A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs What did you do in the garden today?

chermoni

Congrats are in order for the hedge work.
It does make a difference..

And the 21 days.

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Well, I didn't do it, but my DH made me a new border for my flower bed.

I would take a picture of it, but it is dire need of weediong and new dirt.--

The weeding will have to wait for my daughters and the dirt will have to wait until my pernnials are a bit larger.

but I am sure happy about my new border.

Carol,,

Happy to hear hubby helped..

Maybe he can add wet newspapers around the plants to keep weeding down..

It is raining and raining here.. I may have to go weed in the rain..
Good DH
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Thanks Dodge! Good to hear that some gardening is still being done at your house Carol!

Congrats on the power tools. They certainly make things easier.
Yesterday was my day to start cutting the grass. I got it done right next to the sidewalk bed. Now I just have another 7,500 sq ft to go this week lol. It will be constant until the end of the growing season but I really don't mind. I love being out in the garden.

Tammy, are you really posting at 3:45 AM? Is it raining at your house?

at my house it was 2:45 but yes still---Tammy couldn't you sleep???

My muscles were protesting my weed eating activities, lol. So to answer your question yes it was 3:00 in the morning. And yes it has been raining off and on. Just enough that I don't feel like getting out there at all today. And from what sharon said it's going to do this all week long. I guess I'll have to plant the peppers and tomatoes between the rain drops. Wish me luck with that lol.

It stopped raining till 5pm and I hoped on the lawn mower and did my thing.
Glad I did.
Gave the little cows some food after hd raked it up..No waste here.

b

nothing today. Rain, thunder, lightening and tornado warnings.

It's cool out but not raining right now so it is a chance to plant the peppers and tomatoes. And the mini dahlia that I bought when I was at the grocery store. I love these little things. Now I just have to find a space for it.

are you running out of space already TK?

oh guess what,- guess what??? I planted a Tomato plant!! yes I did-----

Rod watered one of my containers for me, put said container up on a chair, I sat in another chair in front of it, and all by myself I planted my tomato plant. I was so happy!!!!! I actually got to garden a bit today!! yea, me!!!!!!!

Junigirl,

It is so nice seeing you gardening in a Pot..

LOL

Kidding.....I share your joy.

b

Thanks Barb and it is nice to know you feel comfortable enough with me to joke--

I am still tickled to pieces about getting to do it.

(I tried to get him to let me sit in the rocks of my landscaping and do some weeding but he was having none of that--- -

Smart man.......
Preserving the good women......



Happy moms day.

Well the front yard is cut yeah!!

Am I running out of room? No, I'm running out of room that has been prepared as a bed but that just means more digging.

I did find my spade yesterday. You'll never believe where. It was hanging on the peg board at eye level. Literally right under my nose. How blind could I possible be.

The mini dahlia, tomatoes, and peppers still haven't gotten planted. As soon as it stops raining I'll get right on it.

I did it! I dug up all of the faux strawberry ground cover and planted my tomatoes, banana peppers, and the other miniature dahlia. I feel so good about getting that done it's hard to believe. Of course the back yard looks like a jungle the grass is so high but I'm working on it. Hopefully I can get that done tomorrow. Then it's just going back to the foundation bed, sidewalk bed, street embankment and weeding my little heart out. I'm loving having accomplished as much as I have so far this year. I love gardening.

tk

You sound like a good farmer down there in Virginia.

It is for lovers......( Garden Lovers)..LOL
Glad your finally happy after all the years of hunting for a nice place.
good luck.

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our yard is looking like a jungle too TK. It's been too wet to mow since the beginning of last week and I can't plant anything else right now for the wet red clay. I know there are radishes ready but I can't get too them. The high winds blew my cardboard between my rows all over the place and I don't want to sink up to my elbows in the dirt. My strawberries are producing though and I can get to them.

I know what you mean about the red clay. It gets on everything and sticks. I've started hosing off my tools before I put them away for the day. And my shoes, sometimes I can't see them for the clay. And it is so slick when wet. I have to be really careful on my slope.

Yeah, I can't plant anything else for a while either. But I have true leaves up on the Hollyhocks so it won't be too long for those. Then this summer I'm going to direct sow my celosia. I love those things. I hope I'm successful with them.

