Category: Gardening
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Gardening Diary – August 31, 2022
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Took the wagon and unloaded the weeds, etc. into Dave’s gulley. Sharon continued to weed the walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed and both beds on either side of this walkway. Continued to prune the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Figs [Ficus carica], Started to remove the Green-headed Coneflowers…
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Gardening Diary – August 30, 2022
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Took the wagon and unloaded the weeds, etc. into Dave’s gulley. Sharon continued to weed the walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed and both beds on either side of this walkway. Collected the weeds, etc. cut down on previous days and filled up the wagon.
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Gardening Diary – August 20, 2022
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Sharon continued to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and weeded the bed containing it. Weeded part of the walkway between 2nd bulb bed and raised bed #8, part of the 2nd bulb bed and pruned some twigs off the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that were hanging over…
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Gardening Diary – August 15, 2022
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Finished weeding the Butterfly Bush bed while Sharon started to weed the right side of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway on the right side of this bed. Additional photos (2) taken today:
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Gardening Diary – August 13, 2022
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The hose that we attached to the adjustable dripper stake a couple of days ago became unattached. Cut off the end of the hose and reattached the hose to the adjustable dripper stake. Watered the front yard for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Additional photos (2) taken today:
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Gardening Diary – August 12, 2022
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Added a sprinkler to the pot containing the Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] and fixed the water outlet on one of the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’]. As seen in the photo above, it appears that my spraying Ortho GroundClear Year Long Vegetation Killer around the edges of the beds in…
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Gardening Diary – August 9, 2022
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Sprayed Ortho GroundClear Year Long Vegetation Killer around the edges of the beds in the front yard and on the part of the Purple Smoke Bush bed along the road. Sharon and I went to the back to continue to clean up the Butterfly Bush bed. Unfortunately, a tree had…
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Gardening Diary – August 8, 2022
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Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] Picture taken on August 9, 2022. Bought a trellis from Amazon last week, it arrived yesterday and we installed it today so that the Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] will be supported by it. Noah had his firsty day of class today and since he was released…
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Gardening Diary – August 3, 2022
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Using the reciprocating saw, cut 5 limbs off of the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree [Ficus carica]. Butterfly Bush bed and path along this bed. Picture taken on August 9, 2022. Sharon and I then continued weeding in the Butterfly Bush bed and we pruned many branches off of the…
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Gardening Diary – August 1, 2022
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Sharon pruned the Pink Flowering Almond [Prunus glandulosa]. Sharon and I started to weed the Butterfly Bush bed. Most of the “weeds” are Chocolate Mint [Mentha × piperita ‘Chocolate Mint’] and Bermuda grass. Started to prune the Pink Delight Butterfly Bush [Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’]. Additional photograph taken today: