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Post by coldcoffee on May 13, 2019 18:32:18 GMT -6
Me and my husband, see also: trees 😂🤦♀️
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Post by Dramaphile on May 14, 2019 11:51:12 GMT -6
Day before mother's day, I started on my project replacing my plastic fencing with metal, and got the 4 foot stretch between my shed and the main fence done. I'm really happy with how it looks and hoping it'll keep my dogs out, since they broke through the plastic last year. I also stuck a heavy cement block over the hole my beagle dug from under the shed (which is how he broke the fencing in the first place, he dug into the garden and was too dumb to go back through the same hole and so tore down my fencing to get out). I also got a pot for my strawberry plants and planted some kale seeds since the kale plants I bought did not make it (I think the dogs ripped them out before I got my fence fixed). I've got pea and bean seedlings popping up and my zucchini plant looks like it's doing well. Discovered that onions bolt in their second year, so I harvested the 3 onions that had popped back up from last year's planting.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 17, 2019 21:21:23 GMT -6
My in-laws got me four trilliums for Mother’s Day to add to my woodland flower and fern garden. I’m excited! Two yellow and two purple. I hope they do well. I went out and prepped a spot for them before the rain started. They also got me a buttonbush so I’ll have to find a spot for that. I planted a fern and two daisies that I could for super cheap on the clearance rack. I wish it wasn’t raining so I could finish things up today. I feel so close but so far away from getting everything set up. Yesterday I totally redid my side garden. The semi-shady one that I want to convert into a native pollinator garden. It looks soooo nice right now. I moved around some of the stuff that was already in there and added my plant sale purchases. I think the buttonbush might do well over there. My witch hazel went in there. It’s the highlight of my garden season so far. I’m excited to see in bloom this fall/winter. Button bushes are so unique looking! Share pics when it’s in bloom please
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 17, 2019 21:34:37 GMT -6
Removing so much sod was the worst idea I’ve ever had. I’m very slowly making progress but now it’s supposed to rain for like the next 5 days so I’m in a stand still. I did get the second trio of bare root roses planted back there because they had to get in the ground. I have other things I want to plant but I really don’t want to have to try and maneuver around more stuff to get the sod out.
In other news, I’ve started my lavender hedge. I tried to grow my own from seed and it was around a 30% success rate, and the ones that are growing are still very tiny. I found 4” plants at Ace for $2.50 a piece so I just decided to go that way. I have gotten 9 in and still need to purchase 6ish more. I will post a pic in the morning.
The clematis I planted last spring is growing well. I cut it really short in the winter so that it could hopefully grow back more bushy. I pinched out the main stem pretty low and there’s a new stem coming from underground so I’m happy with its progress.
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Post by Lakes on May 18, 2019 5:03:32 GMT -6
My in-laws got me four trilliums for Mother’s Day to add to my woodland flower and fern garden. I’m excited! Two yellow and two purple. I hope they do well. I went out and prepped a spot for them before the rain started. They also got me a buttonbush so I’ll have to find a spot for that. I planted a fern and two daisies that I could for super cheap on the clearance rack. I wish it wasn’t raining so I could finish things up today. I feel so close but so far away from getting everything set up. Yesterday I totally redid my side garden. The semi-shady one that I want to convert into a native pollinator garden. It looks soooo nice right now. I moved around some of the stuff that was already in there and added my plant sale purchases. I think the buttonbush might do well over there. My witch hazel went in there. It’s the highlight of my garden season so far. I’m excited to see in bloom this fall/winter. Button bushes are so unique looking! Share pics when it’s in bloom please I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. I hope it blooms this year but it is small. I don’t know how established it needs to be to bloom. I’m excited for my weird bloom garden of witch hazel and buttonbush. Maybe next year I’ll find some weird perennial flowers to put in there with them!
