Gardening Diary – July 30, 2019

Original bed

Picture taken on July 31, 2019.

Continue to weed the original bed. Removed Bermuda grass, nutsedge and Morning Glory vines.

Gardening Diary – July 29, 2019

Weedeated the walkways on the left side of the garden and the walkways on either side of straw bale beds #1-4.

Gardening Diary – July 26, 2019

Original Bed.

Picture taken on July 26, 2019.

Continued weeding the original bed.

Gardening Diary – July 25, 2019

 Removed the tall weeds that were growing in the Lenten Rose bed and in the bed that contains the spice rack.

Pruned the former Josee Lilac [Syringa ‘Josee’] (see the diary entry for May 1, 2019).

Part of original bed.

Picture taken on July 25, 2019.

Started weeding the original bed. Primary weeds were Nutsedge, Violets and Morning Glory vines.

Gardening Diary – July 24, 2019

 Finished weedeating the walkways in the right side of the garden.

Dwarf Crape Myrtle bed

Picture taken on July 24, 2019.

Weeded the Crape Myrtle bed. Primary weeds were Violets and Maypop Passionflower [Passiflora incarnata].

Gardening Diary – July 20, 2019

 

Green-headed Coneflowers

[Rudbeckia laciniata]

Picture taken on July 20, 2019.

Wrapped string around the Green-headed Coneflower bed about 4 to 5 feet high to provide support for the Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata].

Cut down the Green-headed Coneflowers that were not held up by the string. Also removed the Green-headed Coneflowers that were outside of the latter bed.

Straw bale beds #1-4

Picture taken on July 20, 2019.

Added some posts near the Tomato and Tomatillo plants in the straw bale beds #1-4 and lifted these plants up using string tied to these posts and other support structures in these beds. Need to string up some more Tomatoes in the front right half of the straw bale bed #1.

Also weeded these beds.

Harvest

Picture taken on July 20, 2019.

While doing this, harvested a variety of vegetables.

Gardening Diary – July 17, 2019

 Started weedeating the walkways in the right side of the garden.

Gardening Diary – July 16, 2019

 

Sunny Knock Out Rose bed

Picture taken on July 20, 2019.

Flowering Cherry bed

Picture taken on July 20, 2019.

Weeded the driveway side of the Sunny Knock Out Rose bed and the Flowering Cherry bed.

Gardening Diary – July 15, 2019

 Spread two 3 ft³ bags of pine bark mini nuggets mulch from Ace Hardware on the right side of the Daffodil bed.

Front Smoke Bush bed

Picture taken on July 15, 2019.

Weeded the front Smoke Bush bed.

Gardening Diary – July 12, 2019

 

Sunny Knock Out Rose bed

Picture taken on July 14, 2019.

Sharon continued to prune the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’] along the driveway and weed around these plants.

Daffodil bed and Front bulb bed.

Picture taken on July 14, 2019.

Completed the weeding of the Daffodil bed and the pruning of the Oso Easy Paprika Rose bush [Rosa ‘Chew MayTime’].

Gardening Diary – July 10, 2019

 

Daffodil bed

Picture taken July 10, 2019

Still weeding the Daffodil bed. Just need to weed around the fence.

Pruned the Japanese Maple [Acer palmatum var. dissectum ‘Tamukeyama’], Coreopsis [Coreopsis sp.], Dahlia [Dahlia sp.] and started pruning the Oso Easy Paprika Rose bush [Rosa ‘Chew MayTime’].

Sharon started pruning the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’] along the driveway.

Gardening Diary – July 9, 2019

 

Daffodil bed

Picture taken July 9, 2019

Started weeding the Daffodil bed.

Gardening Diary – July 6, 2019

 Finished weeding of the front bulb bed. Most of the weeds uprooted were Violets, Nutsedge, Morning Glory and Creeping Charlie.

Beef Master Tomato

Picture taken on July 6, 2019.

Sharon asked me to bring the large Beef Master Tomato from the garden. She was concerned that some critter would take a bite out of it; she read an article, Why Aren’t My Tomatoes Ripening?, from Cornell Cooperative Extension about the difficulty of getting Tomatoes to ripen when the temperatures are too high. She will follow the recommendation to bring the Tomato into the house and put it in a dark environment (a paper bag). We’ll see how this works.

Gardening Diary – July 3, 2019

 

Sweet Banana Peppers

Picture taken on July 3, 2019.

Pimento Sweet Pepper, Sweet Banana Pepper, Yellow Crookneck Squash. Ichiban Eggplant, Yellow Bell Sweet Pepper, …

Picture taken on July 3, 2019.

Sharon harvested Pimento Sweet Pepper, Sweet Banana Pepper, Yellow Crookneck Squash, Ichiban Eggplant and Yellow Bell Sweet Pepper from the garden.

Gardening Diary – July 2, 2019

 

Pink Muhly Grass

[Muhlenbergia capillaris].

Pictures taken on July 6, 2019.

Front bulb bed.

Picture taken on July 6, 2019.

Started weeding in the front yard. Tackled the 2 beds containing the Pink Muhly Grasses [Muhlenbergia capillaris] and then started on the front part of the front bulb bed.

Horse Nettle

[Solanum carolinense].

Picture taken on June 29, 2019.

Several of the plants that were removed were Horse Nettles [Solanum carolinense]. First seen a couple of days ago, placed the above photo on the Facebook group Plant Identification and a member of that group identified the plant.

Gardening Diary – July 1, 2019

 

Sharon with an Ichiban Eggplant

Picture taken on July 1, 2019.

Harvested vegetables

Picture taken on July 1, 2019.

Sharon harvested an Ichiban Eggplant, a Black Beauty Eggplant, Asian Cucumbers and a Zucchini from the garden.

Jubilee Watermelon

Picture taken on July 1, 2019.

Planted a Jubilee Watermelon seedling in straw bale bed #6. The plant was obtained from Lowe’s.

The other watermelons planted last month have not grown.

Bressingham Hybrids Coral Bells

[Huchera x brizoides ‘Bressingham Hybrids’].

Picture taken on July 1, 2019.

Planted a Bressingham Hybrids Coral Bells [Huchera x brizoides ‘Bressingham Hybrids’] in the fern bed. The plant was purchased last year and the pot was left near the fern bed for some reason. This day, looked at the pot and saw a small plant in it.

American Pokeweed

[Phytolacca americana].

Picture taken on July 1, 2019.

Removed several Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] that were growing in the Rose bed and other places in the garden.

Finished weedeating the walkway between the Rose bed, etc. and the bed next to the house. Then, weedeated the walkway between the Hydrangea bed and the bed next to the right fence.