Special Areas Waiting For Spring

All we need is a good rain and a few warm days for Spring to really start popping up here. Maybe the rain will come on Wednesday - I sure hope so. In the mean time there are a lot of areas just waiting for it.

Memorial Flat Spot
The first flat area that my Dad built in around 1980. If it wasn't for the little tufts of green coming up in Wild Flower Garden #1, in front of it, the area looks more like Fall or Winter. I do have to get in there and rake up those leaves. The compost bins need that carbon.

Mushroom Rest
Mushroom Rest is still nothing more than a tree stump. This year it needs to be transformed into the whimsical area.

Scruff Oak Grove
Honestly, this looks like a bunch of dead little trees. I know it will come back, but it sure doesn't look very inviting right now. The good part is that I need to rake up those leaves, for compost, too.

Bonsai Oak
This sit spot also needs a lot of work. I love the fact that this Scruff Oak grew to look kind of like a Bonsai Tree - you can actually see the curve in the truck in this picture. The area overlooks the cliff and beautiful nature below. It will be a wonderful place to just sit and talk with friends.

Inspecting The Area

Inspecting the area and finding out what you have (and what you have to work around) is important - especially when you live in the wild. Face it, most gardeners at least start out with some dirt and a reasonably flat space to work in. Not up here. However, Mother Nature has given me some real blessings for the garden area.

This little Scruff Oak Grove is on the far East end of the garden
area. Even without any work it looks like a welcoming place.
I'm thinking a little table and a few chairs for morning coffee.


To the normal eye this is a tree stump. However, it's just the
right height for a stool. Then my whimsical nature took hold
and I saw a little mushroom stool. I can make a cushioned top
for it. I think, long after the stump is gone, this should still
be a mushroom stool spot.


Then I looked up from the Mushroom Stump and saw
Bonsai Oak! I have no idea what made this Scruff Oak grow
like a Bonsai tree, but the area is going to be honored.


THE BEST FIND OF ALL!
Buried under a bunch rocks was this flat spot. What's so
important about a flat spot of concrete? This was the first
thing my Father created on this land in about 1980. It was a flat
spot to put a grill. This spot WILL be honored.