Category: Gardening

  • Gardening Diary – September 28, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 28, 2021

    Rose bed and Original bulb bed Picture taken on September 28, 2021. Sharon continued to weed the original bulb bed and started to weed the Rose bed. Frog bath bed Picture taken on September 28, 2021. Chinese Fringe-Flower [Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum] Picture taken on September 28, 2021. Millennium Allium Ornamental Onions…

  • Gardening Diary – September 24, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 24, 2021

    Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Spiraea x ] Picture was taken on September 24, 2021. Back of the original bed. Picture was taken on September 24, 2021. Weeded the original bed from the Double Play Doozie® Spirea to the back of the original bed. Additional photos (2) taken today: Autumn Fire Sedum…

  • Gardening Diary – September 23, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 23, 2021

    Buddha Belly [Jatropha podagrica] Picture taken on September 23, 2021. As the US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee had forecast that the low temperature for Knoxville, TN was 48o, we decided to bring the Buddha Belly into the porch. From the Facebook page for the US National Weather Service Morristown…

  • Gardening Diary – September 22, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 22, 2021

    Halloween decorations. Picture taken on September 22, 2021. Sharon and I put together our Halloween decorations on the front lawn. We purchased 3 wheat straw bales and 2 Chrysanthemums [Chrysanthemum sp.] from Home Depot and 4 Pumpkins from Aldi’s.

  • Gardening Diary – September 17, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 17, 2021

    Bulb and Rose beds Picture taken on September 17, 2021. Sharon continued to weed the Bulb bed. Left fence walkway. Picture taken on September 17, 2021. Bush bed. Picture taken on September 17, 2021. Weed-eated with the “mower” attachment the two walkways on either side of the Bush bed and…

  • Gardening Diary – September 13, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 13, 2021

    Original Bulb bed Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Sharon resting from weeding the Original bulb bed. Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Sharon started to weed the Bulb bed. Walkway along the left side of the Rose bed. Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Used the new weed-eater with…

  • Gardening Diary – September 10, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 10, 2021

    Removed large weeds from the backyard including American Burnweed [Erechtites hieraciifolius] Picture taken on September 10, 2021. and Goldenrod [Solidago sp.] Picture taken on September 10, 2021. These large weeds and fallen limbs were taken to the ditch on Dave’s property.

  • Gardening Diary – September 8, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 8, 2021

    The front porch bed. Picture taken September 8, 2021. Spread about 10 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch on the front porch bed.

  • Gardening Diary – September 5, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 5, 2021

    We harvested the following vegetables: Black Beauty Eggplant. [Solanum melongena ‘Black Beauty’] Picture taken on September 5, 2021. Yellow Crookneck Squash, Yellow Summer Squash, Zucchini. [Cucurbita pepo] Picture taken on September 5, 2021. Orange Tomatoes [Solanum lycopersicum] Picture taken on September 5, 2021. Tomatoes [Solanum lycopersicum] Picture taken on September 5,…

  • Gardening Diary – September 3, 2021

    Gardening Diary – September 3, 2021

    The front porch bed. Picture taken September 3, 2021. Weeded the front porch bed and Right side of front bulb bed. Picture taken September 3, 2021. Sharon weeded the right side of the front bulb bed.