PLANTING JOB COMPLETED

PLANTING COMPLETED, LOOKING NORTH TOWARD GARAGE

GRASS SEED SOWN AND COVERED

Tuesday,  8:00 AM.  41 degrees F at the ferry dock, 39 on the back porch.  Wind SSW, calm with light gusts.  The sky is clear, the humidity 81%.  The barometer is steady at 30.38".  It looks like a dry week with temperatures in the 60's ahead.
   This is one of the best springs I can remember for early blooming plats.  Magnolias, cherries and Juneberries that often last only a day or two in flower have been blooming beautifully for a week and more with no signs of quitting.  It's been rough on garden annuals already planted but that's a small price to pay for weeks of prominent beauty.

   I have been working on installing landscape plantings that I designed for a residence on the lake,  and I and Jay's Tree Care crew completed it yesterday (except for seeding the grass walk).   It turned out very well, and will look rather spectacular when the trees and shrubs all flower and leaf out.
   A list of the plants used is as follows: showy mountain ash trees (2); round leaved dogwood (22)'; coralberry (20); arrowwood (2); tall blueberry (10); low blueberry (22);dwarf bush honeysuckle (18); winterberry (8); little bluestem grass (20).  The plants selected will provide a nice succession of bloom, fruit and fall color, plus interesting shapes and textures. The blueberries are edible.  All the plants are native to Wisconsin.