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Post by bean29 on Jun 18, 2019 14:06:35 GMT -5
For those of you who pay someone to landscape for you, I have a question. We had all new landscaping put in last year and the guy nickel and dimed us to death. 3 plants did not survive the winter - a Rose of Sharon and a couple of grass plants. I emailed him and asked if we had a one year warranty (as I didn't want to hunt down the actual paperwork). He said yes, he'd cover the cost of the replacement plants - but he'd have to charge us labor to plant them. And he wouldn't charge us for delivery since he drives by our house every day! I feel like if these are under warranty - ALL aspects of the transaction should be under warranty - including the actual planting! We already paid him once to plant them (last year) - who's to say that one of his guys didn't plant them well and that's why they didn't survive? I'd just like to know if this is the norm....or whether he's just another small business who doesn't really know how business should be run! I don't think him saying he would charge you to replant the plants is unreasonable, but we never actually use a landscaping company. We have paid cash to people that have day jobs working for landscapers, but it is significantly less that what we would pay the landscapers. We planted about $500+ of trees and shrubs last fall. It was late, we fertilized them and watered them in, but we still lost the two Japanese Maples, and a dogwood. We also planted a Magnolia, and the magnolia leaves came in off the trunk but not all the way down the branches. We got a $300 refund for the two expensive trees, but we did not dig out the Dogwood or the Magnolia yet - they were like $10 each, so no big deal...we have 2 years per the nursery. The nursery we used, has a savings card they scan, or they look up by your phone #. I called and asked if I needed receipt and they said not really, so we went back with the dead trees, and they gave us a credit. They said the replacement items we get will not have a 2 year warranty. We purchased mostly perennial plants and shrubs, not trees. We want a tree, but have not yet found one we like. I did not quibble about them saying they only replace once, b/c we all know some people will scam them to the nth degree.
We had a Japanese Maple once before and it died the first winter we had it. Both DH and I said we will never plant again. They are not real cold hardy. I want to plant a Red Oak, DH wants something else. We will look in July or August.
My question is what should I use for the weeds that come between the cracks in my pavers? Roundup says it is safe for people and animals (once it is dry)- did they change the formula? What gives? DH wants to make sure whatever we use will not discolor the pavers. Also our dogs walk on the patio a lot, so it should be safe for animals.
My Mom talked about Preen on Sunday, so I bought some when I was at Home Depot the other day. We had pulled the weeds in the front, I just want some help, I know I will still have to weed, but after I put it down I read the directions, and now I am paranoid it will kill my existing plants. I used the new extended control formulation that lasts 6 months.
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Post by CCL on Jun 18, 2019 19:23:40 GMT -5
I've never had a problem with Preen harming any of my plants, but don't know if I've ever used an extended release version. It doesn't keep all the weeds away for me, nut helps with some.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jun 28, 2019 10:55:32 GMT -5
This week’s cuttings. Dahlias are in my cutting beds where the tulips and daffodils also live. The white lily is a nice late surprise. The purple lily is also in a cutting bed, but they’re just starting to bloom. The hydrangeas are a massive plant next to our walk way to the garage. The cute little purple puffy stems are in a cutting bed, and I don’t remember what they’re called. They’re a bigger, leafy plant. They’ll be blooming for a few weeks.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jun 28, 2019 10:58:12 GMT -5
For those of you who pay someone to landscape for you, I have a question. We had all new landscaping put in last year and the guy nickel and dimed us to death. 3 plants did not survive the winter - a Rose of Sharon and a couple of grass plants. I emailed him and asked if we had a one year warranty (as I didn't want to hunt down the actual paperwork). He said yes, he'd cover the cost of the replacement plants - but he'd have to charge us labor to plant them. And he wouldn't charge us for delivery since he drives by our house every day! I feel like if these are under warranty - ALL aspects of the transaction should be under warranty - including the actual planting! We already paid him once to plant them (last year) - who's to say that one of his guys didn't plant them well and that's why they didn't survive? I'd just like to know if this is the norm....or whether he's just another small business who doesn't really know how business should be run! I don't think him saying he would charge you to replant the plants is unreasonable, but we never actually use a landscaping company. We have paid cash to people that have day jobs working for landscapers, but it is significantly less that what we would pay the landscapers. We planted about $500+ of trees and shrubs last fall. It was late, we fertilized them and watered them in, but we still lost the two Japanese Maples, and a dogwood. We also planted a Magnolia, and the magnolia leaves came in off the trunk but not all the way down the branches. We got a $300 refund for the two expensive trees, but we did not dig out the Dogwood or the Magnolia yet - they were like $10 each, so no big deal...we have 2 years per the nursery. The nursery we used, has a savings card they scan, or they look up by your phone #. I called and asked if I needed receipt and they said not really, so we went back with the dead trees, and they gave us a credit. They said the replacement items we get will not have a 2 year warranty. We purchased mostly perennial plants and shrubs, not trees. We want a tree, but have not yet found one we like. I did not quibble about them saying they only replace once, b/c we all know some people will scam them to the nth degree.