I love celosia too. The colors remind me of sherbert. One year I planted some seeds someone had sent me, they came up, and came back 2 more years. Maybe we had mild winters for a while. I've seen them at Lowe's lately. I don't have any seeds so I think I'll put out a few. Thanks for reminding me Tammy.

Your very welcome. I can't plant my until June but when I can I certainly will. They are a regular in my garden. Even if they are a dreaded annual lol.

Yesterday I stopped at my favorite nursery and bought myself a Coconut Lime Echinacea. The nursery was havubg a plant sale so for 4 dollars I got 8 other annual flower plants.
Today I got a tomato plant (a sister of the sweet 100), a new guinea impatient and some mini sedum for under my water spogot. I also got some soil to begin to fill in my flower bed.

So far all I have planted is the tomato plant--I think I will wait until it is cooler out this evening to begin the other planting & such. But I did so some weeding and watering VERY early this morning. I didn't even sweat then.

Good for you JunieGirl. Those pictures Diane shows are beautiful. I don't know that I've ever seen mini sedum. Under the spigot sounds like a great place. Will you be able to post pictures?

yes Sheri I will take pictures of them tomorrow evening after I plant them.---

and BTW: Rod helped and we added my soil and worked it all around---but as some of it was mud (water got into the bags) I wil have to wait a day or so to level it out a bit better.

hope you're taking it easy. Can hardly wait to see the pictures.

perhaps I am doing more than I should but I am trying to be careful just the same. Thank you for your well wishes--the pics will come soon

Below are pics of the mini sedum that I bought to go under the water spigot. They are in 2 inch pots. If you know this guys name please let me know.
Last year I had the Stepables 'scotch moss' there--I really liked it but I was not thinking & I tore it out when it went dormant, thinking it was dead
As my traveling was limited this year I did not get the scotch moss.

When I get them into their new home I will get a picture of that as well.

around 7:30 tonight I went out and planted the below flowers:

2 Mini-sedum---(do not know their names)
1 Coconut Lime Echinacea
1 (white & red) penta
1 Arizona Sun Gaillardia
1 Burgundy Gaillardia
2 Serena white Angelonia
1 purple Angelonia
2 white Osteospermum--one of them a spoon petaled

I may plant 1 or 2 other flowers in the back yard yet--we shall see

Boy am I out of shape, and was I hot- Even a shower did not cool me down.
But hey I am happy as a clam!!!!

Well it's the end of June so I put out a mixture of celosia and a mixture of portulaca. I have more orange and red of the portulaca than the other colors so I may have to start trading soon.

Just trying to keep everything watered right now, we got a small thunderstorm night before last, brough an inche of rain

I picked some cukes.I'll also pick some banana peppers and tomatillos.I watered the corn.

Carol

YOur supposed to be healing not working.

Did you forget?? Those are cute.. Look lots like hen and chickens..

b

love that mini sedum.

no Barb I did not forget---the arm is healed, but I am still in physical therapy so the planting is good therapy right ()--The baks should be failt well healed by now I just must be very careful--and then wean myself off of the brace.----It takes my 2 times as long the way I am doing all of this work but I get to do it sdo I do not mind!!
I promise I am being as carelful as I can.

kudos, carol jean!
keep on keeping on, and take it slow!

I watered AGAIN, and picked one tomatoe.

Oh, and I also realized that I do indeed talk to my plants even though I swear up and down and always have sworn that I DONT talk to my plants.
I didn't realize this until today when I was THINKING how my one tomatillo is so big and beautiful and healthy and all it's little 'co-pilots' have gotten eaten away by the deer that hopefully one day soon one of the others would produce a bloom and we'd get some fruit. WELL....what I thought I was thinking turned into me hearing a sudden jerking movenment by hubby on the porch in a chair.... whirling around as I heard myself saying....'I'll get you a boyfriend one of these days, real soon.
HOLY COW......I was SO embarrased! I really didn't think I talked to my plants!

OH My I do not know what is funnier you talking to your plants OR your getting caught!!!---But I have heard it said that plants that are talked to grow better than ones that are not.

I hope for you that the Deer begin to stay away and your garden begins to flourish

the 3 & 5th are "baby tears". The rest I have no idea what they are, Sheri--the 2nd & 4th are what I had posted earlier---but hey---there they are covering the mud that is directly under my water spigot in the back yard.

that's a good idea. I might steal it.