We are almost at the start of Spring, and I am not really ready to do much with the garden, but I have been forced to alter the walkway area.
I have had to update the electrical box in the garage. To do so, I have had to dig a trench between the house and the garage. It runs just outside of the electrical panel box on the house to the garage. In that path there was one Japanese Forest Grass plant, and on the other side, a large Spirea.
The grass plant came up easily and I covered its roots with dirt to protect it from the cold. The Spirea is another story. Although the ground wasn't frozen for most of the trench, the area directly below the Spirea, where its root ball is located, was frozen solid. As a result, I dug underneath, like a tunnel, where the sandy soil was not frozen.
Unfortunately, the area behind the shrub, and up against the wall of the garage, is like cement. I can't break trough to the tunnel. Since I dug the trench it has returned back to frozen temperatures, so it looks like it will be a while before I can finish the trench and place the new electrical pipe.
Once spring does get here, I am going to have some serious cleanup work to do to restore the walkway. I wasn't planning on any of this work, so it will eat into some of my other plans. In the meantime, I await warmer weather.
