Kevad 2023. Mai/ Spring 2023. May

Kevad 2023 jätkub ja sel aastal olen pidanud oma sõnu sööma. Hooldusvaba aed peab ise hakkama saama, lihtsalt ei kasta ja kõik. Sel kevadel on aga tulnud valida, kas kõik kooleb põua käes lihtsalt maha või voolikud välja ja vutt-vutt-vutt mööda aeda ringi jooksma. Teoorias oleks pidanud lumesulamisveest ju jätkuma, aga päike ja tuul on oma töö teinud ja juba olen pidanud kahjusid kokku lugema. Suurim neist on värskeltistutatud mänd Watereri, kel vist halbade asjaolude kokkulangemisel polnud väga lootustki (juurepall potis oli suure puu kohta praktiliselt olematu).

Spring 2023 continues and this year I have had to eat my words. A maintenance-free garden has to take care of itself, just don’t water and that’s it. This spring, however, you have to choose whether everything will simply die in the drought, or take out the hoses and hop-hop-hop around the garden. In theory, there should have been enough snowmelt water, but the sun and wind have done their work and I have already had to count the damages. The largest of them is the newly planted Watereri pine, which probably didn’t have much hope when the bad circumstances came together (the root ball in the pot was practically non-existent for a large tree).

Enne/ Before
Pärast/ After

Viimastelt piltidelt on näha, et lisaks männile kõrbes ka vastistutatud Smaragd (paremal). Tagantjäreletarkus ütleb, et oleks pidanud ilmselt paigaldama varjutuskanga ja pritsima mõrusoolalahusega, aga seni pole konteineristikute puhul seda vaja olnud. Lihtsalt ära osta varakevadel konteineristikuid, need on ilmselt värskelt põllult üles kaevatud. Oota kuu aega, nad teevad puukoolis selle turgutamise töö sinu eest ära ja hind on sama.

In the last pictures, you can see that in addition to the pine, the Smaragd (on the right) was also burned. Hindsight says that I probably should have installed a shade fabric and sprayed with a magnesium sulfate solution, but so far this has not been necessary for container plants. Just don’t buy container plants in early spring, they are probably freshly dug up from the field. Wait a month, they will do the work of it for you at the nursery and the price will be the same.

Kuivanud mänd/ Burned pine

Muruniiduhooaeg algas varakult, robot vehkis “viljaringe” teha. Priimulad, tulbid ja teised kevadised õisejad võtsid lumesulamisveest viimast ja üllatusena hakkas koos kevadise emajuurega õitsema ka juulis õitsema pidanud emajuur Frei Hybrida. Kas olen saanud vale taime või õitseb ta juulini välja, eks see ole näha. Ilus on ta ikka.

The lawn mowing season started early, the robot rushed to make “crop circles”. Primroses, tulips and other spring flowering plants took the last of the snowmelt water, and surprisingly, the gentiana Frei Hybrida, which should have bloomed in July, started to bloom together with the gentiana verna. Either I got the wrong plant or it will bloom until July, I can’t tell. She is still beautiful.

“Viljaringid”/ “Crop circles”
Gentiana Frei Hybrida
Isetekkeline tulp tavaliste vahel/ A self generated tulip among the common ones

Tänu põuale on ka põõsaste õied sel kevadel kuidagi nirud. Rododest ei maksa rääkidagi. Algatuseks kastan istutusalad korralikult ära ja siis katan multshiga lootuses, et see hoiab veidigi pinnases niiskust kinni.

Thanks to the drought, the flowers of the bushes are also somewhat poor this spring. There is no need to talk about the rhododendron. To begin with, I water the planting areas and then cover with mulch in the hope that it will hold some moisture in the soil.

Kevad 2023. Mai. Aprilli projektile sel kuul lisaarendust veel ei tulnud, küll aga vähendasin veidi aia hooldusvajadust. Nimelt paigaldasin mõned peenraservad, et vältida umbrohu kasvamist astekivide vahele. Edaspidi istutan sinna veel mõned liivateed juurde, mis peaksid seal kenasti muru asendama.

Spring 2023. May. There was no additional development for the April project this month, but I did reduce the garden’s maintenance needs a little. Namely, I installed some bed edges to prevent weeds from growing between the stepping stones. In the future, I will plant some more thymes there, which should replace the grass there nicely.

Lisaks põuale tuli vahepeal suure suvesooja vahele paar ööd, kus temperatuur langes miinus kuue kraadini. Sellele ei pidanud vastu astilbed, kes pidid kasvu uuesti otsast alustama. Kevadist silmarõõmu pakub õnneks kiviktaimla, mida oleme pidanud samuti veega turgutama.

In addition to the drought, there were a few nights between the great summer heat, when the temperature dropped to minus six degrees. The astilbes did not withstand this and had to start the growth all over again. Fortunately, the rock garden, which we have also had to water, provides springtime eye candy.

Karulauk/ Allium ursinum

Kui kevad nii jätkub, siis tuleb hooldusvabast aiast unistamine ära unustada ja hankida kastmissüsteem. Või siis liduda poodi lavendleid kokku ostma. Neile ei pruugi meie talved meeldida… Tähklavendel on aga talve kenasti üle elanud ja rõõmustab silmnähtavalt põua üle.

If the spring continues like this, then you have to forget about dreaming of a maintenance-free garden and get an irrigation system. Or go to the store to buy lavender. They may not like our winters… However, English lavender has survived the winter nicely and is obviously happy about the drought.


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