Category: Next to original bed
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Gardening Diary – July 22, 2023
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Sharon and I continued to prune and weed the bush bed. We finished pruning the Ninebark and weeding around this bush. Sharon did some pruning of the Kaleidoscope Abelia and the Autumn Jazz Arrowwood Viburnum and some weeding around these bushes. While Sharon was doing this, I started to clear…
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Gardening Diary – July 3, 2021
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Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea] Picture taken July 3, 2021. Continued to remove tall weeds and prune lightly some bushes in the Sedum / Lily bed and the bush bed. Removed Oak [Quercus sp.] and Maple [Acer sp.] seedlings from the area around the Red Twig Dogwood and removed a…
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Gardening Diary – July 1, 2021
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Canna Lily [Canna sp.] Picture taken July 1, 2021. Continued to remove tall weeds (Dock Weeds [Rumex obtusifolia], Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata], Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana], Goldenrod [Solidago sp.], Maple seedlings [Acer sp.], etc) from the back bed. Even though not all such tall weeds were completely removed, started to remove tall weeds…
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Gardening Diary – May 24, 2021
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In the herb tower, Sharon planted Caraway [Carum carvi] and Sweet Marjoram [Origanum majorana] seeds from Page’s Seeds purchased from Willow Ridge Garden Center & Landscaping, Oak Ridge. Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Solenostemon scutellarioides], [Spiraea x ] Picture taken on May 24, 2021. Then Sharon weeded the part…
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Gardening Diary – May 20, 2021
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Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioides] Picture taken on May 22, 2021. Sharon planted 2 Coleus in the original bed and Iris [Iris sp.] Picture taken on May 20, 2021. I planted an Iris in the Sedum / Iris bed. The Coleus and Iris were obtained from Mingie’s. Lenten Rose bed Picture taken…
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Gardening Diary – April 20, 2021
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Weed-eated all but 3 walkways (walkway along the original bed, along the left fence and along the Sedum/Iris bed) in the backyard along with part of the walkways in the back bed. Sharon fertilizing the Tomatoes. Picture taken April 20, 2021. Sharon fertilized the Tomatoes with (a tomato fertilizer) and…