don't intend to put fish in these, don't put rocks at the bottom.

Pump draining out the water.

Red maple seems to be coming out of dormancy.

Roses are coming out of dormancy as well. Spring is creeping on me faster than I expected.

Split leaf philodendron seemed to not make it through these freezes. I wonder if the root system is dead?

I think these are huckleberries. They make pretty flowers in the spring.

I fed the encore azaleas about a week and half ago. They haven't bloomed in a while but they seem to be doing it now. After they bloom this cycle, I think I may prune them a bit.

Drained the fountain some more. Lost the tip of the fountain in there. Will either attempt to find it or buy another.

Friday, May 17, 2013

I finished the Museum's butterfly garden..woohoo!

If you don't follow the blog, I volunteer at the Baldwin County Heritage Museum. I take care of their roses and, also, helped installing a butterfly garden. I am very proud of this. A lot of the volunteers there do great things, like build whole buildings, and wire it and stuff. I am simply not that talented but I was proud I made something tangible..albeit, minor. This is the before picture

Then I cleared the weeds with the help of another volunteer, Joe. And I cleared the limbs above the garden.

I planted a whole bag of butterfly mix. I used black cow, miracle gro and a sprinkle of milorganite.

Last year, I used Pennington's wildflower mix in my front field and it was huge. Below are the after pics.

With the help of the chairman of the museum, we painted the pipes green. I donated a bird bath top and put it on a pedastal that they had. I then laid bricks on top of the pipes. There is wildlife (ie skinks) that live in the pipes and they still have access to them.