Category: Gardening

  • Gardening Diary – June 24, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 24, 2022

    Sunny Knock Out Roses bed Pictures taken on June 24, 2022. While Sharon was weeding the front bulb bed, I weeded both sides of the Sunny Knock Out Roses bed. Purple Smoke Bush bed Picture taken on June 24, 2022. Sprayed the weeds in the Purple Smoke Bush bed with…

  • Gardening Diary – June 15, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 15, 2022

    Worked on the irrigation system in the front yard. Pink Drift Roses [Rosa ‘Meijocos’] Picture taken on June 15, 2022. Had to add a cap to the dripper that was in the Pink Drift Roses [Rosa ‘Meijocos’]. Fixed water line. Picture taken on June 15, 2022. There was a couple of holes…

  • Gardening Diary – June 14, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 14, 2022

    Repaired water line. Picture taken on June 14, 2022. Dug up the soil where I saw the spray of water last night to find the water line. Found several holes in 2 parallel lines about 1/4″ apart in the water line. Unsure about what caused the holes. Cut out about…

  • Gardening Diary – June 10, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 10, 2022

    Daffodils bed Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Sharon and I planted in the Daffodils bed 6 Coleuses that we purchased from Stanley’s Greenhouse yesterday: Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken…

  • Gardening Diary – June 4, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 4, 2022

    Mugo Pine. [Pinus mugo] Picture taken on June 4, 2022. Sharon and I weeded the other bed containing a Mugo Pine [Pinus mugo]. Sharon spreading mulch around the Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea] Picture taken on June 4, 2022. Then Sharon and I weeded around the Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus…

  • Gardening Diary – June 3, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 3, 2022

    Sharon spreading pine bark mini nuggets mulch around the Mugo Pine. [Pinus mugo] Picture taken on June 3, 2022. Sharon and I weeded one of the beds containing a Mugo Pine [Pinus mugo]. After placing 2 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch on this bed, Sharon spread it…

  • Gardening Diary – May 31, 2022

    Gardening Diary – May 31, 2022

    Daffodils bed Picture taken on May 31, 2022. Again, Sharon and I spread 9 more 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch on the Daffodils bed. Again, while doing this, we had to do some weeding. Yesterday, I found out why it was taking so long to get Lily…

  • Gardening Diary – May 30, 2022

    Gardening Diary – May 30, 2022

    Daffodils bed Picture taken on May 30, 2022. Sharon and I spread 9 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch on the Daffodils bed. While doing this, we had to do some weeding. In the early evening, watered the Daffodils bed and the Flowering Cherry bed. Additional photo (1)…

  • Gardening Diary – May 28, 2022

    Gardening Diary – May 28, 2022

    Flowering Cherry bed and Wisley Supreme Witch Hazel [Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’] Picture taken on May 28, 2022]. Sharon and I planted Gerbera Daisy [Gerbera jamesonii], Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioides], Begonias [Begonia sp.] and Creeping Jenny [Lysimachia nummularia] in the Flowering Cherry bed. These were in 2 baskets of Gerbera Daisy and…

  • Gardening Diary – May 27, 2022

    Gardening Diary – May 27, 2022

    Photos (1) taken today: Deutzia Magician [Deutzia ‘Magician’] Picture taken on May 27, 2022.