Trimmed yews beside garage door
Trimmed euonymus along pool area
Cut back hard
Trimmed Purple sand cherry in corner and silver dogwood at end
On outside trimmed forsythia back hard
and euonymus too
Trimmed Nest spruce= removing dead branches from bottom
Cut down old BLue haven juniper stump- found garter snake there.
Trimmed old gold juniper at corner
Showing posts with label forsythia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forsythia. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Forsythia blooming in October from Turf King Instagram
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Forsythia starting to bloom -April 30/13
Forsythia starting to bloom - this is an indicator of how the season is progressing. Probably we are about 7-10 days behind normal: not that we seem to get a normal season very often. Last year the season was about two weeks ahead of normal.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Forsythia branches brought inside 6 days ago.
Forsythia branches brought inside 6 days ago. Last year they were almost ready to bloom outdoors
Sunday, April 7, 2013
April 7/13 forsythia transplanted
Monday, July 2, 2012
Canada Day '12 Garden 2
looking from patio area towards shed,
from left, ivory silk lilacs, corkscrew hazel, grasses,
wisteria at arbor, forsythia, dogwood, viburnum
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sunday, July 12, 2009
July 10-12/09
July 10 dug out more walkway, spread excavated soil to back of annex where low, trimmed Andorra, spirea, tamarix Junipers, forsythia (some). Spread trimmings at back of house.
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
Sunday, April 20, 2008
April 20/08
April 20/08- chiondoxa blooming in front and in birch bed.Chinese dogwoodl in bloom, forsythia in bud,
Started big rototiller, couldn’t keep it going
Planted copra, candy, red wing, star onions, leeks, balance of dutch sets, planted out rapini, planted broccoli and collards, planted some Detroit red beets,
Unstrung harp,
moved bee boxes to side of deck, dug out rest of septic tank, moved some gr cover under redbud, moved 2 daffodils to between fence and grasses
Trimmed mulberry a bit, trimmed iberis candytuft back- lot of winterkill,, trimmed grasses
Planted Indian corn at corner of lawn
Started big rototiller, couldn’t keep it going
Planted copra, candy, red wing, star onions, leeks, balance of dutch sets, planted out rapini, planted broccoli and collards, planted some Detroit red beets,
Unstrung harp,
moved bee boxes to side of deck, dug out rest of septic tank, moved some gr cover under redbud, moved 2 daffodils to between fence and grasses
Trimmed mulberry a bit, trimmed iberis candytuft back- lot of winterkill,, trimmed grasses
Planted Indian corn at corner of lawn
Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 6-10/08
April 6/08 Put beeboxes back along deck, added some potting mix,
April 6/08 Started Hardwood cuttings in 5 inch pots, Hicks yew, silver dogwood, Korean lilac, purple ninebark, gold cypress, rose of Sharon, forsythia, Andorra, used #2 rooting hormone
April 9/08 seeded beeboxes:1- green onion, 1 bloomsdale spinach, 1 white radish, 1 lettuce buttercrunch/prizehead
April 10/08 put Rapini in fifth box
April 9,10 Cuttings, mint julep, viburnum carcephalum, spirea from front garden,
Transpl collards, brocc, rapini
Rain put onion and collards etc outside
April 6/08 Started Hardwood cuttings in 5 inch pots, Hicks yew, silver dogwood, Korean lilac, purple ninebark, gold cypress, rose of Sharon, forsythia, Andorra, used #2 rooting hormone
April 9/08 seeded beeboxes:1- green onion, 1 bloomsdale spinach, 1 white radish, 1 lettuce buttercrunch/prizehead
April 10/08 put Rapini in fifth box
April 9,10 Cuttings, mint julep, viburnum carcephalum, spirea from front garden,
Transpl collards, brocc, rapini
Rain put onion and collards etc outside
Sunday, June 4, 2006
June 4/06
June 4/06
Rosemary cut most of the lawn
Spread some slug & snail bait under mulberry, caragana bed, along back of house.
Planted Morning glory, under redbd by fence at near grass.
basil within grape hyacinth, basil one of each in bee box
some hibiscus in elderberry bed, next to forsythia by the shed,
Planted cucumber, row 1, zucchini row 8, squash in row 7 and row 9 and row out back
Rototilled aisle in vege garden.
Started laying interlock at barbeque and redoing rest
Replanted flowers in spinach bed
Sowed Lima beans in mulch at hydro pole bed
Split Miscanthus “Nippon” from front bed into 1) near potentilla/Weeping nootka 2) by redleaf rose in hydro pole bed
Planted coleus that were rooting (from May 21/06) into front bed under living room window
Seeded 4 1204 with Ornamental corn and 1 809 with corn
Rosemary cut most of the lawn
Spread some slug & snail bait under mulberry, caragana bed, along back of house.
Planted Morning glory, under redbd by fence at near grass.
basil within grape hyacinth, basil one of each in bee box
some hibiscus in elderberry bed, next to forsythia by the shed,
Planted cucumber, row 1, zucchini row 8, squash in row 7 and row 9 and row out back
Rototilled aisle in vege garden.
