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Area 3: The Back Bed

May 23: Everything that I can remember being planted in this bed is now up and growing. I'll be updating the plant map as soon as I have identified a couple of shrubs (shouldn't take long). There were a number of things added and moved across here last year, but there is still a lot to be done. Right now it is mostly extras and workhorses.

Thanks for stopping by,
Brett

Previous Entries:
Initial: This bed runs along the fence on the south edge of our property. As with many of the other beds, it has sat relatively vacant for the past few years. There are some daffodils in there from previous years, but the majority of plants I expect to rise were just planted last fall.

I expect to see many more daffodils, hostas, stargazer lilies, and some thyme. We also had planted some purple coneflower and some cosmos back in the spring, but I suspect they did not take last year. Time will tell for certain.

The patch of Comfrey surprises a number of people. It is very invasive, my primary control method being a very big knife. It gets tiny little flowers, but for the most part is just big green leaves. Comfrey has strong medicinal uses (my kids call it the band-aid plant) and is a natural compost accelerator. The roots can grow to 10', so you can expect it to pop up in strange places.

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