Fantastic job so far, love, love, love the bed shape you decided on. Looking forward to seeing more pics as you progress. You did good :).

Annette

ThinMan, It looks great! I would love for you to keep adding progress pictures. Your selection of plants sounds wonderful. Can't wait to see how you set all in. Going to your blog now.

Great job of sod removal and soil amending! I look forward to seeing more pics of your progress as you place plants.

if there is interest? Of course there is interest, TM! So far, it looks great. All that soil, manure, and compost will make for very happy plants! I can't wait to watch the progress. Love the pic of Annie inspecting your work. Annabelle would be planning where to dig first. ;(

Going to be beautiful.

Got a few plants in between rains and other things. From front to back: yarrow and purple liatris, rock, little bitty Japanese maple, heliopsis, and baptisia.

More to come.

TM

A new garden! so exciting :) I love the shape you chose. Reminds me of paisley.
will you be adding ground cover or mulch? How will you keep your edges crisp? My gardens always start off so full of promise and then get away. lol not in a good way.
:) Laura

Hi Laura, I haven't decided about mulch yet, but won't be using any ground cover. Probably. I have some of that black plastic edging that I'm going to try. I've never used it, so I'll have to see how it goes.

TM

Very nice shape, I love yarrow, what color did you plant? What size is your Japanese Maple supposed to reach? This will be a lovely bed.

kay

TM, that looks great! You must be quite handy with that tractor. The scraping of the sod looks perfect.
What other plants do you have planned to go in? Any shrubs?

Thanks, Kay. The yarrow I have is plain old yellow, called Cloth of Gold. It has done well for me as a cut flower and doesn't become invasive. I don't know what the Japanese maple is going to do I got some seedlings that had sprouted under a friend's maple, so they are wild cards I've been nursing them along for a few years now, and boy, do they grow slowly. They have been surviving our winters, so I think they are keepers.

Thank you, Thyme. I was pretty careful with the tractor bucket and took it very slowly. It did turn out surprisingly well. If you check back in my first post, you'll see a list of plants.

TM

Lovely. You have a nice design sense. I love the yellow yarrow too.

Lots of things to do here at ThinMan Acres, but I've managed to get some more plants moved into the new bed. Now there are stachys, liatris, achillea, lilies, and the tiny Japanese Maple at this end.

I've added some veronica at this end: blue, white, and pink. Of course I have no idea which plants are which color, but that adds a little surprise factor, right?

There are more pics on my blog:

Tom's Gardens

TM

I really like the rock. I went t the blog and am so looking forward to seeing the bed develop and grow. You have a lot of my favorites, so it will be a pleasure to see it. the rock is suck a nice point of interest since I really like the way rocks look in a bed. good going.
kay

Looks Great! I too, like the shape and the rock! It looks like it will all look so naturalized in no time!

Really looking good. Isn't it great starting a new bed. I'm following your blog too.

Not too much new. Got some foxgloves, dahlia coccineas, and gomphrena planted plus some black edging.

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Plenty of room left for zinnias, cosmos, and snapdragons.
TM

Please post more pictures this summer. Looking very good.

Lilies don't exactly scream cottage garden, but I had 'em, so I put them in. This one is now blooming nicely.
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I'll post some more pics soon. I'm waiting for just a few more blooms and then I'll take some wider shots of the whole bed.

TM

Enjoyed seeing the progress on your new bed, TM. Now I'm off to read your blog.

Looking very good! Of course lilies are cottagey. I expect your mix of colors will work out well. Cottage gardens can have random color arrangements.

Hope to see more pics as plants grow and bloom.