Garden Pic Wednesday: Spring Cleaning the Border Wall Bed

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Today's project was cleaning up along this Border Garden Wall.


It the marks the border between me and my neighbor, whose  property is higher then mine because it was built for a septic system under it, though a sewer line was put in before the septic system was every used.
It was pleasant and partially sunny, so I cleaned up the length of this section, which is about 26 feet plus additional 5 feet of bed with scallop edging.  This part of it has a 18 24 inch bed on top. 
It needed raking off, blackberries pulled up, some newspaper laid down and topped with mulch. (I mulch about every two years and in-between, just use mower clippings on top of newspaper, which blocks weeds fairly well.)
This bed is dotted with 4 clumps of Asparagus fern, which is nearly the only thing that grows on this bed,  it's so dry and knotty with roots. The reason the Asparagus fern thrives is because it stores it's own water in dozens of little brown bags along it's roots.
 I thinned it the ferns out, snipping old growth to spur fresh growth.  Asparagus ferns branches can become so thick on top of each other, the bottom branches die from lack of sun. 
I did get some Greek Oregano to take off and it's doing well. It likes draping over a wall.
I put my houseplants outside, arranged between the Asparagus ferns for summer. You can see 2 out there already in red and blue ceramic containers.
I also added some new garden art to this bed:  a porcelain planter head and porcelain swan.


A Porcelain Lady Planter Head:
Planted with a Echeveria rosette (Hen & Chicks), two small lava rocks and a sprig of Golden Creeping Jenny. The Lava rocks will eventually attract moss and the Creeping Jenny will fill out and cascade to the ground.
That greenery in front is Green Oregano.





A Porcelain Swan:
The swan is also planted with a larger Echeveria rosette, two lava rocks and 3 sprigs of Golden Creeping Jenny.



Good News: Bluebirds in My Bluebird House This Year!
They're still working on the nest as yet.
 The box has a viewing door and I hope perhaps to get a photo of the family once hatches a brood.

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