Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:27 pm
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Updated: 6:27 pm, Tue Apr 8, 2014.
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Spring is here again. The robins are frolicking, the hummingbirds are feasting en masse and the finches are making a mess. The blooms are out and the trees are leafing. I think they know that winter rakes are put away and they can’t wait to shed again.
It’s time for the “Honeeeeeey” cries which signal “must do” projects. The water system needs work and it’s easy to locate the sprinklers because they are under the biggest leafed plants. This means raising them up or moving them to be efficient. Isn’t it amazing how in a jungle — I, er, mean garden — design, all utility is forgotten? No space, no walkways and sprinklers rendered ineffective.
In any project public or private, utility and maintenance should be foremost and designed into the project at the onset so that beauty can be preserved right along with the functions necessary to preserve that beauty. Design in walkways, space and room for sprinkler operation. Don’t force yourself to use a machete to take care of your garden.
Have a design before you go to the nursery to prevent emotional buying which usually winds up with 10-foot dwarf trees or small flowering foreground shrubs that wind up pushing on the house or those beautiful invasive plants that you work all winter to take out.
Think ahead! Save a husband!
Mark your calendars. The Red Bluff Garden Club is having their annual plant sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 16-17. It will be held at the Union Hall, 12889 Baker St., in Red Bluff instead of the Tehama District Fairgrounds.
We have been working hard to provide premium plants just for you from our yards to your yards. Since these are grown locally, they will adjust easily to your garden and continue to be robust and beautiful.
The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with Cascade District Garden Club; California Garden Clubs, Inc.; Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
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