Knee Deep in Water Chloe
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 7, 2019 10:42:59 GMT -5
I braved the morning rain storm to bring in this pile—52 tulips, two daffodils. I have about 20 more to go. If I’d purchased these at the grocery store, some of which aren’t available there, this pile would be at least $70.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 7, 2019 10:51:59 GMT -5
I planted strawberries, peppers and tomatoes two weeks ago; the leeks were already planted. Just came back from the farmer's market with more strawberry and herb plants. It's not a big plot, about four feet by four feet. Growing season is year-round here (I am a zone 8/9 border on the old map or a 9b on the new hardiness zone version of the map) but a lot of things won't grow here because it is too hot, or they will grow but the season is really short.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 7, 2019 12:17:51 GMT -5
I would brave a tornado and hurricane combined to bring in those Knee Deep in Water Chloe Tulips are so hit and miss here I just gave up even in flower pots. So I will just sit here and pretend that that bouquet is from my yard And admit that I am green with envy!!
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 7, 2019 16:19:11 GMT -5
It's been such a rough winter and now fairly cold and wet spring that I'm thinking my lilacs might bloom by Memorial Day.
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Post by TheHaitian on Apr 11, 2019 8:44:13 GMT -5
Yesterday I mowed the lawn and that was about it...
What weed killer do you guys use or intend to use? My wife does not want me to use round up due to the whole cancer thing.
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Post by chapeau on Apr 11, 2019 9:13:47 GMT -5
Yesterday I mowed the lawn and that was about it... What weed killer do you guys use or intend to use? My wife does not want me to use round up due to the whole cancer thing. I’ll post the recipe when I get home tonight, but it’s basically boiling water with some salt. and vinegar, I think. But I try to be really careful not to carry the boiling water around when DD is underfoot.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 9:50:59 GMT -5
I planted strawberries, peppers and tomatoes two weeks ago; the leeks were already planted. Just came back from the farmer's market with more strawberry and herb plants. It's not a big plot, about four feet by four feet. Growing season is year-round here (I am a zone 8/9 border on the old map or a 9b on the new hardiness zone version of the map) but a lot of things won't grow here because it is too hot, or they will grow but the season is really short. I'm 9 verging on 10 some years and that's why we have to plant stuff by March 1 and pray no late frosts. The only things that thrive in late July and August are okra, jalapenos and eggplant. By then we're sick of eating them. If you like spinach, keep an eye out for Malabar spinach-it grows in the summer here while regular spinach is winter only.
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Post by TheHaitian on Apr 11, 2019 10:43:39 GMT -5
1.5 hours later I am running late to work and I am $250 broker...
In the yard defense $95 was spent on a new door and frame for the pantry and $20 on tiles for the kitchen.
Besides that I got some perennials, some weed seed, round up for the weeds...
Off to work now, will get to this Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 20:14:21 GMT -5
Only slightly-related but not worth its own thread.
We have just spent $4550 to have two decks refurbed, the house power washed, and the porch refurbed with a few replacement boards, washed, stained, sealed, and the railings redone.
Oh, and he power washed my cheap plastic chairs, and they look good.
But I will have to do the yard myself.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 11, 2019 21:30:41 GMT -5
On sunday, we raked the leaves that didn't want to fall until December. The weather turned to crap ever since. We still need to rake the backyard. Someone at my new job was giving away a ton of free purple iris bulbs. Not sure what we're going to do with them since we don't get much sun.
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Post by TheHaitian on Apr 16, 2019 8:34:50 GMT -5
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Post by hoops902 on Apr 16, 2019 9:02:20 GMT -5
New (to us) house so not a whole lot to do. The flower beds are good, just topping off with some mulch for less than $50. I did dig up the concrete-filled crater in the side yard where the construction folks who built the house apparently dumped their excess concrete for some unknown reason. Left a good sized hole in the yard. Filled that in with soil and a couple of other spots in the yard that needed soil. Filled those spots with grass seed, plus some other random areas that I thought could use a bit more "fullness" in the lawn. Another $100 or so, mostly for grass seed.