We had a Japanese Maple once before and it died the first winter we had it. Both DH and I said we will never plant again. They are not real cold hardy. I want to plant a Red Oak, DH wants something else. We will look in July or August.
My question is what should I use for the weeds that come between the cracks in my pavers? Roundup says it is safe for people and animals (once it is dry)- did they change the formula? What gives? DH wants to make sure whatever we use will not discolor the pavers. Also our dogs walk on the patio a lot, so it should be safe for animals.
My Mom talked about Preen on Sunday, so I bought some when I was at Home Depot the other day. We had pulled the weeds in the front, I just want some help, I know I will still have to weed, but after I put it down I read the directions, and now I am paranoid it will kill my existing plants. I used the new extended control formulation that lasts 6 months.
We use Round-Up. We make the dog stay in the house while DH is spraying it and for about an hour afterwards. I don't think it's ever discolored our paver stones, but I'm not sure I'd have noticed that.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 28, 2019 11:22:59 GMT -5
This week’s cuttings. Dahlias are in my cutting beds where the tulips and daffodils also live. The white lily is a nice late surprise. The purple lily is also in a cutting bed, but they’re just starting to bloom. The hydrangeas are a massive plant next to our walk way to the garage. The cute little purple puffy stems are in a cutting bed, and I don’t remember what they’re called. They’re a bigger, leafy plant. They’ll be blooming for a few weeks. The "little purple puffy stems" look like astilbe.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jun 28, 2019 12:22:33 GMT -5
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Post by debthaven on Jun 30, 2019 10:02:32 GMT -5
Just bought two astilbes ... thanks Knee Deep in Water Chloe ! ;-) We had some but they died years ago. We actually need one more to finish filling in that space. I'll try to go back tomorrow. So far this year we're at 150 for the gardener, and 160 for some soil and 11 plants: 2 astilbe, 1 buddleia, 2 star jasmin, 1 fuchsia, 1 gaura, 1 salvia blue note, 1 celosia + 2 whose names I don't know/remember.
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Post by debthaven on Jul 1, 2019 9:30:36 GMT -5
Got the third astilbe to fill the "hole" in the bed. DH will plant it tomorrow.
So now we're at 150 for the gardener, and 177 for some soil and 12 plants: 3 astilbe, 1 buddleia, 2 star jasmin, 1 fuchsia, 1 gaura, 1 salvia, 1 celosia + 2 whose names I don't know/remember.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 11, 2019 13:20:57 GMT -5
These are my alliums. Price wise, I think I only paid for eight or nine bulbs. They reproduce every year!
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Post by azucena on Jul 11, 2019 13:23:59 GMT -5
Ooo - reminds me of Dr Suess, I'll have to find some. And bonus that they reproduce, I love flowers that take care of some of the work!
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 12, 2019 16:22:48 GMT -5
Saw this on Facebook. Good tip in case you forget what you planted:
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 12, 2019 16:25:07 GMT -5
Allergy sufferers should rejoice:
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 13, 2019 15:25:45 GMT -5
So it's become that time of year when it's so hot and humid I rarely get up the nerve to go outside and garden. I've been slack with my raised beds, and last weekend I finally decided I had weed and tidy them up or risk losing the whole crop, so I took the fence down around one of the bed which contains tomato plants. (I have to keep plastic fencing around all the raised beds because all the raccoons, deer, and possums in our neighborhood would eat every veggie if I didn't.)
