Tag: Sharon
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Gardening Diary – April 15, 2024
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Moved the flag from one side of the porch to the other so that the flag is easily accessible. We had difficulty unwrapping the flag when the wind had twisted it around the pole. The following are photos of some of the plants in the front bulb bed: Azalea[Rhododendron sp.]Picture…
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Gardening Diary – April 13, 2024
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Sharon and Larry started to prune the Indigo Bush [Amorpha fruticosa] in the Golden Ninebark bed.
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Gardening Diary – July 22, 2023
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Sharon and I continued to prune and weed the bush bed. We finished pruning the Ninebark and weeding around this bush. Sharon did some pruning of the Kaleidoscope Abelia and the Autumn Jazz Arrowwood Viburnum and some weeding around these bushes. While Sharon was doing this, I started to clear…
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Gardening Diary – April 10, 2023
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Sharon and I severely pruned the Kaleidoscope Butterfly Bush [Buddleia davidii ‘Bicolor’]. This bush was the only one of 3 Butterfly Bushes in the garden which did not show new growth. Then Sharon and I weeded the Butterfly Bush bed. Additional pictures (5) taken today:
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Gardening Diary – March 10, 2023
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We had Farmer & Sons come and pick up the garden trash and take it to a dump. They could not take the hazardous trash. Sharon is sitting in front of their truck and trailer. While they were loading the trailer, Sharon was digging up some Onions from the Daffodils…
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Gardening Diary – February 21, 2023
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Sharon and I continued to clean the backyard. We obtained 5 large bags of refuse which we took to the Knox County dump. Pictures taken on February 21, 2023. On return, we started to pick up fallen limbs. We saw our volunteer Lenten Rose [Helleborus sp.] in one of the…
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Gardening Diary – February 10, 2023
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Sharon noticed that the Lenten Roses were blooming. In order to take some pictures of some of the blooms, I pruned some of the dead leaves off of some of the plants. Sharon and I cleaned up part of the back yard, producing 3 large bags of garbage which we…
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Gardening Diary – October 17, 2022
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Sharon and I finished weeding the Smoke Bush bed. Moved about 10 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch to this bed. Then Sharon (mostly) and I spread the mulch over this bed. Additional photo (1) taken today: Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’] Picture taken on October 17, 2022.
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Gardening Diary – September 20, 2022
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Sharon and I took the wagon containing the weeds cut yesterday and emptied it in Dave’s gulley. Sharon in the back bed. Picture taken on September 20, 2022. Sharon and I continued to weed the back bed. Again, most of the plants were Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata].
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Gardening Diary – September 19, 2022
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Sharon and I took the wagon containing the weeds cut last week and emptied it in Dave’s gulley. Over the weekend, Sharon cleared the large weeds and Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata] that were in the Rose bed. Sharon in the back bed. Picture taken on September 19, 2022. Sharon and…