Archive for 'Irrigation'
Posted: July 9th, 2003 by
Frank
I got out after work tonight and turned compost piles. It was way too hot over the weekend to do then. I moved the last of the stuff from the old middle bin over to top up the new bin I turned ten days ago. It looks like we’ll have two full bins ready to
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Posted under Compost, Irrigation, Mushrooms, Pallets, Potatoes, Soil, Tomatoes, Turning, Weather.
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Posted: July 8th, 2003 by
Frank
Lisa’s out of town, and the weather continues hot but no longer totally oppressive. I watered the potatoes and mushrooms, then finished replacing the zone 7 sprinklers with dripperline. I got about 50 feet up on the upper center bed as well, but it needs another run. I was getting hungry so I quit at
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Posted under Irrigation, Lasagna Layering, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Reviews, Tomatoes, Watering, Window Boxes.
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Posted: June 26th, 2003 by
Lisa
Frank and I spent the week in Philadelphia this week, leaving the garden to fend for itself. While we were gone, summer arrived with a heat-wave, hitting the mid-90s, which is pretty rare for New Hampshire. Of course, because that’s the way things work in our world, Frank had been fiddling with the irrigation before
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Posted under Basil, Fish, Iris, Irrigation, Kids, Sedum, Tomatoes, peony.
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Posted: June 21st, 2003 by
Lisa
The weather’s been nice enough in the evenings lately that we are spending time sitting out in the gazebo with a glass of wine. One of the things I noticed last night was that I haven’t touched my forgotten bed, the one directly behind the gazebo. It can stay forgotten for much of the year
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Posted under Burdock, Coffee Grounds, Deadheading, False Indigo, Gardening, Gladiola, Irrigation, Lasagna Layering, Planting, Pruning, Raised Beds, Stinging Nettles, Weeding, dahlia, gazebo.
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Posted: June 20th, 2003 by
Frank
One of the Lamer Landscapers semi-successful projects was installing irrigation for us. They actually got it running in the spring of 2001. As usual, they demonstrated that they are landscapers not gardeners. Also cheap. They finally got the stuff running June of 2001 (only 9 months behind schedule). Two valves failed that summer. In 2002,
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Posted under Fuschia, Harvesting, Iris, Irrigation, Lawn, Window Boxes, Worms.
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Posted: June 4th, 2003 by
Lisa
More and more rain. It’s depressing, though I’m telling myself it’s really good for the garden. We’ve turned off the irrigation for weeks now, because the ground is water-logged already, even the window boxes. The bugs are horrible, too, probably because it’s been so damp. The lilacs are blooming, even the bush near the poppies,
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Posted under Irrigation, Lilac, Outdoor Lights, Rain, Tech Stuff.
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Posted: May 10th, 2003 by
Lisa
We had such a busy day today. Frank had a few things that he really wanted to get done out there, and it all got accomplished in about five hours worth of work. First off, he needed to get the new chipper out of the back of the truck. I really didn’t want it backed
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Posted under Blackflies, Chipper, Iris, Irrigation, Jeremy, Mums, weather station.
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Posted: April 27th, 2003 by
Lisa
I started outside this morning wanting to finish the bed directly in front of the front door. Though I’d done the majority of that bed, for some reason I stopped short of the most visible part, which was dumb, but I started there today, and what a huge difference it made! First off, I tackled
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Posted under Chives, Fish, Flowers, Gardening, Gladiola, Grow lights, Irrigation, Newts, Planting, Pond, Pruning, Shady garden, Soil, Splitting, Weeding.
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Posted: July 13th, 2002 by
Lisa
We haven’t had rain in days, the temps have been in the 90s, and it’s been incredibly humid. This is New Hampshire? I go outside to putter in the garden, and I just wilt! The flowers all seem to be holding up fine, though. Frank’s got the drip irrigation working in all of the window
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Posted under Crazy Daisy, Daisy, Irrigation, Lily, Shasta.
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Posted: May 28th, 2002 by
Lisa
All of the window boxes are now out lining the deck. They look quite lovely, though still obviously new. I bribed Valerie into hauling them all up for me this weekend. It feels late in the year to have done it, but supposedly only a week later than last year. It’s been conveniently raining just enough each day to keep them all watered, because Frank hasn’t hooked up the irrigation for them yet. The Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks made an appearance today.
Posted under First Date Out, Irrigation, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Valerie, Window Boxes.
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