Last year I planted a red maple there. It replaces the sweetgum tree that was damaged in the 2004 hurricanes and had to be removed.
Here's what's left of the old stump, now 8 years later:
Today I pulled up a lot of the weeds that had grown over the winter. I love weeds, dead or alive. Alive they keep the life in the soil, and dead they become mulch that protects the soil. Either way, they are good. For now, I remove the majority of them where I want to plant vegetables and flowers. The summer annual weeds will sprout next, and I'll enjoy dealing with them, too. This garden is too small for anything to be a chore. It is all good, and it is all beautiful. Do you notice all the leaves? They are from two mature tree nearby, another sweetgum and another red maple. Worms love turning fallen tree leaves into plant food. I have lots of worms in my garden.
For anyone who is curious, the weeds I found in my garden in March, roughly in order of abundance, are: chickweed, dollarweed, nettles, sourgrass, cudweed, hawksbeard, and seedlings of red maple. None of these spring weeds are really troublesome.
ReplyDeleteHow fun that you've started a blog! I look forward to your posts. We have chickweed here that can overrun the garden in the Spring.
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