Our Yard is starting to take shape. In the beginning, I said we had very little to go on in making our little home in the city into an Urban Homestead. We have made some progress.
Half of our front yard is in deep shade. We transplanted ferns from a friend's home early on. They seem to be doing well. We added two kinds of Hosta (variegated, and plain) and a bunch of Sweet Woodruff to the mix yesterday- about 20 Hosta and an equal amount of of the Sweet Woodruff. These came to us from my Mother's front yard. She has a bountiful supply and offered. I will try to dig up some more next time I am there.
In the back yard, our veggie gardens are starting to take off and our other plantings are too. I transplanted my peonies as soon as I couple and both are blooming wonderfully. We are trying to make the back yard more mower (meaning the person no the machine) friendly and will be taking up more and more bits of lawn as the summer continues. For now we have made the peony patch bigger and added a couple Lupine and a Feverfew plant to that. We have also added another raised bed garden for asparagus. We have planted a few roots of cultivated asparagus and, honestly, we'll be heading out to get some wild asparagus too.
Our next steps are all based on managing water. Rain barrels and probably a wetland on the side of the house to clean and use gray water from our sump pumps.
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