Category: Gardening

  • Gardening Diary – July 23, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 23, 2021

    Cucumbers, Yellow Crookneck Squash, Zucchini Picture taken July 23, 2021. Tomatoes Picture taken on July 23, 2021. Harvested the vegetables shown above.

  • Gardening Diary – July 21, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 21, 2021

    Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken July 21, 2021 Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] Picture taken on July 21, 2021. Weeded the 2 beds containing Pink Muhly Grass and the bed containing the Serviceberry tree. Sprayed Ortho Groundclear Super on some areas of the above that contained Bermuda Grass, on Morning…

  • Gardening Diary – July 20, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 20, 2021

    Butterfly Bush bed Picture taken on July 21, 2021. Finished weeding and laying down a double layer of cardboard on the Butterfly Bush bed. Finished covering this bed with 11 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch. Cucumber and Tomato Picture taken July 21, 2021 by Sharon. Sharon…

  • Gardening Diary – July 16, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 16, 2021

    Tier bed. Picture taken on July 17, 2021. In the Tier bed, cut down some vines and other weeds including Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and a Tulip Poplar [Liriodendron tulipifera]. Cut up branches and took the refuse to the ditch in Dave’s yard. Repeating what we did yesterday, we filled the…

  • Gardening Diary – July 15, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 15, 2021

    Tier bed. Picture taken on July 15, 2021. Several years ago, we had some heavy rain which pushed down some branches of one of the Red Altheas [Hibiscus syriacus] onto the Janed Gold Arborvitae [Thuja occidentalis ‘Janed Gold’ Plant Patent #21,967] in the tier bed. Typically, when a heavy rain will push…

  • Gardening Diary – July 14, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 14, 2021

    Butterfly Bush bed. Picture taken on July 14, 2021. Continued to cover the Butterfly Bush bed with a double layer of cardboard. Started covering this bed with pine bark mini nuggets mulch. Additional photographs (8) taken today: Purple Haze Pineapple Lily [Eucomis ‘Purple Haze’] Pictures taken on July 14, 2021.…

  • Gardening Diary – July 13, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 13, 2021

    Peppers Picture taken on July 13, 2021 by Sharon. Sharon planted 2 Peppers, ? and ?, in one of the straw bale beds and Eversweet Strawberries Picture taken on July 13, 2021 by Sharon. Eversweet Strawberries in the clay-colored greenstalk tower. These plants were purchased from Home Depot last week.…

  • Gardening Diary – July 12, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 12, 2021

    Butterfly Bush bed. Picture taken July 13, 2021. Weed-eated the Butterfly Bush bed and started to lay down a double layer of cardboard.

  • Gardening Diary – July 10, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 10, 2021

    Tomatoes Picture taken on July 10, 2021 by Sharon. Sharon provided support for some Tomato plants. Peppers Picture taken on July 10, 2021 by Sharon. She planted Peppers in straw bale bed #?. Yellow Summer Squash Picture taken on July 13, 2021 by Sharon. Also, Sharon harvested some Yellow Summer…

  • Gardening Diary – July 8, 2021

    Gardening Diary – July 8, 2021

    Tomatoes Picture taken on July 9, 2021. Sharon pruned and provided more support for the Tomatoes in the straw bale beds. Sharon harvest from the straw bale beds. Picture taken on July 8, 2021. Sharon harvested Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Yellow Summer Squash and 2 other unknown kinds of Squash. Right…