All of the hostas and ferns are up, some of the hostas are already quite large. The last fern to come up was the one closest to the house, but it is alive and well. I like how tightly curled the Ostrich fern fronds are. This fern was pretty tall last year, and it has sprouted several babies around it.
My friend Patty shared a bunch of her hostas with me. I am looking forward to finding places for all of them. This picture makes it look like I did the work, but that's not the case. I stood around in my gloves wondering what to do to be helpful. :) Patty made it look easy, so I think I will try to move one that's not in a good location by our driveway. We'll see!
Here they are - bundled up and waiting to go to their new home. :)
The brown looks dead in the picture, but is actually new fern growth.
This hosta died back early in the summer, so I was surprised to see it back.
These two hostas were among the first to come up. There's an Ostrich Fern to the left of the far left hosta that is coming up also. It was almost destroyed by Tuley last year, but seems to be coming back okay.
Last weekend, David and I raked the pine needles and leaves off the mulch as much as possible. Wednesday, he brought in three trailer loads of mulch - 6 cubic yards to replenish. We thought after the first year when we brought in 9 cubic yards that we'd just have to maintain, but it still seems to take so much! The pictures are after the raking, but before the new mulch.
