A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs What did you do in the garden today #5

10 bulbs for 2.00 dollars that's a bargain. Congrats on your purchase.

I need to transplant irises but haven't talked myself into it yet. Maybe a little later.

I never bought a single bulb this Fall...first time ever.

Tamara
YOu neede baby formula worse.

Yes, the months of August and September left us broke.

I feel so sad for you Tamara. How cruel some people are in this world. I am sure you will be blessed someday for all your good intentions an helping others live a better life. Just hang in there.

dodge .......

Tamara--I am just glad that you were able to help when & where needed. Abd yes one day you will be rewarded for that.

Tamara ,
can you ride the horse at all/ Good therapy.

Once when I had a miscarriage, Hubby bought me a riding horse an it did bring me out of my misery.. We had 3 then>LOL

dodge

Dodge my horse is too big to climb up on or sit across, he weighs over a tonne (they estimate 2400 pounds)..he's the biggest horse I have ever seen and growing bigger each week. His harness doesn't even fit him anymore....

Sorry about the miscarriage, I had one as well. Glad the horse helped.

I understand the broke comment. I'm feeling the squeeze as things break that I can't repair.

At least I asked.LOL

Today I planted 3 more Lilys from a friend. In the flower beds.

we've had 1/10th of an inch of rain so I'm not sure that the lettuce and radishes I put out will make it. It is cooler though so we'll see.

Well today it was pulling the weeds that are trying to choke out my oregano patch. I'm so excited to be done with that chore.

I've cleaned up a little bit, Johnny has cleaned up a little bit and he hired someone who cleaned up a little bit. You'd think all those little bits would make a whole clean up but it hasn't. Now the leaves are falling so we'll be raking and blowing.

The strong winds did the same to my place. The leaves are starting to fall. I love the look but the clean up is going to be a bit of work.

I dug up another clump of irises to send on to a friend. I still have bunches and bunches to go. Hope I can find homes for them all.

The start of fall is so pretty, our leaves are all down long ago.

Well I cut back a shrub today..my yard is no way near ready for Winter

first frost last night---so I went out yesterday & picked the last of my tomatoes--got like 4 red ones & a few green ones to fry for my baby. They are her favorite.

I realizwed that I had not dug my potatoes yet--
I will have to get DH on that this weekend.

Dug out some blanket flowers today..they spread like crazy. Carol would slap me for throwing them away

yep I sure would-----so it is a good thing that my arm cannot reach out that far.....

I went out to see that the zinnia and celosia are both laying down. They aren't dead but they are all over the path. I suppose it is time to pull them up and add them to the compost pile. I have a hard time pulling anything that is fighting so hard to stay alive.

Well I didn't actually do this in the garden but it is for the garden. I picked up a gallon container of Purple Asters for my fall season interest and a green day lily for the ditch flower bed to go with the orange and yellow colors that are already there.

i didn t go outside at all today.
Everything froze on friday nite 25 º so who cares..DOne till spring .
I let the stuff stand to shelter the bulbs an perennial roots . COme sping they are easier to remove an were all happy.

dodge

Gosh. 25º already. It was 77 here today.

So were coming to Ole man winter..........An now we loose all our wealth out there.

I will try not to be jealous of the carolinas all winter.
next door neighbor goes to florida in january......maybe we should start that ??????????
3 or 4 months.. What would I do all day there? No garden?

b

My gardens are a mess..hoping it snows real soon so I won't have to look at any of it. I'll deal with it in the spring, hopefully I'll feel better then.

Believe it or not we have not had a frost yet!! Anyway, I yanked out all the zinnia plants but left the salvia, marigolds, and snapdragons. They still are blooming and look nice.

I've got to do some cleaning up too. Maybe in the afternoons and this weekend. I wish I could come up with a way of keeping the leaves in control. Once they start falling it's a constant battle.

I've still got a mess of lifting and transplanting to do. So much work lol. It's a very good thing we have a long growing season around here.

Well I got out there and I planted the aster in the driveway bed. I planted the green daylily in the ditch bed. I dug up the top of the tree bed and sifted the rocks out and then transplanted my largest remaining iris clump up there. I still have room for more but I got hot and sweaty and had to stop. I'm going to move the top clump of lily of the valley to a shadier location and then move around the columbine also to a shadier place near where they are. Then I can use the space I free up for some more of the irises. I'll still have leftovers but I should be able to talk someone into them.

Today I dug up my potatoes, cleaned off my veggie garden, mulched with mulched up leaves & then added straw to my asperagus bed. Thne I watered everything down.

Now before you panic, My DH did all the heavy stuff.
But I was told I could garden or do whatever just stop & rest if I got tired or feld winded.

They recommend exercise for the heart.. Walk walk walk

yes I know, barb--I have a list of how much walking to do, it changes each week. But starting wednesday I wil be going to that cardiac rehab & they will have control of my walking routine.

Thanks for caring.

I am glad you were able to get outside and get things done, Carol. And glad that Rod was able to help with some of the heavy stuff.
I have done little outside today. Much of the day has been blow-you-over winds. So water as much as possible and wait for the winds to die. But today's high on my protected back porch was 78* so much warmer out in the sun.

78, WOW that is good weather for November--good for you!!!!

Thanks too for the kind words--it was really good for my soul.

Yes we are supposed to have record breaking highs this week. Now if my wind will stop I could get a lot of things done.

Hey JunieGirl you take care. Today after voting and taking myself to lunch I was done in so nothing much got done. But everything is looking good so I'm happy.

Thanks TK. I appreciate the kind words.

We are supposed to have a hard freeze friday night. so after that (it is supposed to warm up a bit again) I will clean off my flower beds.--or most of them--(I may leave parts until winter)

I'm planning on leaving a layer of leaves on the beds this winter. That is if monther nature lets me. She has been pushing them all up against the shed and house just to keep me busy. Today it is mother natures day to work in the garden. She is watering everything that I have transplanted lol.

Tina, can you send me some heat and Carol, would you mind loaning me Rod for a day? DH hasn't had a spare minute to help me outside.

Today I plan to try do something out there. I think I'll make a list, it's the only way it'll get done. DH hates lists on the fridge

yea!! lists--good idea !!!! if it get him moviong tamara then great.
Sure you can borrow Rod--but then you have to keep him a week or so---

I need to make a list too--Otherwise I go around thinking I am all caught up when in fact I am not--far from it.

Today is some errands & book work for me though.

WE had to really water my leaves down TK. and last night it was raining again so hopefully they asre well in place now. DH put all the hoses away for the winter & I cannot get them out.

with him working overtime--I am sure the him helping me outdoors is done for teh year.

It's rained here this week but I'm hoping we'll be able to do some work in the yard this weekend. I dreamed my lettuce was coming up. Do you think I've got gardening on the brain?