Category: Gardening

The Wesley Supreme Witch Hazel is still blooming despite the extended freeze that we had in December. Holidays, low temperatures (including a dusting of snow last week), rain, doctor appointments and the flu has prevented us from working in the garden recently. Hopefully, we’ll be able to work in the…

As the “deep freeze” that we had has moved on, we removed the cover that we had placed on the Ackerman Hybrid Camelia and the ???. There appears to be no damage to the Camelia. We will have to wait to Spring to see if there is any damage to…

For the past several days, Noah moved all of the cardboard boxes from the back porch to the area near the back door. Sharon and I loaded as much cardboard as we could onto the wagon and loaded the cardboard into the back of the Mazda. We took the cardboard…

Surprise Snow! From Facebook: US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee (December 28, 2022)

From Facebook: US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee: Snowfall Forecast Wind Chill and Wind Gusts US National Weather Service forecasts snow and extremely low wind chills for tomorrow. Ackerman Hybrid Camellia [Camillia Ackerman Hybrid] Picture taken on December 22, 2022. Two of the plants we chose to protect are the Ackerman…

Poinsettia[Euphorbia pulcherrima]Pictures taken on December 20, 2022. Last week, we purchased the Poinsettia at Aldi’s.

Sharon and I finished weeding the Daffodils bed; the predominant weeds were Onions. We cut back the False Asters [Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis’] and removed the remaining Coleus plants [Plectranthus scutellarioides]. At about a third of the way through the work, the wagon was overflowing and we emptied the wagon in…

Sharon and I took some wood, which was taken down from the house when the contractor replaced it with new wood so that the new guttering could be fastened to it, to the dump. Added support using rebar and a bungee cord for each pot of Chrysanthemums [Chrysanthemum sp.]. These…