Re: Cult: New garden bed
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: Cult: New garden bed
- From: P* &* Y* T* <t*@dynamite.com.au>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 13:30:09 +1000
From: Paul & Yvonne Tyerman <tyerman@dynamite.com.au>
At 18:47 5/07/98 EDT, you wrote:
>From: <JEM300@aol.com>
>
>Good day, Listers,
>
>I had the good fortune to obtain a new iris bed today. My husband had cut
>down a pine tree which was about 16" in diameter. It was in a really choice
>sunny spot in the front yard. We dug out the stump today which was a
>nightmare!! We finally got it all out and my husband says "gee, I really
>don't feel like seeding grass here, could you use another garden?".
Yahoo! I
>tried not to show how excited I was since I was secretly coveting this spot
>for another garden. See, my poor husband has no clue how many irises will be
>hitting the front porch in boxes in the next few weeks!
>
>He is a great guy. He went to a farm nearby and collected a whole truckload
>of big rocks to edge this bed with. He really busted his butt. He's having
>dirt delivered Tuesday and I'm going to mix in a whole bunch of alfalfa meal
>and some triple superphosphate. My irises will be ecstatic!! Not only that,
>but the bed is sitting on pure sand and the drainage will be great.
>
>How lucky can I get? I was worried about where I was going to plant all my
>new "babies".
>
As far as I know Bearded Irises are Neutral to Alkaline lovers so you may
need to neutralise the acidity of the pine needles. You may have already
thought of this, but I thought I'd mention just in case.
Cheers. Paul Tyerman (Australia)
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