Category: Gardening

  • Gardening Diary – January 3, 2022

    Gardening Diary – January 3, 2022

    First snowfall of 2022.Pictures taken on January 3, 2022. From Facebook – National Weather Service prediction from last night: From Facebook – National Weather Service analysis of actual snowfall:

  • Gardening Diary – December 16, 2021

    Gardening Diary – December 16, 2021

    Part of right fence garden bed. Picture taken on December 16, 2021. Planted 44 Darwin hybrid Tulips [Tulipa sp. (Darwin Hybrid Tulip)] starting on the right side of Southern Living Arborvitae O. Pancake [Thuja Concesarini PP24013] and finished a couple of feet from the black fence. Again, used a hand drill…

  • Gardening Diary – December 15, 2021

    Gardening Diary – December 15, 2021

    Vinyl fence panels. Picture taken on December 16, 2021. Installed a vinyl fence panel in front of the front fence next to a previously installed vinyl fence panel. The panel was used originally in the Lenten rose bed to hide a trash can. Part of right fence bed. Pictures taken…

  • Gardening Diary – December 8, 2021

    Gardening Diary – December 8, 2021

    Walkway right side of 2nd bulb bed. Picture taken on December 8, 2021. Completed weeding of the walkway which is on the right side of the 2nd bulb bed. Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia hubrichtii] Picture taken on December 8, 2021. Set up new supports for the Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia…

  • Gardening Diary – December 3, 2021

    Gardening Diary – December 3, 2021

    Second bulb bed. Picture taken on December 3, 2021. Sharon and I continued weeding the second bulb bed. To make the weeding easier, decided to cut almost to the ground the leaves of the Ground Orchids [Bletilla striata ‘Alba’].

  • Gardening Diary – November 22, 2021

    Gardening Diary – November 22, 2021

    Second bulb bed. Picture taken on November 22, 2021. Continued to weed the second bulb bed. Cut back the dead stems of the other Penstemon [Penstemon sp.] and some of the stems of the Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia hubrichtii] so that it was easier to weed near the Threadleaf Blue…

  • Gardening Diary – November 16, 2021

    Gardening Diary – November 16, 2021

    Yesterday, took 3 bags of garden refuse to the Knox County dump. Went over to Home Depot to purchase more mulch. They only had 4 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets which we purchased. Second bulb bed. Picture taken on November 16, 2021. Started to weed the second…

  • Gardening Diary – November 12, 2021

    Gardening Diary – November 12, 2021

    Rose bed. Picture taken on November 12, 2021. Spread 10 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets on approximately 2/3 of the Rose bed. Before laying down a bag of mulch on a particular area, sprinkled Preen Extended Control Weed Preventer on the area.

  • Gardening Diary – November 10, 2021

    Gardening Diary – November 10, 2021

    Spread a 2 ft3 bag of pine bark mini nuggets between the Sunny Anniversary Glossy Abelia [Abelia x grandiflora] and the Coral Beauty Cotoneaster [Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’] and spread another bag of pine bark mini nuggets behind the Autumn Fire Sedum [Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ (Hylotelephium spectabile)]. Rose bed. Picture taken on November 11,…

  • Gardening Diary – November 6, 2021

    Gardening Diary – November 6, 2021

    Sunny Anniversary Glossy Abelia [Abelia x grandiflora] Picture taken on November 6, 2021. Spread 3 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch around the Sunny Anniversary Glossy Abelia. Took 3 bags of garden refuse to the Knox County dump. Purchased 10 more bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch from Home Depot.…