Category: Gardening

  • Gardening Diary – March 22, 2022

    Gardening Diary – March 22, 2022

    Moved the refuse from the pruning yesterday to Dave’s gulley. Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’] Picture taken on March 22. 2022. Sharon pruned one of the Sunny Knock Out Roses along the driveway. Unfortunately, as she tried to weed around this plant, she fell out of her chair. She sustained…

  • Gardening Diary – March 21, 2022

    Gardening Diary – March 21, 2022

    First time back working in the garden since my fall. Moved the refuse from the pruning done on … over to Dave’s gulley. Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’] Picture taken on March 21, 2022. Pruned the 4 Red Leaf Barberry Hedges shown in the picture.

  • Gardening Diary – March 13, 2022

    Gardening Diary – March 13, 2022

    Yesterday’s very early snowfall started to melt in the sunny afternoon. The temperatures hovered around freezing in the afternoon and dropped to around 14o F overnight. This behavior in the temperatures caused the formation of some very long icicles off the roof of the house and in some of the plants.…

  • Gardening Diary – February 9, 2022

    Gardening Diary – February 9, 2022

    Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] Picture was taken on February 9, 2022. Started to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that was next to the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] which we finished pruning a couple of days ago. The pruning is essentially the removal of twigs that were…

  • Gardening Diary – February 7, 2022

    Gardening Diary – February 7, 2022

    Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 7, 2022. Finished pruning the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Took the refuse over to Dave’s gulley.

  • Gardening Diary – February 1, 2022

    Gardening Diary – February 1, 2022

    Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on February 1, 2022. Continued to prune the Dappled Willow next to the right fence. Still some more pruning needs to be done. Took a wagonful of refuse from the pruning over to Dave’s gulley. Walking by the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’], noticed…

  • Gardening Diary – January 31, 2022

    Gardening Diary – January 31, 2022

    Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on January 31, 2022. The Dappled Willow next to the right fence has grown quite large. Many of its branches hung over the fence as seen in the following picture from last April. Dappled Willow before pruning [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] Picture taken on…

  • Gardening Diary – January 30, 2022

    Gardening Diary – January 30, 2022

    Lenten Roses [Helleborus sp.] Picture taken on January 30, 2022. In the last few days, noticed that the Lenten Roses started to have buds. Compared to previous years, this is late.

  • Gardening Diary – January 29, 2022

    Gardening Diary – January 29, 2022

    The 4th snowfall of January. The volunteer Butterfly Bush. [Buddleia davidii] Picture taken on January 29, 2022. From US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee (on Facebook):

  • Gardening Diary – January 14, 2022

    Gardening Diary – January 14, 2022

    More snowfall. 3rd Snowfall in January. Pictures taken on January 17, 2022. From the Facebook page of the US National Weather Service in Morristown, Tennessee: