Latest Blog Posts
The following items provide links to the blog posts. The items are ordered by date (in reverse order) starting with the most recent blog post.
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Gardening Diary – June 16, 2021
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Walkway between the back porch and the Rose bed. Picture taken on June 16, 2021. Walkway between Rose bed and second bulb bed. Picture taken on June 16, 2021. Weed-eated the walkway between the back porch and the Rose bed, the walkway between the Rose bed and the second bulb…
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Gardening Diary – June 15, 2021
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Sharon and I took 6 bags of garden trash to the Knox County dump. Sharon planted Velvet Queen Sunflower [Helianthus annuus] seeds and Chianti Hybrid Sunflower seeds in raised bed #5. These were Burpee seeds and purchased by Elizabeth last year. After this, Sharon continued to weed the herb raised…
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Gardening Diary – June 14, 2021
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Vanilla Marigolds [Tagetes “Vanilla”] Picture taken June 14, 2021 Sharon planted the rest of the Vanilla Marigolds that we had purchased. Sharon started weeding the spice raised bed (#6). Removed the large weeds from the bed along the right fence from the utility shed to the cross fence. Watered the…
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Gardening Diary – June 13, 2021
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Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Solenostemon scutellarioides], [Spiraea x] Picture taken June 14, 2021. Turned on the irrigation system for the straw bale beds and hand watered the plants which were added this year except those that were in the straw bale beds.
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Gardening Diary – June 12, 2021
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Tomatoes Picture taken June 12, 2021. Sharon staked 4 more Tomato plants and Sharon planting Vanilla Marigolds [Tagetes ‘Vanilla’] Picture taken on June 12, 2021. planted some Vanilla Marigolds in various straw bale beds. Trellis for Cucumbers. Picture taken on June 12, 2021. Sharon and I set up a trellis to…
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Gardening Diary – June 10, 2021
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Toyo Nishiki Flowering Quince, Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince, Orange Storm Double Take Quince, Pink Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Toyo Nishiki’], [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’], [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’], [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’] Picture taken on June 10, 2021. Pruned the Toyo Nishiki Flowering Quince and other Quinces in the front porch bed and…