Gardening Diary – August 31, 2022

 Took the wagon and unloaded the weeds, etc. into Dave’s gulley.

Walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed.

Pictures taken on August 31, 2022

Sharon continued to weed the walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed and both beds on either side of this walkway.

Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Figs

[Ficus carica],

Picture taken on August 31, 2022.

Continued to prune the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Figs [Ficus carica],

Green-headed Coneflowers

[Rudbeckia laciniata]

Picture taken on August 31, 2022.

Started to remove the Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata] around and in the back half of the bed containing these plants.

Gardening Diary – August 30, 2022

 Took the wagon and unloaded the weeds, etc. into Dave’s gulley.

Walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed.

Pictures taken on August 31, 2022

Sharon continued to weed the walkway on the right side of the Hydrangea bed and both beds on either side of this walkway.

Collected the weeds, etc. cut down on previous days and filled up the wagon.

Gardening Diary – August 22, 2022

 

Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood bed.

[Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]

Picture taken on August 22, 2022.

Again, Sharon continued to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and weeded the bed containing it. She cut down many Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata].

Walkway between 2^nd bulb bed and raised bed #8.

Picture taken on August 22, 2022.

Also, Larry continued to weed part of the walkway between 2^nd bulb bed and raised bed #8, part of the 2^nd bulb bed and pruned many twigs off the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that were hanging over the walkway. He also cut down many Green-headed Coneflowers which were in the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood bed.

Gardening Diary – August 20, 2022

 

Sharon next to Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood bed.

[Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]

Picture taken on August 20, 2022.

Sharon continued to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and weeded the bed containing it.

Walkway between 2^nd bulb bed and raised bed #8.

Picture taken on August 20, 2022.

Weeded part of the walkway between 2^nd bulb bed and raised bed #8, part of the 2^nd bulb bed and pruned some twigs off the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that were hanging over the walkway.

Gardening Diary – August 16, 2022

 

Sharon in front of raised bed #7.

Picture taken on August 16, 2022.

Weed-eated the walkway next to the Butterfly Bush bed and the Lenten Rose bed.

Did some pruning of the Indigo Bush [Amorpha fruticosa] to facilitate weeding of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway along the left walkway along the latter bed.

Weeded the Hydrangea bed concentrating on getting rid of the Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and Maypop Passionflower vines [Passiflora incarnata].

Sharon and I weeded raised bed #7 after taking off the net. Sharon also weeded the walkway between raised beds #7 and #8 and did some pruning of the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’]. She also removed some Maypop Passionflower vines [Passiflora incarnata] contained in the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood.

Gardening Diary – August 15, 2022

 Finished weeding the Butterfly Bush bed while Sharon started to weed the right side of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway on the right side of this bed.

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Photographs (2) taken today:

Orange Storm Flowering Quince

[Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’]

Picture was taken on August 15, 2022.

Gardening Diary – August 13, 2022

 The hose that we attached to the adjustable dripper stake a couple of days ago became unattached. Cut off the end of the hose and reattached the hose to the adjustable dripper stake.

Watered the front yard for approximately 1 1/2 hours.

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Photographs (2) taken today:

Belvi Queen Iris

[Iris ‘Belvi Queen’]

Picture taken on August 13, 2022.

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on August 13, 2022.

Gardening Diary – August 12, 2022

 

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on August 12, 2022.

Added a sprinkler to the pot containing the Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] and fixed the water outlet on one of the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’].

Red Twig Dogwood and Mugo Pines

[Cornus sericea] and [Pinus mugo]

Picture taken on August 12, 2022.

As seen in the photo above, it appears that my spraying Ortho GroundClear Year Long Vegetation Killer around the edges of the beds in the front yard and on the part of the Purple Smoke Bush bed along the road didn’t cover all of the weeds. Therefore, I sprayed some more herbicide on the weeds that didn’t appear to be covered by the first spraying.

Sharon pruning the Purple Smoke Bush.

[Cotinus Coggygria]

Picture taken on August 12, 2022.

Sharon pruned the Purple Smoke Bush [Cotinus Coggygria] so that we can back our cars more easily.

I pruned the Red Leaf Barberry Hedge [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’] that was closest to the street.

Sharon and I collected all the cut off foliage and dumped them in Dave’s gulley.

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Additional photographs (5) taken today:

Coleus

[Plectranthus scutellarioides].

Pictures taken on August 12, 2022.

Dahlias

[Dahlia sp.]

Picture taken on August 12, 2022.

Gardening Diary – August 9, 2022

 

Red Twig Dogwood and Mugo Pines beds.

[Cornus sericea] and [Pinus mugo]

Picture taken on August 12, 2022.

Sprayed Ortho GroundClear Year Long Vegetation Killer around the edges of the beds in the front yard and on the part of the Purple Smoke Bush bed along the road.

Sharon and I went to the back to continue to clean up the Butterfly Bush bed. Unfortunately, a tree had fallen in Dave’s yard and he was moving the branches to his gulley.

There was no room remaining in the gulley to empty our wagon. So we needed to bag the weeds that we got last week and that we got today.

Gardening Diary – August 8, 2022

 

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on August 9, 2022.

Bought a trellis from Amazon last week, it arrived yesterday and we installed it today so that the Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] will be supported by it.

Noah had his first day of class today and since he was released at noon, we went to pick him up.

Millennium Allium Ornamental Onions

[Allium ‘Millennium’]

Picture taken on August 9, 2022.

After supper, when Sharon took the dogs outside, she started to weed some areas in the backyard including the bed containing the Millennium Allium Ornamental Onions [Allium ‘Millennium’]. We are thinking about moving them to the front in the Fall.

Black and Yellow Argiope

[Argiope aurantia]

Picture taken on August 9, 2022.

As Sharon and I were walking back to the house, we noticed a Black and Yellow Argiope spider [Argiope aurantia] building a web around the Ground Orchids [Bletilla striata ‘Alba’] in the second bulb bed.

Gardening Diary – August 3, 2022

 Using the reciprocating saw, cut 5 limbs off of the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree [Ficus carica].

Butterfly Bush bed and path along the latter bed.

Picture taken on August 9, 2022.

Sharon and I then continued weeding in the Butterfly Bush bed and we pruned many branches off of the Kaleidoscope Butterfly Bush [Buddleia davidii  ‘Bicolor’]. We have decided to remove the Kaleidoscope Butterfly Bush. Unfortunately, a tree had fallen in Dave’s yard and he was moving the branches to his gulley. There was no room remaining in the gulley to empty our wagon.

Sometime this week, we picked up bunch of pieces of wood (e.g., sides of Noah’s bed, posts used to keep covers of beds down, edging, etc.) and took the load along with Sharon’s broken walker to the Knox County dump.

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The following graphic was published in Facebook by the National Weather Service, Morristown: