Catching Up With Summer Working Away At the Frontline I swore to myself I wouldn’t do this, but I miscalculated how much I wanted to spend time with grandkids (even though it meant numerous 9 hr. trips). I am now playing catch up with the garden weeds, long grass, and a veritable jungle out there. […]
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Garden Chores For March, No Digging Yet
Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn‘ buds on ice No real attempts at garden chores yet, but not everyone is like Ohio, still in the throes of winter. There were some blue skies, yesterday, however! I will likely remember this winter for a long time to come. On Ilona’s Garden some new pages were posted (1) a chores reminder […]
Mid July Chores
It finally heated up and this is what we expect in July: hot muggy weather. It is time to keep up with the weeds, hoeing them out in the morning means that the hot sun is killing the weeds and not you. Afternoons are made for sipping lemonade in the shade of a tree. Look […]
Garden Chore Notes About Last Season
I noticed my list from last year, things I hoped to get done by August 2010. Now that I am going into growing season 2011, where does my garden stand? Garden Chore List I had accomplished #1,2,4,5,7,10 last year. This spring I have finished #3 (although that pyracantha could use still more pruning-it was wayyyy […]
What To Do Now: September
No it isn’t a “Honey-do” list, but just some reminders before the season gets away from you! As it often does for me…. This is a great month for planting things- the still warm weather means that plants can get settled in, and the autumn rains are coming which should give everything good rooting conditions. […]
State of the Garden: the lavender hedge
Lavender Hedge New Lavender Plants I’ve been working in the garden- thus little blogging. The first order of business has been the lavender hedge along the walk. This past year with the unduly warm January and then arctic blasts in Springtime have wrecked havoc with the lavender hedge and with the viburnums, especially. The viburnums […]
