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 – December 4, 2021
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Walkway right side of 2nd bulb bed. Picture taken on December 4, 2021. Finished weeding of the 2nd bulb bed and proceeded to start weeding the walkway on the right side of the latter bed. Grateful Red Bearded Iris [Iris germanica ‘Grateful Red’] Picture taken on December 4, 2021. Planted 2…
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Gardening Diary – December 3, 2021
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Second bulb bed. Picture taken on December 3, 2021. Sharon and I continued weeding the second bulb bed. To make the weeding easier, decided to cut almost to the ground the leaves of the Ground Orchids [Bletilla striata ‘Alba’].
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Gardening Diary – November 22, 2021
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Second bulb bed. Picture taken on November 22, 2021. Continued to weed the second bulb bed. Cut back the dead stems of the other Penstemon [Penstemon sp.] and some of the stems of the Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia hubrichtii] so that it was easier to weed near the Threadleaf Blue…
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Gardening Diary – November 19, 2021
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Second bulb bed. Picture taken on November 19, 2021. Continued to weed the second bulb bed. Cut back the dead stems of one of the Penstemon [Penstemon sp.] and the stems of the Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia hubrichtii] which was outside the support provided for the main part of the…
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Gardening Diary – November 16, 2021
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Yesterday, took 3 bags of garden refuse to the Knox County dump. Went over to Home Depot to purchase more mulch. They only had 4 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets which we purchased. Second bulb bed. Picture taken on November 16, 2021. Started to weed the second…
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Gardening Diary – November 12, 2021
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Rose bed. Picture taken on November 12, 2021. Spread 10 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets on approximately 2/3 of the Rose bed. Before laying down a bag of mulch on a particular area, sprinkled Preen Extended Control Weed Preventer on the area.