On Saturday, I had a chance to do some garden work, but not as much as I would like (OK, well I went fishing!). Too bad I got skunked at fishing! I did finally spray my fruit trees with horticultural oil. Wade Tischner brought it over. I meant to take note of the brand, but […]
My Forsythia bush just began blooming in the past two days. I’ll have to take a photo and then post it here. The daffodils in front are starting to open up now. Lots of buds are swelling on the trees, too. I pruned a few more roses in back today, but I need to finish […]
I worked on pruning the big row of roses in the backyard yesterday, but I only got halfway through when I had to quit. It got really cold and windy, and snow started falling. But today, it’s about 60 degrees. What a difference we can have in day-to-day weather! The first of my daffodils are […]
Today, I got home from work early, so I did a little garden work. I divided my three-year old clump of dianthus and put some on the driveway end of the front walk and some out in the front flowerbed. I also divided some Shasta daisies and spread them around a bit. I put my […]
Today, I pruned my clematis down to one or two leaf buds from the ground. The vines that I cut off had some green leaves coming out on them, so I cut them into smaller segments and put them in a jar of water to see if they’ll root. I read on GardenWeb.com that someone […]
I just came across an informative thread on bindweed at GardenWeb.com. It’s at: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/rmgard/msg0510060716313.html?66 I get some bindweed in my garden, and in some places it’s a serious nuisance. It would be nice to find a website that has photos of all the weeds that grow in our area and how to fight them.
Here are some postings on how to fertilize clematis from gardenweb.com. I bought fertilizer, bone meal, and composted steer manure last night, so I’ll do this very soon. RE: What to feed my clematis? Posted by: suzymac z6, Mass. (My Page) on Wed, Jun 22, 05 at 8:59 Clematis like rose or tomato food. I […]
I counted all my seedlings this evening, and here is what I have: 34 Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Mayfield Giant’ 10 Salvia nemorosa ‘East Friesland’ 62 Echinacea purpurea, a white variety, possibly ‘White Swan’ but not sure. That is, if they come out true from seed. It’s possible some will be purple or maybe even a very […]