My big project for today was to move two eryngiums (sea hollies) from the big perennial bed to a new spot nearer the door. They're only 12" so they were getting dwarfed by the bee balm. In their place, I'm going to plant coreopsis. That's tall and yellow and can hold its own next to bee balm.
First I lift a bunch of sod. It's heavy. That goes in the wheelbarrow for my mister to use to build up crappy areas of the lawn.
Then I dig a simple hole. Except that it's not so simple since our soil is full of rocks. You can't even use a real shovel in some places- just that forked thingy (see pic).
Then I put the plants in. You can barely see them because they've gone to seed and turned brown.
After all that, I get the bonus- those little things that make it all worthwhile. In this case, it's a bunch of new seedlings that were hiding under the mulch! Yay! Oh, and then I take a shower. It's hot out there today!
(This is what they look like in bloom. This is why I do it).
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