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 – June 27, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 27, 2022

    Front porch bed. Picture taken on June 29, 2022. Weeded the front porch bed while Sharon weeded the front bulb bed. Between Quince and Coppertina® Ninebark [Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Mindia’] Picture taken on June 29, 2022. Sharon also pruned the Coppertina® Ninebark [Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Mindia’] and other bushes creating the walkway shown in…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 24, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 24, 2022

    Sunny Knock Out Roses bed Pictures taken on June 24, 2022. While Sharon was weeding the front bulb bed, I weeded both sides of the Sunny Knock Out Roses bed. Purple Smoke Bush bed Picture taken on June 24, 2022. Sprayed the weeds in the Purple Smoke Bush bed with…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 15, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 15, 2022

    Worked on the irrigation system in the front yard. Pink Drift Roses [Rosa ‘Meijocos’] Picture taken on June 15, 2022. Had to add a cap to the dripper that was in the Pink Drift Roses [Rosa ‘Meijocos’]. Fixed water line. Picture taken on June 15, 2022. There was a couple of holes…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 14, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 14, 2022

    Repaired water line. Picture taken on June 14, 2022. Dug up the soil where I saw the spray of water last night to find the water line. Found several holes in 2 parallel lines about 1/4″ apart in the water line. Unsure about what caused the holes. Cut out about…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 11, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 11, 2022

    Serviceberry and Pink Muhly Grasses [Amelanchier sp.], [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken on June 11, 2022. Sharon and I spread 9 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets on the beds containing the Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] and the Pink Muhly Grasses [Muhlenbergia capillaris]. Noticing that there were some Morning Glory vines…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 10, 2022

    Gardening Diary – June 10, 2022

    Daffodils bed Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Sharon and I planted in the Daffodils bed 6 Coleuses that we purchased from Stanley’s Greenhouse yesterday: Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken…

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