I didn't plant cucumbers in that bed, but a magnificent vine has rooted in it, and is trying to climb the tomatoes, dragging down the tomato branches. Took about an hour of snipping and rearranging to separate the unholy union of cukes and tomatoes but I think I have the tomatoes safely supported up on their tomato cages and the cuke coiling around the bottom of the bed.
Of course, I actually planted cukes this year in the bed right next to that one, and not a single one sprouted. I think I accidentally planted the seeds too deeply. Thought I wouldn't get any cukes at all, but the volunteer in the next bed (which must have gotten there from a missed cuke from the year before) has spouted a lot of blossoms, so hopefully I'll get some, if the squash beetles don't kill the vines first.
I'm not sure why I garden at all. Stuff never goes according to plan, and the weeds always grow so much better than the legitimate plants.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 16:08:33 GMT -5
So it's become that time of year when it's so hot and humid I rarely get up the nerve to go outside and garden. I've been slack with my raised beds, and last weekend I finally decided I had weed and tidy them up or risk losing the whole crop, so I took the fence down around one of the bed which contains tomato plants. (I have to keep plastic fencing around all the raised beds because all the raccoons, deer, and possums in our neighborhood would eat every veggie if I didn't.)
I didn't plant cucumbers in that bed, but a magnificent vine has rooted in it, and is trying to climb the tomatoes, dragging down the tomato branches. Took about an hour of snipping and rearranging to separate the unholy union of cukes and tomatoes but I think I have the tomatoes safely supported up on their tomato cages and the cuke coiling around the bottom of the bed.
Of course, I actually planted cukes this year in the bed right next to that one, and not a single one sprouted. I think I accidentally planted the seeds too deeply. Thought I wouldn't get any cukes at all, but the volunteer in the next bed (which must have gotten there from a missed cuke from the year before) has spouted a lot of blossoms, so hopefully I'll get some, if the squash beetles don't kill the vines first.
I'm not sure why I garden at all. Stuff never goes according to plan, and the weeds always grow so much better than the legitimate plants. Every year we plant stuff which leads to frustration, aggravation, irritation and the occasional good tomato. I just still get a kick out of eating something I grow, and it's sort of fun to watch the birds eat cherry tomatoes. My resident mockingbird gets all protective when I try to harvest a few for me. A friend plants a huge garden in the public right-of-way down the side of her house just to meet folks when they come to harvest. I got an eggplant from her the other day, and will go back for more. Her Asian neighbors often leave something from their own gardens which she sends me a photo of so I can tell her what it is and how to use it. There's nothing better than tomato and cucumber salad
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 13, 2019 17:11:35 GMT -5
So it's become that time of year when it's so hot and humid I rarely get up the nerve to go outside and garden. I've been slack with my raised beds, and last weekend I finally decided I had weed and tidy them up or risk losing the whole crop, so I took the fence down around one of the bed which contains tomato plants. (I have to keep plastic fencing around all the raised beds because all the raccoons, deer, and possums in our neighborhood would eat every veggie if I didn't.)
I didn't plant cucumbers in that bed, but a magnificent vine has rooted in it, and is trying to climb the tomatoes, dragging down the tomato branches. Took about an hour of snipping and rearranging to separate the unholy union of cukes and tomatoes but I think I have the tomatoes safely supported up on their tomato cages and the cuke coiling around the bottom of the bed.
Of course, I actually planted cukes this year in the bed right next to that one, and not a single one sprouted. I think I accidentally planted the seeds too deeply. Thought I wouldn't get any cukes at all, but the volunteer in the next bed (which must have gotten there from a missed cuke from the year before) has spouted a lot of blossoms, so hopefully I'll get some, if the squash beetles don't kill the vines first.
