Gardening Diary – September 28, 2019

 

Frog fountain

Picture taken on September 28, 2019.

Yesterday, Sharon and I purchased a table from Mayo’s to replace the support for the Frog fountain. Today, placed the table in the bird bath bed and reinstalled the frog fountain.

Refilled the fountain, watered the new plants and watered the Strawberry tower.

Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower

[Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’].

Picture taken on September 28, 2019.

Planted a Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower [Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’] in the second bulb bed. This plant was purchased from the distressed plants section of Lowe’s along with the plants listed on September 25.

Exotic Staghorn Fern

[Platycerium biforcatum].

Picture taken on September 28, 2019.

Thursday, LoriAnne gave me my Christmas present early, an Exotic Staghorn Fern [Platycerium biforcatum]. She obtained the fern from Hirt’s Gardens. Watered this fern.

Gardening Diary – September 25, 2019

 Sharon watered the new plants and we turned on the irrigation system.

Wintergreen Boxwood

[Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’].

Picture taken on September 25, 2019.

Sharon continued to prune the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’] at the side of the Rose bed.

Original spice bed.

Picture taken on September 25, 2019.

Weeded the original spice bed and planted 4 Millennium Allium Ornamental Onion plants [Allium ‘Millennium’] and a Sentimental Blue Balloon Flower [Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’]. These 5 plants were purchased from the distressed plant section of Lowe’s.

When I went into the bird bath bed to plant the upper right Millennium Allium Ornamental Onion plant, I tripped over the wire connected to the frog pump and the top of the bird bath fell to the ground and broke into several pieces. Need to find a replacement for the top to hold the frog pump.

Gardening Diary – September 24, 2019

 Yesterday, we forgot to shut off the water to the hose which we watered the new plants and Strawberry tower. The pressure built up and blew a hole in the hose. We purchased 2 75 ft collapsible hoses to replace the latter hose and the hose in the front yard.

Sharon replaced the hose in the backyard and watered the new plants and the Strawberry tower.

After this, she continued to prune the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’] along side of the Rose bed.

Continued to weed the front of the left side of the back bed. Used ??? on the stumps of the weedy bushes that were cut.

Gardening Diary – September 23, 2019

 

Shelving with ornaments.

Picture taken on September 23, 2019.

Purchased garden shelving from Amazon. Put it together today and placed it in the Rose bed. The 2 ornaments that were in that place were placed on the shelving. Sharon had purchased a globe with a hummingbird which was also added to the shelving. The shelving was secured with lawn staples.

Sharon watered the recently purchased plants and the Strawberry tower.

Sharon weeded the porch bed.

Sharon started to prune the Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’] that bordered the Rose bed.

While Sharon was doing this, started to weed the left side of the front of the back bed.

Gardening Diary – September 19, 2019

Autumn Fire Sedum

[Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’].

Picture taken on September 19, 2019.

Using 4 posts and string, lifted the branches of the Autumn Fire Sedum which were mostly on the ground and provided support.

Watered the recently purchased plants.

Continued to weed the right back corner bed.

Gardening Diary – September 18, 2019

Japanese Spurge

[Pachysandra terminalis].

Picture taken on September 18, 2019.

Continued to weed the right back corner bed which includes the Japanese Spurges [Pachysandra terminalis].

Watered the recently purchased plants.

Gardening Diary – September 16, 2019

 

Astilbe bed

Picture taken September 16, 2019.

Continued weeding the right back corner bed and the Astilbe bed.

Harvest from straw bale bed #5.

Picture taken September 16, 2019.

Sharon harvested Detroit Dark Red Beets, Short ‘n Sweet Carrots, Gypsy Sweet Peppers and Yellow Bell Sweet Peppers from straw bale bed #5.

Gardening Diary – September 13, 2019

 Sharon and I took 5 bags of garden refuse to the county dump.

Moved the plants, soil, plant tower and stakes that were recently purchased to the backyard.

Watered the garden, new plants, watermelons, Strawberry tower, etc.

Predicted high was 96o and predicted air quality index was 100, so decided to quit, for today, working in the garden.

Gardening Diary – September 11, 2019

 

Right back corner bed and Astilbe bed.

Picture taken on September 11, 2019.

Started weeding the right back corner bed and the Astilbe bed. Used ??? to coat the remains of the Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and other large plants which were cut down.

 

Gardening Diary – September 9, 2019

 Fixed the outlet for the irrigation system in Smoke Bush bed.

Added an outlet for the recently planted Southern Living Arborvitae O. PancakeTM [Thuja Concesarini PP24013].

Added a spinner in the Crape Myrtle bed in order to water the Semmes Beauty Oakleaf Hydrangea [Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Semmes Beauty’] and the Kaleidoscope Abelia [Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ PP16,988].

Extended the irrigation hose near the Pink Flowering Almond [Prunus glandulosa] in the original bed through the fence to a place near the Sedum / Iris bed halfway between the Lilac and Ackerman Hybrid Camelia [Camilla Ackerman Hybrid]. Added a spinner on this extension to water these 2 plants.

Moved the cement planter close to the fence and started to extend the brick wall to the other side of the fence to eventually contain the latter 2 plants.

Cherokee Purple Tomato

[Solanum lycopersicum ‘Cherokee purple’].

Picture taken on September 10, 2019.

Harvested a Cherokee Purple Tomato from the straw bale garden.

Gardening Diary – September 6, 2019

Southern Living Arborvitae O. PancakeTM

[Thuja Concesarini PP24013]

Picture taken on September 6, 2019.

In the right-hand fence bed, planted a Southern Living Arborvitae O. PancakeTM [Thuja Concesarini PP24013]. The plant was purchased from the distressed area of Lowe’s.

Right fence bed

Picture taken on September 6, 2019.

While I was planting, Sharon cut back the Phantom Joe Pye Weed [Eupatorium x ‘Phantom’ P.P.# 18354] that was in the same bed.

We then removed the roots of the Densiformis Yew [Taxus x media ‘Densiformis’] that was cut down earlier this week.

We continued weeding the Fern bed.

Gardening Diary – September 5, 2019

 

Right fence bed

Picture taken on September 5, 2019.

Finished weeding the area of the right fence bed shown above and finished fixing the edging. Placed 4 ft3 of pine bark nuggets on some of the weeded area.

Started weeding the fern bed.

Harvested Peppers
Picture taken on September 5, 2019.

Harvested Tomatillos

[Physalis philadelphica]

Picture taken on September 5, 2019.

Harvested Figs

[Ficus carica].

Picture taken on September 5, 2019.

Harvested Tomatoes

Picture taken on September 5, 2019.

The products of Sharon’s harvesting of yesterday and today are shown above.

Note there are 2 dark Tomatoes in the forefront which Sharon was able to identify as Cherokee Purple Tomatoes [Solanum lycopersicum ‘Cherokee purple’].

As she did not knowingly plant any Cherokee Purple Tomatoes, she talked to the proprietor of Minge’s Nursery who said that they did have Cherokee Purple Tomatoes and that it was possible that some of the labels were exchanged. Some kids had taken labels out of the pots and possibly they were replaced in the wrong pots.