Garden Project Maxwell

Maxwell wants low maintanence plants planted in beds on the sunny side of his house. Plus he keeps plants on covered porch that need to be repotted
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Soil is sandy. Amendments used - composted cow manure, mushroom compost, chicken manure, fertrell all natural fertilzer. Plants to be installed - pineapples, aloe vera, ferns, some lemongrass, an agave, some pine shrub things, some lilies and other bulb flowers that were already there.

The layout will have four beds on the northeast part of the property. There are to be a bed of ferns, pineapples, 2 beds of aloe vera, bed of bulbs and an herb garden. There is a tree that will have the lillies installed around the base and maybe a some ferns. The lemongrass will go with the pineapples.

The current state of the beds are in need of nutrients and some bulking up. The herb bed will be the most work. There are three inches of large river pebbles along with he dirt. The pineapple bed has the same river pebbles but not as severe. The bed of bulbs is mostly sandy and already has bulbs in part of it all bunched up and have been whacked by a landscaper. This bed will be extended and the bulbs pulled out. The fern bad already has ferns in it that were also whacked by a landscaper, the roots are still intact so I won't till this bed. There are also a few large plants from the porch that will be planted in the front yard in a shady area the soil there is good enough.

I am adding the amendments to the herb, pineapple, bulb flower and aloe beds by tilling it in. The ferns will topped with amendments and new ferns planted evenly spaced to encourage spreading. The lily bed will be amended using the hand cultivator and lilies will planted in a circle.

The herb bed mulch with bahia grass hey and will be stocked as seedlings are ready. I will see that it weed ed regularly. The rest of the beds will need minimal upkeep such as an occasional watering.