I'm not sure why I garden at all. Stuff never goes according to plan, and the weeds always grow so much better than the legitimate plants. Every year we plant stuff which leads to frustration, aggravation, irritation and the occasional good tomato. I just still get a kick out of eating something I grow, and it's sort of fun to watch the birds eat cherry tomatoes. My resident mockingbird gets all protective when I try to harvest a few for me. A friend plants a huge garden in the public right-of-way down the side of her house just to meet folks when they come to harvest. I got an eggplant from her the other day, and will go back for more. Her Asian neighbors often leave something from their own gardens which she sends me a photo of so I can tell her what it is and how to use it. There's nothing better than tomato and cucumber salad Grape tomatoes. Several years ago, and in late fall, I tossed some rotting grape tomatoes into one of the garden beds thinking they would just decompose. Never thought of them again until mid-summer the following year when I saw grape tomato plants growing amid flowers in the same bed. I spent the rest of the summer pulling out the grape tomato plants from the garden.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 14, 2019 19:51:55 GMT -5
So it's become that time of year when it's so hot and humid I rarely get up the nerve to go outside and garden. I've been slack with my raised beds, and last weekend I finally decided I had weed and tidy them up or risk losing the whole crop, so I took the fence down around one of the bed which contains tomato plants. (I have to keep plastic fencing around all the raised beds because all the raccoons, deer, and possums in our neighborhood would eat every veggie if I didn't.)
I didn't plant cucumbers in that bed, but a magnificent vine has rooted in it, and is trying to climb the tomatoes, dragging down the tomato branches. Took about an hour of snipping and rearranging to separate the unholy union of cukes and tomatoes but I think I have the tomatoes safely supported up on their tomato cages and the cuke coiling around the bottom of the bed.
Of course, I actually planted cukes this year in the bed right next to that one, and not a single one sprouted. I think I accidentally planted the seeds too deeply. Thought I wouldn't get any cukes at all, but the volunteer in the next bed (which must have gotten there from a missed cuke from the year before) has spouted a lot of blossoms, so hopefully I'll get some, if the squash beetles don't kill the vines first.
I'm not sure why I garden at all. Stuff never goes according to plan, and the weeds always grow so much better than the legitimate plants. Every year we plant stuff which leads to frustration, aggravation, irritation and the occasional good tomato. I just still get a kick out of eating something I grow, and it's sort of fun to watch the birds eat cherry tomatoes. My resident mockingbird gets all protective when I try to harvest a few for me. A friend plants a huge garden in the public right-of-way down the side of her house just to meet folks when they come to harvest. I got an eggplant from her the other day, and will go back for more. Her Asian neighbors often leave something from their own gardens which she sends me a photo of so I can tell her what it is and how to use it. There's nothing better than tomato and cucumber salad I have been lucky with tomatoes this year and had to come up with some new ways to eat them - I tried cutting up a couple, adding a can of drained black olives, olive oil and oregano, plus either feta or boursin cheese - fabulous!
I was encouraged today when I checked the cantaloupes, I actually have 3 the size of large eggs and several more smaller ones, so maybe I will get some this year. If whatever kept eating them last year can't ninja over the fence I built around them (if it's a raccoon, pretty sure they can, they're smart).
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 14, 2019 20:24:15 GMT -5
Now our landscaping is looking good. I have one area to finish, just weedblock and mulch, I have both. I need to weed eat the back side of the fence before putting down. I can only work outside a couple hours a day it seems but I'm catching up.
Today got those 8 shrubs out, picked green beans, they were delicious and eggplant for parmesan was wonderful too. I just went out and watered a flower bed. Hubs waters my garden, he has soaker hoses under weed block so its efficient to do.
We don't pay anyone. We have a 4 acre lawn, if we have it mowed cost $160 a time and they do little or no trimming for that. I want to move one day, this yard is just to big. When hubs can no longer do it we are done. Mowing isn't the issue, its all the other work. Today he had the back hoe digging out the remains of a tree that fell a couple weeks ago, its always something like that. And he burned a hug pile of limbs and stuff also.
One summer I hurt my knee and couldn't work, had a local landscaper come, costs me about $500 to have a small shrub planted and mulching done in the front area. It was just across the front of the house, we couldn't afford to pay for all of this to be done.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jul 17, 2019 13:14:48 GMT -5
Got another pint or so of cherry tomatoes today and one big better boy. I’ll make a tomato sandwich with that one. I have 3 baby watermelons growing. One just shriveled up for no reason, but the others are growing nicely. The rest of the plants the grandsons and I planted are doing nicely too. We put drip hoses under the mulch so I don’t need to water, but I’d like to do that in my raised beds so I don’t need to water them every day. There are 4 of them, so I’ll need to get extenders to go between the beds.
