Category: Serviceberry

  • Gardening Diary – September 1, 2023

    Gardening Diary – September 1, 2023

    Sharon planted an Orange King Bearded Iris [Iris germanica ‘Orange King’] in the front bulb bed. She purchased this Iris from Breck’s. Then Sharon continued to weed the front bulb bed. Continued spraying Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer on weeds (and Bermuda grass not near plants) in and mostly…

  • Gardening Diary – June 11, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 11, 2022

    Serviceberry and Pink Muhly Grasses [Amelanchier sp.], [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken on June 11, 2022. Sharon and I spread 9 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets on the beds containing the Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] and the Pink Muhly Grasses [Muhlenbergia capillaris]. Noticing that there were some Morning Glory vines…

  • Gardening Diary – June 6, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 6, 2022

    Sharon replacing Gerbera Daisy. [Gerbera sp.] Picture taken on June 6, 2022. One of the Gerbera Daisies planted May 28 died and Sharon replaced it with another one purchased from Home Depot. While she was doing this, completed adding pine bark mini nuggets to the Daffodils bed and placed some…

  • Gardening Diary – May 24, 2022

    Gardening Diary – May 24, 2022

    Smoke Bush bed. Picture taken on May 24, 2022. Pruned the Purple Smoke Bush [Cotinus Coggygria] and one of the Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii  ‘Atropurpurea’] in order that the view from a car on the driveway is not obstructed. Sharon and I weeded the Smoke Bush bed. Sprayed Ortho…

  • Gardening Diary – April 27, 2022

    Gardening Diary – April 27, 2022

    Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken on April 27, 2022. Completed the preparation of the 2 beds containing the Pink Muhly Grasses [Muhlenbergia capillaris] and Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] Picture taken on April 27, 2022. the bed containing the Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.]. Daffodils bed Picture taken on April 27, 2022.…

  • Gardening Diary – July 21, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 21, 2021

    Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken July 21, 2021 Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] Picture taken on July 21, 2021. Weeded the 2 beds containing Pink Muhly Grass and the bed containing the Serviceberry tree. Sprayed Ortho Groundclear Super on some areas of the above that contained Bermuda Grass, on Morning…

  • Gardening Diary – March 4, 2021

    Gardening Diary – March 4, 2021

    Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken on March 4, 2021. Completed adding pine bark mini-nuggets mulch to the 2 Pink Muhly beds and Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] Picture taken on March 4, 2021. around the Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.]. Front bulb bed. Picture taken on March 4, 2021. Started to put…

  • Gardening Diary – February 24, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 24, 2021

    For the sixth day of preparing the straw bales, fertilized all the straw bales using 1 cup of Alaska Fish Fertilizer in 2 gallons of water for 4 straw bales. Started working in the front yard. Before: Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken 24 February 2021. After: Pink Muhly…

  • Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021

    Straw bale beds #1-4 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. From a second palette, took 6 or 7 wheat straw bales to finish installing the straw bales in the raised beds #3-4. Straw bale bed #7 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. 1 or 2 of the straw bales had…