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Today I managed to cut half of the grass in the back yard. Then I raked alittle and added that to the newest compost pile. Now as usual I'm watering.
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I got half my veggie garden cleared out...
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That's great I didn't do anything. I don't even think I stuck my nose outside.
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I was busy today. I finished cutting the back yard lawn. I finally finished cutting up that tree I cut down months ago. I placed containers under the impatiens hoping to catch seeds. I'm watering the shady side of the tree bed. I got a ten foot section layed down in the future veggie bed now I just have to fill it with compost and clay. And I found and sprayed a paper wasp nest in my shed.
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Today I tried to electricute myself. I guess I needed some adventure in my life. I got down and chopped up that tree that gave me all the problems this summer. Then I went after the one that was leaning towards the power lines. I back cut that sucker and used a very steep angle on the other side and it still fell into the power lines. Fortunately for me the power lines held. They swayed a bit but they didn't come down. So now the trunk of that sucker is all cut up and I just have the top part to de-limb and de-leaf and mulch. Trees have so many good uses. That is when they aren't trying to kill me.
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Good gosh Tammy...do we need to tie you to a chair also? 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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maybe not that just some adult supervision when I'm in my manic phases.
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Yesterday I managed to take some garden debris up to the cows...
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Way cool. I hear the ones around here mooing in the morning but I don't ever see them. There property must be surrounded by trees.
Today I managed to cut 1/3 of the front yard water the fruit trees and part of the foundation and sidewalk bed. Then Sharon and I went into town and got the correct wrench so I can adjust my chainsaw. We also got some toliet bolts and I fixed my toliet seat. So with also getting all the dishes done that I had let pile up I've had a very good day.
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Today I cut a part of the lawn that the frost didn't get yet..
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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I'm watering the blueberries as usual lol.
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~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Not here there's just the rest of fall clean up to do
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well yes, primarily the fall clean up to do, but I keep forgetting to go dig my potatoes-  -and if I keep this up they are going to be rotted (if they are not already so) Then: When the leaves have fallen good, I need to go to my DD's house & get myself several bags of leaves fcr my asperagus bed. I have already weeded that pretty well---but it needs to be mulched. (I usually leave the fronds on until say january) Thru all of my goings on I have lost 1 row of plants and they need to be redone--but DH keeps talking about bringing in dirt to raise up the back of our yard--& I dont know if I will be moving the garden or what--so I will make do with that I have for right now--- Not time to clean off my flower beds yet either---
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I have fall clean up also to do....hopefully next week. Sorry about the lost plants Carol..now go dig up those spuds. 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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I planted a row of romaine lettuce today. Then it was transplant time because a friend was bringing me mums. I love mums for fall color. So a clump of ditch lilies got divided and put in the ditch bed. A yellow sedum got moved to make space for the ditch lilies. The blackberry lilies got moved to make room for another clump of mums. And I still need to weed the shade bed and transplant the irises. And there are a boat load of them. Oh and lest I forget, I'm going to move the japanese red lacy maple to the driveway bed. Then it's back to cutting down trees and hauling dirt to the veggie bed from the future root cellar.
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Yesterday it was water everything that got moved. Today is the fall fertilization program and more watering.
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I planned to rake leaves tomorrow but it's so windy here that my leaves are now on my neighbor's lawn 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Oh no, lol. And are the leaves from your neighbor on the otherside in your yard?
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Nope...there's an empty lot there
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. Sorry about the lost plants Carol..now go dig up those spuds. -After I "do" my apples today I may see what I can do about them--- Hopefully when Rod gets home he will offer to help me with that---
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I've got some lettuce out and some radish seeds. We'll see what happens. It's supposed to be getting cooler but it's 85 today.
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I took pictures of some flowers I have---I will post them tomorrow.
________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....
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I found another fat poppy in mine today.
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I sympathize with you I planted lettuce out too and am having 85 degree days. This just wasn't what I planned. I guess I should have waiting until November lol. Today I planted the replacement sedum, phlox, and red hydrangea. I've never seen a red hydrangea so I'm really looking forward to this one doing well. It should have plenty of time to aclimatize before summer this time around. spring Hill sending the plants to me in mid summer just did not work.
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O.k. I admit defeat, just came in from trying to do Fall clean up. Not gonna work out by myself, I don't even have the strength to put the shovel in the ground.  DH is just gonna have to take a day next week to help me out...and we are gonna have to simplify some things in the yard. Out comes the chainsaw and down comes some trees and shrubs. I've got no other choice. 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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I am sorry, Tamara.