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Post by debthaven on Jul 17, 2019 17:44:18 GMT -5
Knee Deep in Water Chloe like an idiot I went to the garden center to buy those alliums. And was told that you need to plant the bulbs in Oct/Nov LOL. Our best friends have the same ones, but in a darker shade. I told S this story. (They are AMAZING gardeners.) She laughed and told me she'll get us a bag of bulbs in the fall. (They go to a special invitation-only garden show every fall.) So hopefully I'll have some of those alliums next year. ETA: I did see another variety at the garden center, in a pot. I didn't like them as much so I passed.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 17, 2019 22:02:36 GMT -5
Knee Deep in Water Chloe like an idiot I went to the garden center to buy those alliums. And was told that you need to plant the bulbs in Oct/Nov LOL. Our best friends have the same ones, but in a darker shade. I told S this story. (They are AMAZING gardeners.) She laughed and told me she'll get us a bag of bulbs in the fall. (They go to a special invitation-only garden show every fall.) So hopefully I'll have some of those alliums next year. ETA: I did see another variety at the garden center, in a pot. I didn't like them as much so I passed.
Lol. Yes, they are a fall-planting bulb. They do sprout in late winter though; where I live they sprout in February. It takes them a long time to grow! There are purple ones and white ones. Since I live on the coast line, we don't get as much sun. I wonder if that's why mine aren't as dark.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 17, 2019 22:10:08 GMT -5
A couple years ago I planted something like 50 gladiolas, I had exactly1 survive after that year. I guess I should have dug them up, not doing that. It bloomed today and is very red, very beautiful.
Krogers in the city sells roses and other cut flowers at a clearance area before they go bad, I got 5 roses and some other flowers for $3.99, and some babies breath for $.99 to add to them. They are still very pretty with the addition of that plant food in the water. Just love cut flowers.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 17, 2019 22:20:44 GMT -5
A couple years ago I planted something like 50 gladiolas, I had exactly1 survive after that year. I guess I should have dug them up, not doing that. It bloomed today and is very red, very beautiful. Krogers in the city sells roses and other cut flowers at a clearance area before they go bad, I got 5 roses and some other flowers for $3.99, and some babies breath for $.99 to add to them. They are still very pretty with the addition of that plant food in the water. Just love cut flowers. I had at least 25 gladiolas in a planter box--peach, purple, and white. They bloomed for at least five years, but they didn't bloom last year or this year. I don't know if they just have that long of a shelf life, something happened to the soil, or if a tree shaded the area too much. I miss them.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 17, 2019 22:25:54 GMT -5
I'm guessing mine froze out. They were beautiful that year for me too. I should have put straw in the winter or dug them up I guess. Not doing that, so will use more hardy plants. What I have is enough work now.
Spent $109 on roses the other day, I now have 10 out there. I have a few other plants that if they don't make it next year will replace them with roses in that fence row. I think I could use 4 more out there. I'm anxious to see them all get big and cover that fence, knock out roses are hardy and bloom like crazy.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jul 18, 2019 18:17:59 GMT -5
I’m thinking about getting some knockout roses next year. DH took down our fence and I’d like something to screen the backyard from the street on that side of the house. I have some Forsythia and blueberry bushes, but the blueberries won’t get that big so I need something out there.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 18, 2019 18:49:25 GMT -5
So it's become that time of year when it's so hot and humid I rarely get up the nerve to go outside and garden. I've been slack with my raised beds, and last weekend I finally decided I had weed and tidy them up or risk losing the whole crop, so I took the fence down around one of the bed which contains tomato plants. (I have to keep plastic fencing around all the raised beds because all the raccoons, deer, and possums in our neighborhood would eat every veggie if I didn't.)
I didn't plant cucumbers in that bed, but a magnificent vine has rooted in it, and is trying to climb the tomatoes, dragging down the tomato branches. Took about an hour of snipping and rearranging to separate the unholy union of cukes and tomatoes but I think I have the tomatoes safely supported up on their tomato cages and the cuke coiling around the bottom of the bed.
Of course, I actually planted cukes this year in the bed right next to that one, and not a single one sprouted. I think I accidentally planted the seeds too deeply. Thought I wouldn't get any cukes at all, but the volunteer in the next bed (which must have gotten there from a missed cuke from the year before) has spouted a lot of blossoms, so hopefully I'll get some, if the squash beetles don't kill the vines first.
