Category: Gardening
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Gardening Diary – November 3, 2021
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Took the wagon with the refuse from the pruning of the Deutzia Magician [Deutzia x hybrida ‘MAGICIEN’] and the Coral Beauty Cotoneaster [Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’] and dumped the refuse in the ditch in Dave’s yard. Since there were predictions of low temperatures in the 30’s, shut down the water into the backyard. Removed…
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Gardening Diary – November 2, 2021
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Autumn Fire Sedum [Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ (Hylotelephium spectabile)] Picture taken on November 2, 2021. Tied twine around 6 of the posts to provide some support of the Autumn Fire Sedum so I could walk around these plants without stepping on them. Cleaned and weeded the original bed from the house…
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Gardening Diary – October 27, 2021
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Original bed Picture taken on October 27, 2021. Placed 10 posts in the original bed to provide support for the Autumn Fire Sedum [Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’ (Hylotelephium spectabile)]. Need to add string connecting the 10 posts. Heavily pruned the Coral Beauty Cotoneaster [Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’] which extended over part of…
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Gardening Diary – October 23, 2021
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Sharon working on the Daffodils bed. Picture taken on October 23, 2021. Little Princess Spirea [Spirea japonica] Picture taken on October 23, 2021. Sharon and I finished weeding in an area of the Daffodil bed where we planted a Little Princess Spirea [Spirea japonica]. We added water and Miracle-Gro Shake ‘n…
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Gardening Diary – October 19, 2021
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Sharon in front bulb bed. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Blaauw’s Pink Azalea [Rhododendron sp.] Picture taken October 23, 2021. Sharon and I planted 3 Blauuw’s Pink Azalea plants in the front bulb bed. We added water and Miracle-Gro Shake‘n Feed All Purpose Plant Food to the hole where we…
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Gardening Diary – October 18, 2021
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Mugo Pine [Pinus mugo] Picture taken on October 18, 2021. Mugo Pine [Pinus mugo] Picture taken on October 18, 2021. Sharon and I planted 2 Mugo Pines in the beds in the front yard that contained the Cranberry Cotoneasters [Cotoneaster apiculatis]. We added water and Miracle-Gro Shake ‘n Feed All…
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Gardening Diary – October 15, 2021
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Cranberry Cotoneasters removed. [Cotoneaster apiculatis] Picture taken on October 15, 2021. Sharon and I removed the 2 Cranberry Cotoneasters in the front yard. In addition, we weeded the beds that contained these plants. The weeds were primarily Bermuda grass and Violets.
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Gardening Diary – October 13, 2021
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Bulb bed Picture taken on October 14, 2021. Sharon finished weeding the Bulb bed. Finished mulching this bed with pine bark mini-nuggets mulch. Bulb and Rose beds. Picture taken on October 14, 2021. Then started mulching the Rose bed also with pine bark mini-nuggets mulch. A total of 10 2…
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Gardening Diary – October 5, 2021
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Took 6 bags of weeds to the dump. According to the Facebook page for the National Weather Service Morristown, expecting rain for today and the next 3 days: Several rounds of showers and a few thunderstorms are forecast over the next couple of days with the highest rainfall totals expected…
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Gardening Diary – September 29, 2021
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Between the back of the original bulb bed and the Rose bed and the Green-headed Coneflower bed. Picture taken on September 29, 2021. Weeded around the backs of the original bulb bed and the Rose bed and the front of the Green-headed Coneflower bed which contained many Green-headed Coneflowers. Additional…