Category: Gardening
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Gardening Diary – May 3, 2023
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Spread Preen Extended Control Weed Preventer around the plants which were planted the previous 2 days. Watered the area which was covered by the Preen and, of course, the plants which were recently planted. Went into the front yard and started to weed the front bulb bed. Started with the…
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Gardening Diary – April 29, 2023
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Started to weed the right fence bed. Within the past week, with some heavy rain, the weeds have really grown. Planted one of the Astilbes, Bridal Veil Astilbe, that we purchased yesterday at ???. Found that the soil appears to be fertile up to a depth about 2 inches; beneath…
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Gardening Diary – April 24, 2023
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Completed taking down the hardware for raised beds #7-8. Fern bed. Picture taken on April 24, 2023. Reinstalled the manifold and the backflow and turned on, at the meter, the water for irrigation in the garden. Started to weed the Fern bed. Sharon continued to weed the Flowering Cherry bed.…
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Gardening Diary – April 21, 2023
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Took the weeds, from yesterday, over to Dave’s gulley. Completed weeding in the Daffodils bed. In addition, pruned the Sango Kaku Japanese Green Maple [Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’] and the Blue Cascade Evergreen Distylium [Distylium ‘PIIDIST-II’]. Both plants were hit very hard by the December freeze but there are still signs…
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Gardening Diary – April 20, 2023
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Pruned parts of the Wintergreen Boxwoods with a hedge trimmer. Removed most of the remainder of last year’s growth of the Threadleaf Blue Star bush in the second bulb bed. Sharon continued to weed the Flowering Cherry bed. Additional pictures (3) taken today:
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Gardening Diary – April 19, 2023
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Sharon watered the Peach Jam Reblooming Bearded Iris that she planted yesterday. We didn’t much more in the garden since we had a new dryer delivered today. Additional picture (1) taken today:
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Gardening Diary – April 18, 2023
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Started weeding the street side of the Diane Witch Hazel and the Daffodils bed. While weeding, pruned one of the Hydrangea plants in the Daffodils bed. Earlier,Sharon had pruned the other Hydrangea plant (Gardening Diary – March 10, 2023). Sharon planted a Peach Jam Reblooming Bearded Iris in the front bulb…
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Gardening Diary – April 13, 2023
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Took the wagon, filled up with the weeds and the cuttings of the Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] from the work that we did yesterday, over to Dave’s gulley and emptied it. Sharon pruned the Java Red Weigel that was next to the house. She also weeded around this plant…