That's probably all we'll do this year. Need to stain the deck next year, but that's about it. At some point I'll need to take down the dog kennel (no more dog) and put a little grass seed there...but it's in a spot where grass is harder to grow and didn't have much there to begin with...so that's probably a lost cause but something I'll still take a single shot at to say that I tried.
Overall, I'll spend about $150, which is pretty cheap.
At mom's house we'll have to plant about an acre of grass (cut down some trees last fall, and between the trees lying there and the trucks/tractors driving over their property killing grass, they've got a lot to regrow). Fortunately they've got a tractor and lots of implements, so I won't have to rake it by hand to break up the soil. Just have to walk the seeder around back and forth for a while and spread some seed. Mom is tired of mulch in her flower beds (isn't keeping the weeds at bay very well, doesn't like the look of it, and the flower beds are enormous and take a lot of replenishing every year) so we're going to finish replacing mulch with pebbles. She also has about a 1/4 acre veggie/flower garden in a back field. All in it's probably $1-2k. She has enough yard art to decorate 15 yards, so no cost there.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 16, 2019 9:36:40 GMT -5
Last year, I was able to get hostas and day lilies for free off local garage sale sites. People had even dug them up. All I had to do was plant them.
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Post by CCL on Apr 16, 2019 10:17:06 GMT -5
I just planted peas and carrots on Monday. I need to plant lettuces soon. It’s still a little chilly for tomatoes, so will wait awhile on those. I got some sweet Anaheim pepper seeds, so I’m thinking I should get those in soon. My front beds are a mess due to all the work that was done last fall with the sewer line break. Half my front yard was dug up all the way to the street. The plumbers even tore out one of my shrubs when digging. They will pay to regrade and lay new sod, but it’s up to me to replant the flower beds. I will get an azalea to replace the shrub and need to get some annuals to brighten up that area as the daylillies were killed too. If you still have those daylillies you could try replanting them and they may grow again.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Apr 16, 2019 11:24:00 GMT -5
Last year, I was able to get hostas and day lilies for free off local garage sale sites. People had even dug them up. All I had to do was plant them. Just looked at the hostas and day lilies. Looks like some of them did not survive the Polar Vortex. It's okay because I planted them too close together anyway.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 16, 2019 15:00:35 GMT -5
My irises have starting blooming. I planted mostly lavender and purple varieties, because I like them best, but of course, only the white and gold ones ever seem to bloom.
At least I have irises, I guess. Maybe I could spray paint them purple.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Apr 18, 2019 13:07:01 GMT -5
My irises are blooming and are gorgeous. I think the daylilys that were destroyed last year were buried under some piles of dirt so I’ll get some new ones to put in there. My peas are coming up nicely but it looks like something dug up about half of them, so I planted more. I found something else coming up but they’re all in a clump in one corner of the bed, so I don’t know what they are. Maybe something that reseeded itself? Herbs are doing well and the tomatoes are starting to grow. I thought they’d just sit there, but with the past few really warm days they’re taking off.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Apr 18, 2019 13:09:33 GMT -5
I now see clouds of yellow pollen coming from the trees.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Apr 18, 2019 13:10:24 GMT -5
My irises have starting blooming. I planted mostly lavender and purple varieties, because I like them best, but of course, only the white and gold ones ever seem to bloom.
At least I have irises, I guess. Maybe I could spray paint them purple.
Have you tried the Siberian Irises or do you prefer the bearded ones. I have white and pale yellow bearded iris and they are beautiful. My mom had the small Siberian ones under her deck at her old house and they bloomed quite a long time. Her house was built on a sloping yard, so there was plenty of room for themto spread out.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 18, 2019 13:14:22 GMT -5
I only have one purple iris that's about to bloom. I actually cannot remember how many irises I planted in that area, but I only see one. I have a ridiculous amount of allium bulbs in that area, and they at least double each year. I need to give a ton away this fall. I have at yellow irises in another area, and they're not at all close to blooming.
Tulip season is ending here. It's been a good production year. I'm sad because I'm not at home for three full days, and I'm missing my last round. I brought them in the house before I left. Hopefully DH appreciates them.