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 18, 2019 15:46:04 GMT -6
Button bushes are so unique looking! Share pics when it’s in bloom please I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. I hope it blooms this year but it is small. I don’t know how established it needs to be to bloom. I’m excited for my weird bloom garden of witch hazel and buttonbush. Maybe next year I’ll find some weird perennial flowers to put in there with them! I’ve never actually seen one in person either, just pictures. My friend’s dad planted one a couple of years ago but I haven’t seen it bloom. You should grow passionflower in that area.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 18, 2019 15:47:21 GMT -6
My front bed is done for now. It doesn’t look like a whole lot but I’m hoping by mid June to have lots of rose, clematis, and lavender blooms.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 19, 2019 21:24:55 GMT -6
We have a low of 33 tonight. Ugh! I had to carry so much stuff in to put in my garage and threw sheets over some in ground stuff. It’s supposed to be warmer by now.
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Post by Dramaphile on May 20, 2019 12:07:35 GMT -6
Button bushes are so unique looking! Share pics when it’s in bloom please I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. I hope it blooms this year but it is small. I don’t know how established it needs to be to bloom. I’m excited for my weird bloom garden of witch hazel and buttonbush. Maybe next year I’ll find some weird perennial flowers to put in there with them! When I was a kid, I would look through my grandma's plant catalogs and dream of starting a garden with all the weirdest looking flowers and plants, like parrot tulips and those Allium plants with the giant puffball flowers and carnivorous plants and stuff.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 20, 2019 13:05:34 GMT -6
I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. I hope it blooms this year but it is small. I don’t know how established it needs to be to bloom. I’m excited for my weird bloom garden of witch hazel and buttonbush. Maybe next year I’ll find some weird perennial flowers to put in there with them! When I was a kid, I would look through my grandma's plant catalogs and dream of starting a garden with all the weirdest looking flowers and plants, like parrot tulips and those Allium plants with the giant puffball flowers and carnivorous plants and stuff. Fun! I planted a globemaster allium last fall and it’s just about ready to bloom. I’m so excited to see it.
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Post by catspajamas on May 20, 2019 13:42:57 GMT -6
My alliums just bloomed! I love them. This is our first spring in our new house, so it's been fun to discover what all has been planted here. The previous owners did a nice job of planting things that bloom at different times, just as I was mourning the first wave, now the lilacs and hydrangeas are starting to bloom. I think peonies and various lilies are on the way.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 29, 2019 17:13:39 GMT -6
If anyone is into roses, Wayside Gardens is having a big sale right now. I got 2 David Austin roses for $22 total. There aren’t a ton of options left.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jun 7, 2019 19:25:10 GMT -6
Started the year off with one rose bush...now I have 9. I am so excited for the blooms and fragrance this summer. My established bush should start blooming within the next week, I think. It has tons of buds on it. My backyard sod removal project is almost done. Most of the grass has been pulled up, and tomorrow we take it to the landfill. They compost it there, and then give out the compost for free so we will pick some of that up too while we’re there. I have a small stock of plants to add to the area when it’s cleared but I will need a lot more. I plan to spread some zinnia and bachelor button seeds so hopefully that fills up a little bit of the space.
In vegetable garden news, I finally got my tomato planted in the ground and I already have like 7 baby tomatoes growing. So exciting!
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Post by Lakes on Jun 10, 2019 5:54:59 GMT -6
I just got some heirloom winter onions that were originally my 3rd great grandmothers! They were passed down to my grandpa and his parents who grew them on their farm and then my grandpa’s nephew took some and has been growing them ever since. My mom and uncle also have some and now so do I! No pressure 😂
It’s raining today but that will make it easy to plant them later.
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Post by catspajamas on Jun 11, 2019 7:50:44 GMT -6
Some questions (and gripes):
Does anyone know much about peonies? We have soooo many in our various gardens. I am seeing now that they are almost all slumped over - the blooms are so heavy they are basically laying on the ground and starting to wilt/die. Should I be deadheading them now? Or wait until blooms are fully dead? Is this something that just happens every year or should I have done something to keep them from getting so full and heavy?