I'm not sure why I garden at all. Stuff never goes according to plan, and the weeds always grow so much better than the legitimate plants. Every year we plant stuff which leads to frustration, aggravation, irritation and the occasional good tomato. I just still get a kick out of eating something I grow, and it's sort of fun to watch the birds eat cherry tomatoes. My resident mockingbird gets all protective when I try to harvest a few for me. A friend plants a huge garden in the public right-of-way down the side of her house just to meet folks when they come to harvest. I got an eggplant from her the other day, and will go back for more. Her Asian neighbors often leave something from their own gardens which she sends me a photo of so I can tell her what it is and how to use it. There's nothing better than tomato and cucumber salad I bought a big tomato plant for the balcony and the tomatoes are delicious! That being said, I'm the idiot who paid $17 for 7 tomatoes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 15:37:42 GMT -5
Every year we plant stuff which leads to frustration, aggravation, irritation and the occasional good tomato. I just still get a kick out of eating something I grow, and it's sort of fun to watch the birds eat cherry tomatoes. My resident mockingbird gets all protective when I try to harvest a few for me. A friend plants a huge garden in the public right-of-way down the side of her house just to meet folks when they come to harvest. I got an eggplant from her the other day, and will go back for more. Her Asian neighbors often leave something from their own gardens which she sends me a photo of so I can tell her what it is and how to use it. There's nothing better than tomato and cucumber salad I bought a big tomato plant for the balcony and the tomatoes are delicious! That being said, I'm the idiot who paid $17 for 7 tomatoes.A they were probably a bargain in the yummy-ness per bite that you got from them.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 21, 2019 15:59:53 GMT -5
Now our landscaping is looking good. I have one area to finish, just weedblock and mulch, I have both. I need to weed eat the back side of the fence before putting down. I can only work outside a couple hours a day it seems but I'm catching up. Today got those 8 shrubs out, picked green beans, they were delicious and eggplant for parmesan was wonderful too. I just went out and watered a flower bed. Hubs waters my garden, he has soaker hoses under weed block so its efficient to do. We don't pay anyone. We have a 4 acre lawn, if we have it mowed cost $160 a time and they do little or no trimming for that. I want to move one day, this yard is just to big. When hubs can no longer do it we are done. Mowing isn't the issue, its all the other work. Today he had the back hoe digging out the remains of a tree that fell a couple weeks ago, its always something like that. And he burned a hug pile of limbs and stuff also. One summer I hurt my knee and couldn't work, had a local landscaper come, costs me about $500 to have a small shrub planted and mulching done in the front area. It was just across the front of the house, we couldn't afford to pay for all of this to be done. We have two acres that used to be wooded, but after the tornado, are mostly grass.
The problem is, there are a couple steep embankment areas that are too steep to mow. I covered one of them with blue owl junipers, which makes them easy care - no weeding because the bushes shade out almost all the weeds - but on another embankment I made a mistake and planted blue rug junipers - they only get about 6 inches high and they do allow a lot of weeds, including demonic blackberry shrubs, to sprout up around them (even with mulch paper and mulch.) And it's so steep I'm afraid I'll roll down it, with my sharp clippers clutched in my hand, and stab myself in some stupid way and be in the Darwin awards for best stupid death. So we need to move, too - DH and I will only getting stiffer and less well balanced as we age.
Went out to check my heavily fenced raised beds and found that some varmint had found a tomato pushed up against the fence and ate about half of it through the fence. I guess I'm not the only one who loves fresh tomatoes.
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 21, 2019 16:03:02 GMT -5
I bought a big tomato plant for the balcony and the tomatoes are delicious! That being said, I'm the idiot who paid $17 for 7 tomatoes.A they were probably a bargain in the yummy-ness per bite that you got from them. They're incredibly yummy with a light drizzle of olive oil and some fresh basil from my herb "garden" on the balcony.
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countrygirl2
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 21, 2019 16:35:02 GMT -5
Yes, we have a steep area and we too planted blue rug junipers, slow growing and going to take forever. I fought that ditch all time hubs was gone, even paid a guy to just weed eat it. Hubs is not fighting it too, one of the reasons the lady before us gave up.
We wanted to put tile down it and fill but there is fiber optic out there and we are afraid to mess with it. If you cut it you are in deep financial problems.
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CCL
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Post by CCL on Jul 21, 2019 19:33:01 GMT -5
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