We have a landscaper coming to our house to day to do an estimate on some stuff. I'm both nervous and curious about how that will go. I'll update later.
Oh, I just remembered I have a silly picture to show you!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 18, 2019 13:15:44 GMT -5
First, here’s Harold in his natural habitat.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 18, 2019 13:17:32 GMT -5
Next, here’s a cheap way grow potatoes: Buy a bag of Yukon golds from the grocery store to eat. Forget the bag is in the pantry. Find the bag of Yukon golds with eyes all over them. Plant them. 😆 Have several plants grow.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 18, 2019 16:58:01 GMT -5
Last year, I was able to get hostas and day lilies for free off local garage sale sites. People had even dug them up. All I had to do was plant them. Just looked at the hostas and day lilies. Looks like some of them did not survive the Polar Vortex. It's okay because I planted them too close together anyway. I have massive Blue Hostas in my garden. They will be bulldozed, along with my little house.
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Post by bean29 on Apr 19, 2019 21:26:25 GMT -5
They are beautiful. You could dig them out. Keep some for yourself, and freecycle the rest. I have some hostas we purchased, and some that are transplanted from friends & family.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 20, 2019 1:43:26 GMT -5
They are beautiful. You could dig them out. Keep some for yourself, and freecycle the rest. I have some hostas we purchased, and some that are transplanted from friends & family. I have nowhere to put them in an apartment. They're massive. The leaves are tough, like leather. The last time I put plants on Freecycle/Free Kijiji, it was lilac bushes. "Oh, could you dig them up for me?" Oh, hell, no! Come with a bucket and a spade, and dig them up yourself! One person came with a small plastic scoop that you measure dog food with.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 20, 2019 1:47:26 GMT -5
People couldn't believe how big they got, almost up to my waist. I feed critters. Between leftover bits of food, and animal scat for fertilizer, they grew to humongous proportions. I'm going to miss them.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 22, 2019 11:44:17 GMT -5
My irises have starting blooming. I planted mostly lavender and purple varieties, because I like them best, but of course, only the white and gold ones ever seem to bloom.
At least I have irises, I guess. Maybe I could spray paint them purple.
Have you tried the Siberian Irises or do you prefer the bearded ones. I have white and pale yellow bearded iris and they are beautiful. My mom had the small Siberian ones under her deck at her old house and they bloomed quite a long time. Her house was built on a sloping yard, so there was plenty of room for themto spread out. Didn't have luck with the Siberian irises I tried several years ago, but that was back when I thought you stuck stuff in the ground and it would grow. I've learned a lot about shady areas, sunlight, crappy red clay, etc. I know now I planted them in too much shade (at that time, I had a mostly wooded lot with almost all shade). I love the bearded but for some reason, only the apricot and white ones grow - the bunch I 'left behind' when I transplanted some from one bed to another have really taken off this year, spreading out and putting out at least 8 flowers (all apricot) which makes me think I should retransplant the ones I moved before, none of them have died but they haven't thrived, either. If I get motivated I might do that this fall....
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 22, 2019 11:47:00 GMT -5
People couldn't believe how big they got, almost up to my waist. I feed critters. Between leftover bits of food, and animal scat for fertilizer, they grew to humongous proportions. I'm going to miss them. I have some hostas that color - they don't get quite that tall, but they spread out. Unfortunately I have some annuals planted next to them that the hosta quickly shades to I end up having to cut back some of the hosta leaves to give the annuals some room. It started out as a cutting from a friend....
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 22, 2019 11:51:55 GMT -5
Lilacs don't do well here (it has to be really cold for a certain number of days to set the buds - it's possible to have a lilac here that almost never blooms) but the lilac I got a few years back that was marketed at my local nursery as one suitable for Southern winter temps has bloomed every year, and this year it's large enough it's got about twenty flower spikes just starting to bloom. Unfortunately, it's in a bed in the side yard where the weeds hit early and hard, so you have the combination of the lovely flowing lilac with a riot of harsh weeds. Rescuing it is on my list for next week end.
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