I wish I had done more research at the end of last year on how to properly prepare plants for winter, deadhead, etc. Our new yard has tons of Rose of Sharon, well I didn't cut them back last year (I am like, brand new to gardening most plants) and there are seedlings absolutely everywhere. Garden beds, lawn, sidewalk and driveway cracks. I have my work cut out for me.
Wisteria!! We have a pergola over our back patio, previous owners planted grapevine and wisteria and the house sat empty for two summers & wasn't maintained. The wisteria is everywhere and strangling everything in its path. Anyone successfully remove wisteria? I've been cutting back everything I can, but feel overwhelmed imagining the roots that are under everything. And some are so, so thick.
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Post by trtlcrzy on Jun 11, 2019 14:13:40 GMT -6
Some questions (and gripes): Does anyone know much about peonies? We have soooo many in our various gardens. I am seeing now that they are almost all slumped over - the blooms are so heavy they are basically laying on the ground and starting to wilt/die. Should I be deadheading them now? Or wait until blooms are fully dead? Is this something that just happens every year or should I have done something to keep them from getting so full and heavy? I wish I had done more research at the end of last year on how to properly prepare plants for winter, deadhead, etc. Our new yard has tons of Rose of Sharon, well I didn't cut them back last year (I am like, brand new to gardening most plants) and there are seedlings absolutely everywhere. Garden beds, lawn, sidewalk and driveway cracks. I have my work cut out for me. Wisteria!! We have a pergola over our back patio, previous owners planted grapevine and wisteria and the house sat empty for two summers & wasn't maintained. The wisteria is everywhere and strangling everything in its path. Anyone successfully remove wisteria? I've been cutting back everything I can, but feel overwhelmed imagining the roots that are under everything. And some are so, so thick. The only thing I can speak to is the peonies. They are notoriously floppy so I would recommend staking them up if you can this year and then next spring put a grow through grid over them which will support them. I haven’t used this brand specifically but I thought it would be helpful for me to link what I’m talking about. www.amazon.com/dp/B000EUPF4W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9SaaDb5TRE13J
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Post by Dramaphile on Jun 11, 2019 14:30:48 GMT -6
I have tomato blight again, specifically septoria leaf spot. ugh. Not sure if it's the humidity or what, but I think I'm doomed to have it, switching beds this year did nothing. Going to treat my plants with copper spray and just let it be at this point. Next year I might try container planting the tomatoes to try and get them better airflow.
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Post by Lakes on Jun 11, 2019 14:55:30 GMT -6
catspajamas I live the Rose of Sharon life. Our entire property line is a Rose of Sharon hedge. But I’m lazy about them. We trim them once in a blue moon but overall ignore them. The seedlings do get everywhere. I just pull them when I see them not in the hedge. Such is life. So no advice, just commiseration! The bees love them though. Some years they bloom twice!
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Post by catspajamas on Jun 12, 2019 11:31:56 GMT -6
Thanks trtlcrzy! I will definitely give those a try. It makes me sad to see my pretty flowers slumped over. Lakes, maybe I should just give into them and let them be. lol. There are so many of them on our property, but kind of spread out in different gardens. I'm not worried about the seedlings on our lawn, those will get mowed down, but I suppose I'll need to pull them out of the gardens before they grow too much. I do like them a lot otherwise!
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Post by Lakes on Jun 21, 2019 6:56:34 GMT -6
Speaking of which, some of my Rose of Sharon just started blooming!
I went to a local historic house and garden yesterday and they had a fabulous plant shop. Lots of native and pollinator stuff. I picked up some Butterfly Weed, Blue Salvia, and Echinacea. I also a Coreopsis and Zinnia from the Lowe’s clearance rack.
None of my cucumber seeds have germinated so I threw in the towel and grabbed some seedlings yesterday too.
My Witch Hazel and Buttonbush seem to be doing well where I planted them. Not sure if I’ll get blooms on them this year but I’m happy to see them thriving so far.
Weed or wildflower mystery solved in the flower patch! There is some sort of white daisy looking flower and a type of rudbeckia. It had fuzzy leaves which I think was throwing me off for identification purposes.
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