I am a mix match of what I can do. Today I swung by my tire place to get them to check my pressure and add air. Because that is something I have trouble getting my hands to do. Fine motor skills.
Then I came home and cranked up my gas hedge shears and trimmed a mess of shrubs. That doesn't take the same muscles, bones, joints to do.
~Tina ![[Linked Image]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/tina.gif) Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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Thanks Tina..it's just so frustrating. I am a 'do-er', I hate depending on people.
My yard is in a mess...everything is dead and needs to be cleaned up before the snow falls because the mice will make nests in the dead vegetation.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Yes, I really do understand. I fight the fight all of the time. But it is usually the small stuff that defeats me and almost to tears.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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That was me today...DH said he'd tackle everything with me next week.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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That was me today...DH said he'd tackle everything with me next week. see dear-- I know you are used to doing it all yourself, but you are just going to have to learn to wait for the weekends or evenings & DH is jsut going to have to either do the outdoors work (mine does) or at least help you with the heavy things. I have always thought your DH was a lucky man, what with all the heavy outdoor work yo have done---I think now he can take over much, if not all of the heavy work--you can become a supervisor !!  You just need to learn how to make a "honey Do list". That way as he h as the time, he can pick the task he has time for. That is why God made weekends--you can ask Rodney, he can tell you.
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I would occasionally ask John to help with something. But I am really enjoying 'not' having his 'help' with some things too. He was good for stomping all over my plants and such. Drove me nuts often as not. So I can get out the gas pole saw and trim the limbs I want down and not destroy everything underneath them.
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I wish I could afford skilled labor for some of the things I want done. But, that just is not going to happen. Which means I'm going to have to put up with that tree until the county comes by and chops it for me. Or at least tops the part that over hangs the road.
It rained last night so it looks like I don't have to do a thing today. So I'm headed over to plant some blackberry lilies at the neighbors. No reason to waste a good rain.
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Guess I haven't been paying attention. Tamara, are you sick? Sometimes people need to be pointed in the right direction. I get so aggravated at Johnny because he doesn't do what I see needs to be done but when I point it out to him and ask why he didn't do it he'll reply he didn't know it needed to be done. Then he'll do it. He just doesn't see what I see sometimes. So ask before you cry.
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I planted 10 lil Iris bulbs.10 for $2.00
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I would occasionally ask John to help with something. He was good for stomping all over my plants and such. Drove me nuts often as not. \ sounds like my Rodney sopping water all over the kitchen floor when I asked him to mop the floor back when I could not do so. I had actually been standing there telling him how to do it, because obviously he did not know how, so I figure he had no real excuse for messing it up ---after I took the mop away from him and mopped the floor myself that one time like I should not have been doing --we had unmopped floors for over a year. I was sore for days--not a good thing when recovering from surgery.  I decidede he was being that way on purpose, so as to not have to mop.--
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--we had unmopped floors for over a year.
Oh, that spells Divorce  Sheri, yes..they think I now have Crohn's to add to my other list of ails lately. Well, I did go out with gardening shears and cut back some dead flowers and stalks. It's a good start..I have one flower bed done(out of 5) Oh and I think my beets might still be good. I was pulling them out thinking they were a loss but they look good under the ground. I might try cook them to see if they can be bottled after all. Worth a try  Back later...probably gonna need to boil the beets for hours
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I thought I was posting in the Coffeehouse 
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I thought I was posting in the Coffeehouse that is not your fault--we got off topic--sorry about that
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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.
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I never bought a single bulb this Fall...first time ever.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Tamara
YOu neede baby formula worse.
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Yes, the months of August and September left us broke.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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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.
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Tamara--I am just glad that you were able to help when & where needed. Abd yes one day you will be rewarded for that.
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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
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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. 
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I understand the broke comment. I'm feeling the squeeze as things break that I can't repair.
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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. At least I asked.LOL Today I planted 3 more Lilys from a friend. In the flower beds.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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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.
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Dug out some blanket flowers today..they spread like crazy. Carol would slap me for throwing them away 
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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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.....
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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.
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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.
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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 
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Gosh. 25º already. It was 77 here today.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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They recommend exercise for the heart.. Walk walk walk
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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.
