See My Fern Garden!

Check it out! It's my fern garden!



OK, I guess I didn't really build it - Woman did ... but I helped! You know those rocks are heavy, and somepug had to help carry them from one side of the deck to the other. OK, you caught me again. Woman did that too. She said it hurt her back, so I was staying away from that activity.

The "trench" where the fern garden now lives used to be filled with gravel-like rocks. It was ugly and leaves and crap collected there. Most of the crap that collected there was stuff Woman was too lazy to put away like bags of potting soil, empty planters and garden tools. Woman transformed it into a lovely fern garden though. I think it's pretty cool.

Here is her favorite fern, a Red Japanese Painted fern. I guess it's cool with that burgundy stripe going down the center of each frond, but shouldn't it be a Burgundy Japanese Painted fern?



And here is another of her favorites, an Autumn Brilliance fern. Woman says it will turn red, orange and yellow in the Fall!



The little beds Woman made out of rocks are filled with Lady Ferns, but they have not popped up out of the ground yet. Woman is worried that they might not come up at all, because it has been like 5 weeks since she planted them.

If you look closely, you'll see that this isn't really just a fern garden. Woman got bored of ferns and added some other shade-loving plants too. There is some Solomon's Seal, Lily of the Valley, and Bleeding Heart too. She is also growing some Toad Lilies from seed that she plans to add when they are big enough.

I think I know too much about gardening for a dog, but Woman talks about it all-the-time, so I can't help but pick up on a few things.