Archive for 'dahlia'
Posted: October 24th, 2004 by
Lisa
We finally attacked the bed where I want all of the new bulbs to go. I was dreading it, but it wasn’t that bad. We pulled all of the glads and dahlias, and I’m amazed at how great that soil is. This is the new bed I did this spring, with the lasagna method and
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Posted under Bindweed, Brambles, Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Clearing, Forsythia, Gardening, Gladiola, Lasagna Layering, Mulch, Pasture, Reviews, Sheep, Soil, Stone walls, Tractor, Weeding, Weeds, Worms, dahlia.
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Posted: October 8th, 2003 by
Lisa
We finally got out there to pull the glads and the dahlias. We’ve had four or five hard frosts already this year. (Isn’t this early for that? It feels very early.) So we went out after work tonight and ended up working a bit in the dark, but that’s okay. The glads are really reproducing
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Posted under Compost, Gladiola, Mulch, Planting, Poppies, Princess, Yoda, daffodils, dahlia, tulips.
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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 1st, 2003 by
Lisa
Gah, more rain today. But we knew it was coming, so we got out there early in the morning to finish up stuff that really had to get done. It’s getting very late to plant dahlias and glads, and I’m glad they are all in now. I wasn’t sure where to put them. The spot
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Gardening, Gladiola, Planting, Pruning, Rain, Soil, dahlia.
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Posted: April 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
One of the species tulips is opened up today. It’s yellow and white, and so cute! These are the ones, unfortunately, that the mice at most of, though, so there aren’t that many plants. I think they are adorable, though. Maybe they’ll spread. It really barely looks like a tulip to me. The hyacinths are
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Posted under Clematis, Farm Life, Structures, astilbe, bridge, dahlia, deck, gazebo, hosta, oxalis, peony, pergola.
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Posted: September 16th, 2002 by
Lisa
We got outside in the garden after work today, mostly because it was beautiful weather and puttering out there gives us an excuse to get out there. I messed around on the trampoline as well, which was fun. But mostly, we spread compost. In particular, we are moving back toward that area where we cut
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Posted under Bindweed, Coffee Grounds, Compost, Lasagna Layering, dahlia.
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Posted: September 13th, 2002 by
Lisa
Our volunteer dahlia with it’s step-siblings is just cuter than cute. We still haven’t a clue how we got this one, as it’s not where either of us remember planting it. It looks really pretty with the yellow flowers behind and all around it.
Posted under Heliopsis, dahlia.
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Posted: September 3rd, 2002 by
Lisa
It’s just the beginning of September, but fall is definitely in the air. The asters are just starting to bloom. I’d picked up two fancy ones earlier this year, and I’m quite pleased with the dark purple and dark blue colors. I’m not so sure I liked where I planted them, but I want to
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Posted under Asters, Compost, Coneflowers, Lily, Star Gazer, dahlia.
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Posted: October 13th, 2001 by
Lisa
Working outside helped my cranky mood today. It’s hard to stay cranky when it looks like this. I got a lot of winterizing done, too. Very productive. Everything that the frost last week killed is cut down. I pulled the dahlias, and have to figure out how to store the bulbs. I cut back all the garden phlox, which was a huge chore because I have so much of it. I brought some of the flowers in for a dried flower arrangement which came out really well. It’s starting to get dark really early already. I made dinner at 6:30 tonight, and it was already pitch black outside. Hard to imagine what it’ll be like when we do the time change at the end of the month.
Posted under Phlox, dahlia.
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Posted: June 9th, 2001 by
Lisa
The fish are getting quite brave. We seem to have around 12-14 of them. It’s hard to count the little buggers. But they now come to the surface when we feed them, and if we just go to look at them, they think we’re going to feed them, so they all rush over to
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Posted under Azalea, Iris, Lantana, Lilac, Lobelia, Lupine, Phlox, Poppies, Window Boxes, bridge, daffodils, dahlia, deck, sweet peas, tulips.
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