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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.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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78, WOW that is good weather for November--good for you!!!!
Thanks too for the kind words--it was really good for my soul.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?
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@ Sheri I think you just might have
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Your brain is turnin green.
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 is green the color of mush cuz I think my brain has turned to mush.
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OK unfortunate news---last night DH & I cleaned out my water garden pot. MY big plan was to keep my liluy tuber over the winter & reset it next spring. Well Rod was going to put teh pot down in the basement for me so I could put the water l ily in it again & refill some of the water. But hten he said what is going to keep it from smelling up the basement ? (the stagnent water) he said if it does he wanted to get rid of the flower--so I said well then why go thru the work of putting it downstairs now?? so unless I can come up with something today, I am going to have to just get rid of it. 
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I found this as an alternative to keeping stagnant water around, Carol. "Lift the entire plant, cut off most of the top and store the rhizome in a plastic bag with some damp peat moss or sand. Store the bag somewhere dark at about 50 - 60 degrees F. Check periodically to make sure it’s not getting dry or soft and moldy." "If your plant has tiny tubers growing at the base, you can remove these offsets and store them in water or damp peat moss, again at about 50 - 60 degrees F. They should start to sprout in the spring and can then be potted up." "Wait until the water warms in your pond next spring, before bringing your water lily back outdoors. The water temperature should be about 70 degrees F., for tropical water lilies. If it’s too cool, the plant will revert back to dormancy or be killed off by frost and you don’t want to do that after all your efforts over the winter."
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Yesterday I lifted the Peacock Orchids. I'm going to try and force them inside. I was reading an article about them and someone said they did so I'm going to try.
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I found this as an alternative to keeping stagnant water around, Carol. "Lift the entire plant, cut off most of the top and store the rhizome in a plastic bag with some damp peat moss or sand. Store the bag somewhere dark at about 50 - 60 degrees F. Check periodically to make sure it’s not getting dry or soft and moldy." "If your plant has tiny tubers growing at the base, you can remove these offsets and store them in water or damp peat moss, again at about 50 - 60 degrees F. They should start to sprout in the spring and can then be potted up." "Wait until the water warms in your pond next spring, before bringing your water lily back outdoors. The water temperature should be about 70 degrees F., for tropical water lilies. If it’s too cool, the plant will revert back to dormancy or be killed off by frost and you don’t want to do that after all your efforts over the winter." Bless you, Tina.--now to find some sand. Those temperatuire conditions sound like our basement, as DH keeps the heating vents closed.
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cactus potting soil might work as sand for this purpose. Well today I put the hose away, and I took some cuttings.
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Rake, rake, rake. Then a break. Then rake, rake, rake. I am back to get my pole saw for some fallen branches.
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Wow, your area takes a lot of work Tina. Kind of like our Winter. Today I cut back two shrubs..slow and steady is supposed to win the race.
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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While I was out with my pole saw I reached into the middle of a thorny shrub to cut a drooping branch or two off. Saves trying to get in there with shorter hand tools and get stuck. Pyracantha (firethorn) is a beautiful but deadly plant. But the berries weight them down over my road and they try to slap my face when I drive by in a golf cart.
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~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Well I finally cleared off the walkway from all the leaves and the southeast side of the house as well. That filled one trashcan full now I plan to mulch them down into 1 inch pieces and water them into the foundation beds. Of course I'll need more leaves but that isn't a problem lol. raking over the chocolate mint was a pure delight. i love that smell.
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I picked up leaves and debris as well today TK.
Moved, cut back and tackled the shrubs also..
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Sounds like yo ladies got a lot done today--congrats
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Well we had a freeze that took out the zinnia, celosia, doulbe impatiens, and cockscomb so I pulled them up and put them in the compost pile after harvesting some more of the really red and the peach zinnia. I definitely want to keep those in my stash they are really pretty.
I still have more to do than I want to think about. And the sidewalk bed looks alittle barren at the moment. But as time goes on I'll get a handle on it. Maybe some dwarf everygreens in that bed would help with the winter interest.
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I haven't done anything in my yard lately. We've got to start blowing leaves or we're gonna regret it.
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Picked malva seeds today for Junigirl an PNP . Sunny n cold here. dodge
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Took the Mello Yellow Blackberry lilies outside to germinate.
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good luck in germinatin.
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Well it's raining today so now the leaves will be wet so no blowing for a day or two while more of them fall.
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