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.

  • Gardening Diary – July 18, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 18, 2022

    Yesterday, fixed the problem with the Drip Irrigation Multi-stream Dripper Stake in the Purple Smoke Bush bed that put out too much water. Watered the front beds. Found another irrigation problem; this time, the problem is in the Sunny Knock Out Roses bed. Sharon and I took a load of…

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  • Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022

    Front porch bed. Picture taken on July 15, 2022. Sharon pruned the Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’], the Pink Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’] and the Orange Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’] in the front porch bed. Picked up the branches that were pruned off the…

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  • Gardening Diary – July 14, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 14, 2022

    Right front beds. Picture taken on July 14, 2022. Reinstalled the 2 fence panels next to the right front fence. Sprayed the weeds in the right fence beds with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer. Weed-eated the area around the right front beds. Sharon pruned the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’],…

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  • Gardening Diary – July 12, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 12, 2022

    Front bulb bed. Picture taken on July 12, 2022. Sharon pruned the 3 Azaleas [Rhododenron sp.] at the back of the front bulb bed. Finished, for the time being, removing part of the bush growing in the right front fence. Took a wagon-full of garden cuttings, branches, weeds, etc. to…

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  • Gardening Diary – July 11, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 11, 2022

    Sprayed the edges of all beds except the Flowering Cherry bed and the front bulb bed with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer. Sprayed 1 bottle of Grass-b-gon on patches of Bermuda grass growing in the Flowering Cherry bed. Continued to remove the bush growing in the right front fence. Tried…

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  • Gardening Diary – July 10, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 10, 2022

    Photos (4) taken today: Rainbow Picture taken on July 10, 2022. Daffodils bed. Picture taken on July 10, 2022. Front bulb bed. Picture taken on July 10, 2022.

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