Started laying interlock at barbeque and redoing rest
Replanted flowers in spinach bed
Sowed Lima beans in mulch at hydro pole bed
Split Miscanthus “Nippon” from front bed into 1) near potentilla/Weeping nootka 2) by redleaf rose in hydro pole bed
Planted coleus that were rooting (from May 21/06) into front bed under living room window
Seeded 4 1204 with Ornamental corn and 1 809 with corn
Sunday, May 28, 2006
May 28/06
May 28/06
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Most of the cukes and squash were up.
Today warm and sunny, Wisteria at arbour is in bloom, pink flowers
Columbines in bloom, Blue iris in bloom, candytuft is finishing, beauty bush is starting to bud, Korean lilacs ready to bloom soon
Put 15-30-15 on vege garden, bee box, and annual planters (starting to see seedlings)
Planted castor beans in hydro pole bed, also some striped sunflower
Planted castor bean by climbing bean bed
Planted Striped sunflower and perennial sweet pea along fence by ivory silk lilac
Planted striped sunflower along shed between forsythia and mock orange
Planted sunflower and castor bean into birch bed
Planted peppers, various hots along ramp and mulched
Put assorted peppers into pot for Uncle Aubrey
Monday, April 17, 2006
April 15-17/2006
April 15/06 warm 17 C. Wore shorts
John says to get chipper started use carbeurator cleaner. Spray into the carberaotr, (take off air filter to access) Alcohol is cold and help burn off carbon
Rosemary trimmed forsythia to take to work
Cut up last of the winter evergreen bouquet and put clippings under telephone pole bed.
Ran rototiller through dead sod and some of the sod from the pipe trench.
Rototilled one row (row 6) of garden, planted Spanish onion sets, planted dutch sets(100 bulb package)
Planted in same row, 1204 of lettuce, 2 kinds, and 809 of sprouts, kale, red cabbage.
Turned over row 2 of garden and balance of row 4. Dug out garlics from garden (all except row 1) planted in locust planter under the area that is under the shader and doesn’t get water.
Seeded ANchusa blue angel in Locust bed along with annual sweet pea (knee high). Left room at end for tomato or other vegetable.
At end of locust planter planted golden swiss chard. Placed glass bee frame and plastic over part of the chard.
In bean bed, planted Linaria Fairy Bouquet in front of yews and in front of the patio stones. Package contains ¼ gram =3,000-4,000 seeds
Looks like some of the new Zealand spinach is growing
From Telephone pole bed, removed birch tree, mulched bed, using some newspaper,
Planted birch by lodense hedge bed.
Seeded sunflowers, some in goutweed, some between mahonia and yucca, by ramp near hicks yew, under some of the trees in front of shed and behind, along the back and side of the shed, some in last year’s corn bed.
Watered seeds, rhubarb,
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Root box at back,
Sprayed some roundup on lawn quack grass, some beds, some driveway,
Sprayed killex summer formula on dandelions, clover in lawn, near flagstone, near fence, near white pine.
April 17/06
Trimmed onions
Seed castor beans in black eye susan 809
Fertilized 15-30-15 on seedlings
John says to get chipper started use carbeurator cleaner. Spray into the carberaotr, (take off air filter to access) Alcohol is cold and help burn off carbon
Rosemary trimmed forsythia to take to work
Cut up last of the winter evergreen bouquet and put clippings under telephone pole bed.
Ran rototiller through dead sod and some of the sod from the pipe trench.
Rototilled one row (row 6) of garden, planted Spanish onion sets, planted dutch sets(100 bulb package)
Planted in same row, 1204 of lettuce, 2 kinds, and 809 of sprouts, kale, red cabbage.
Turned over row 2 of garden and balance of row 4. Dug out garlics from garden (all except row 1) planted in locust planter under the area that is under the shader and doesn’t get water.
Seeded ANchusa blue angel in Locust bed along with annual sweet pea (knee high). Left room at end for tomato or other vegetable.
At end of locust planter planted golden swiss chard. Placed glass bee frame and plastic over part of the chard.
In bean bed, planted Linaria Fairy Bouquet in front of yews and in front of the patio stones. Package contains ¼ gram =3,000-4,000 seeds
Looks like some of the new Zealand spinach is growing
From Telephone pole bed, removed birch tree, mulched bed, using some newspaper,
Planted birch by lodense hedge bed.
Seeded sunflowers, some in goutweed, some between mahonia and yucca, by ramp near hicks yew, under some of the trees in front of shed and behind, along the back and side of the shed, some in last year’s corn bed.
Watered seeds, rhubarb,
Bee boxes spinach is just starting to come up, Radish is coming up. No sign of carrots
Root box at back,
Sprayed some roundup on lawn quack grass, some beds, some driveway,
Sprayed killex summer formula on dandelions, clover in lawn, near flagstone, near fence, near white pine.
April 17/06
Trimmed onions
Seed castor beans in black eye susan 809
Fertilized 15-30-15 on seedlings
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