So when I bought these when I moved in, I thought it was a “plant” and not a “bush.” Live, learn, etc. I prune them pretty heavily throughout the year, and though they do bloom most of the year (pink blooms), I’m just not that crazy about them. And they’re getting huge despite trimming. And they are covering up the shrubs I DO like – the wiegela that was in front of the house (planted waaaay too close to the house) when we moved in, that I thought I DIDN’T like so I gave a bunch of it away. Again, [...]
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This makes it official, right?
Things I want/need to blog about…I think this makes it official that I have to, right? Planting my containers. Pics of them plus details on using plastic bags in terracotta and making my own Ups-a-Daisy. So I can have just-planted and full-summer pics of all of them to compare. Veggie bed pics. Again, so I can track the progress. It’s amazing how you can quadruple your gardening space and STILL somehow not have enough room. Breakdown of everything planted. Cows. Brief lessons learned from my seedling loss. Note: Is seed starting mix the enemy? Plus: Uncle Wally saves the day. [...]
Bloom Day – March 2010 (Raised Bed Edition)
I was going to post a bunch of pics of the new raised beds, then I realized it’s time for bloom day. What with all the work on the veggie beds, I haven’t been taking many pics of blooms. The candy-striped creeping phlox is blooming, the pansies are blooming again, the primrose pictured in last week’s Wordless Wednesday, and there is one crocus that has bloomed so far. I don’t even have a good pic of that, but one is below (it kinda got smushed with all the rain the past few days, too). Still waiting on daffodils and tulips. [...]
Snow pictures!
It’s the first day of spring for gardeners according to my almanac (see end of post). What better time to post snow pics from the weekend? Seriously weathermen – if it’s going to snow 10 inches, tell us that. We’re totally not prepared when you say we’ll maaaaaybe get 3 or 4, if that. Thanks, guys. Here are some pics from the snow on Saturday, 1/30/2010. (PS – Please say twenty-ten.) First of all, yes I did make a snowman/pile. So let’s just get that awesomeness out of the way. (I had a scarf prepared, but he has no neck [...]
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