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 5, 2021

    Gardening Diary – June 5, 2021

    Walkway between Rose bed and the second bulb bed. Picture taken June 5, 2021. Started weeding the left side of the 2nd bulb bed. Additional photographs (7) taken today: Pink Maximum Rhododendron [Rhododendron Maximum ‘Roseum’] Picture taken June 5, 2021. Queen of the Prairie [Filipendula purpura] Picture taken June 5, 2021.…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 4, 2021

    Gardening Diary – June 4, 2021

    Vanilla Marigold, Superbells® Evening Star™, Superbells® Holy Cow!™, Superbells® Grape Punch™, Gerbera Daisy, Carol Mackie Daphne [Tagetes ‘Vanilla’], [Calibrachoa hybrid ‘BBCAL87705’ USPP 30,837], [Calibrachoa hybrid ‘BBCAL85303’ USPP 30,840], [Calibrachoa hybrid ‘JGCAL09404’ USPP 29,760], [Gerbera sp.], [Daphne x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’]. Picture taken June 4, 2021. Vanilla Marigolds [Tagetes ‘Vanilla’] Picture taken June 4, 2021. Weeded the…

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  • Gardening Diary – June 2, 2021

    Gardening Diary – June 2, 2021

    Tomatoes Pictures taken June 2, 2021. Sharon staked the Tomatoes and then she sprayed diatomaceous earth over the vegetables planted in straw bale beds #1-4 and #7-8. Lenten Rose bed Pictures taken June 2, 2021. Put down several bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch to cover the Lenten Rose bed.…

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  • Gardening Diary – May 31, 2021

    Gardening Diary – May 31, 2021

    Big Blue Liriope [Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’] Picture taken on May 31, 2021. Planted 6 Big Blue Liriope [Liriope muscari ‘Big Blue’] in the Lenten Rose bed. These Liriopes were purchased several years ago from Lowe’s. They remained in their pots in the Lenten Rose bed during this time! Are we or…

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  • Gardening Diary – May 27, 2021

    Gardening Diary – May 27, 2021

    Cut down the branches that were from the bush growing in the right front fence. Took these and previously cut branches and plants to the gulley on Dave’s property. Sharon and I transported 7 or 8 bags of garden waste to the Knox county dump in Karns. Sharon spreading diatomaceous…

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  • Gardening Diary – May 26, 2021

    Gardening Diary – May 26, 2021

    Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Solenostemon scutellarioides], [Spiraea x] Picture taken on May 26, 2021. Sharon completed weeding the original bed around Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea. Straw bale bed with diatomaceous earth. Picture taken on May 26, 2021. Sharon sprayed diatomaceous earth on all of the plants in…

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