A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat What did you do in the garden today? #6

Yesterday i got out there and planted iris and gladiolus and the day before that I planted crocuses, hycinthia, daffodils and tulips. I still have plenty to do but it went from 80+ yesterday to 69 today and I'm waiting until afternoon to go out and do some of the seeds. I'm hoping to do the seeds for the sidewalk bed today.

it warmed up today and guess what I got done...

the sidewalk flower bed is planted woohoo! I alternated orange blackberry lilies, persian onions, candy lilies, daylilies and yellow blackberry lilies for the outside row. That's going to look so cool with the crocuses and hycinthia in front and the tulips and daffodils in the center. I'm lookingforward to next spring I really am. Of course I'll still have to find what I want to add for fall color. I haven't figured that out yet. Unless I just want to plant mossroses in amongst everything else. That would certainly work.

I love moss rose but have never seen one for real, only pictures so I can only imagine the scent! You HAVE to try autumn crocusfor fall colour, especially the waterlily ones! the only drawback is that they're $10 a bulb (well up here anyways, maybe they're cheaper where you are)

I've never noticed a scent from the moss roses. They are also called portulaca and aren't a rose at all.

I've never heard of an autumn crocus but it sounds very cool. I'm going to look into them. Although if they are 10 per bulb there is no way I could afford them.

The mums are out around here and I thought if they were still here on the 3rd when I get paid I would try and get some.

Well I planted the leftside of the fence flower bed. I'm so thrilled. Now along the actual driveway I'll put in gladiolus as I get baby bulbs from the foundation bed but that's going to be a few years away. But at least with the front planted it won't look quite as folorn out there. Wish I had mulch for that area but I can't afford it and the soil is good enough that I don't need it. I planted chinese lanterns, Missouri Primrose and Tomato red daylilies out there. That could cover from late spring through the fall I hope.

The I planted the top tree in the tree flower bed with columbines. So in that area I have lily of the valley and columbines for shade and Hollyhocks for sun. I'm getting more and more done. I'm really proud of myself. But I need some more doan's backache medicine. I'm completely out and there is still 11 days until payday grrrrh.

WOW TK you are one busy gardner!
I have been doing alot lately, now that I have 2 new OOPS 3 new beds I have started.
I added Composted cow manure to one thats my shade garden, Did alot of weeding, And played with my new law mower. ITs going to be great this year with a mulcher and bagger, The raking was starting to kill my shoulder last year.
Today is the first day of fall, ~Sniff~ But the weather is beautiful and I am going to enjoy outdoors as long as I can. I HATE winter!
I am going to do more weeding, and some cutting back of some things, Put ferilizer spikes in for a few trees, And You guessed it! Mow! :wink:

wow Tammy, you're one busy bee! I'd probably be outside most of the day if it wasn't for school -_- :P the moss rose I was talking about is an old gardne rose which has little fuzzy green things on the calyx and bud before opening, and some have drops of scented 'dew' on the buds and leaves. I remember the portulaca were the only things that grew the first year I removed the sod. I didn't have enough money to buy top soil and such to make the soil better, and didn't water much, so I ended up having a bed full of portulaca!

I started to take cuttings of my brugs. If they don't make it, I'll have a chance to take more but let's hope they do make it!

haven't been able to do anything for the last couple days but wait for the water to get off everything

I have to cut my lawn too. the top part of the front bed is starting to get long again. Oh well, it's good exercise.

Good luck with your cuttings Kenny.

I know what you mean about rain but it's so much easier than having to water everything.

I did it I cut the lawn in the front yard and also the future veggie bed. That's going to get lasagna'ed for the spring here pretty soon. I've got so much to do that I'm having to prioritize but it's getting to the point where it has to be next on the list of things to do.

I got out into the veggie bed and planted the 4 white onions I had. I didn't want to loose them so it had to be done. I made the holes extra large and filled them with the amended soil which stays soft so hopefully they will do well. I can at least try.

Something tore up my top soil in the tree bed at the lower border. Tomorrow I'll go rake that smooth but my arms are too sore to do it today.

here are the pic's of water in my yard this week end
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/suzydaze/water%20in%20my%20yard/

I raked the soil back into place like I intended.

Then I layed down the cardboard for about 1/2 of next years veggie bed. Then I layed down about 4 inches of leaf mulch on top of it. And I watered it well. it won't be a huge bed but It's better than what I have this year lol.

then I harvested blackberry lily seeds. The total count is now up to 180 seeds.

I hung my first Peanut Suet Cake for the cold season and harvested some Canna seeds.

I spent the entire day hauling well rotted cow dirt to all my flower beds.
After I took all my Hummer feeders down........Last hummer was here on saturday.

Today i see a 20 lb bag of wild bird seed for $5.99
Getting that one 2maro......
So I wont miss the hummers too much.

Nice Bargain Dodge.

Hey Thorny do we have your peanut suet cake recipe on the suet recipe string?

I haven't done anything yet today but then again it just got light out so I have time yet lol.

Ya thorn .secrets please.

Today our hardware has wildbird seed for $5.99 I am on my way.

I wish I could invite ya all to my house. My yard is begging to be taken care of.---and I so wanted to plant crocus bulbs too. Ah well. I guess there will be next year--and guess I will be able to clean it all up next spring, or at very least direct the clean up.

And it does help so to read what all of you are doing.

Thanks to all of you.

Hey Junie, I know how you feel when you miss a planting season. It really hurts. I'm patiently waiting for the peonies to arrive. I'd like to plant them before I have to freeze my hum off to do it. It's so suprising how fast it goes from too hot to too cold with very little imbetween.

We got alittle rain yesterday. Hopefully it softened up the ground enough that I can go after the new weeds in the tree bed. I probably should have started with small beds around each tree. I bit off a bit more than I've been able to chew so far. But I'll get there.

thanks TK--I hope you get your peonies soon.

Oh so do I. It's torure knowing that they are comming but haven't arrived yet.

Well I got out there and planted the gay flower and kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate and the Nigella damascana. I've lost track of my centurea montana but when I find it, it will go out in the same area as the Nigella. I may even put my remaining salmon colored carnations in the same space. That would be a cool mix I think. Of course I could be wrong. Colors are not my talent. I had just went after the bucket to do some weeding when it started to rain so I came in. Hopefully this one will be short duration and I can get out there in awhile and get to it.

So the only thing left is the peonies when they arrrive. Money plant and white blooming hosta on the shady side. Knautie Macedonica on the sunnyside and some more daffodils that I forgot about. I'll put them in the tree garden in a little clump above where the zinnia bed is. It will give that area some early spring color anyway. And I can put them in their permanent home after they bloom in the spring.

Well I got out there and did about half of the weeding between tree 1 and 3 in the tree bed. All around tree 2 is the moss that I am trying to save so weeding it is very slow going. But I feel good I got a 5 gallon bucket of weeds out of the tree bed and that is progress. I also found some more gay feather so I thickened the planting of those around tree three.

While I was out there I noticed that the back yard needs to be cut again. Maybe if it is dry tomorrow I'll try and get that done.