Spread Slow-Release Fertilizer On All Beds
7/19/2024 – Spread 100 lbs of Slow-release fertilizer on the locations listed below.
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Built Bed Next to the Front Walk
3/16/2024 – Completed a new bed along the front walkway from the east end of the driveway bed to the Daylilies at the SW corner of the house. This is where the Magnolia Frescati had been and part of its stump is now under the mulch. Tilled the sod and added about 4-6 inches of […]
Continue ReadingOrdered 3 Daylilies from Oakes
Ordered from Oakes during their fall half-price sale. Tetraploid rebloomers 4-6″ blooms. Order details Product Total Simply Sensational Daylily × 1 – 4 1/4 in. bloom, 25 in. tall, Early-Mid Season+Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen $14.98 The Reason Y Daylily × 2 – Mid-Late Season + rebloom, Semi-Evergreen $19.98 Winning Note Daylily × 1 – 5 in. bloom, 36 in. tall, Early-Mid Season+Rebloom, SEV […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Beds, Blueberries, & Magnolias
8/4/2023 – Spread 13-6-6 Time Release on:
Continue ReadingSowed All Flower Seeds & Moved Marigolds
5/24/2023 – I tilled two days ago the 5-6 foot wide row on the west edge of the north half where there is a plot of daylilies and onions. We had collected a lot of flower seed packets that had not been sowed so Mary scattered them in the tilled and raked-out soil. I then […]
Continue ReadingFirst 2023 Daylily Rust Treatment and Rose Spray
5/20/2023 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and rose fungus and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2021 and 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact […]
Continue ReadingRelocated Hydrangeas to the Orchard & Daylilies in the Yard
5/11/2023 – Relocated the following.
Continue ReadingSide-Dressed Tomatoes, Peppers, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, and Daylilies
5/7/2023 – Sidedressed the following with the time-release fertilizer. The peppers we started in the greenhouse and transplanted last week are still small. The tomatoes are dark green with many blooms and small green tomatoes. The intent is to fertilize the tomatoes and peppers with a low nitrogen level (5.45% initial then slow release at […]
Continue ReadingPlanted White Knock Out roses where the two Limelight Hydrangeas froze
4/24/2023 – Bought two “Radwhite” Knock Out Roses from Ted & Nancy’s and planted one on each side of the front porch in the center of the wall where the pannicle Limelight Hydrangeas were almost killed by the cold. They were coming back from at the stump but we decided to discard them rather than […]
Continue ReadingSpread Slow-Release Fertilizer on Beds
2/23/2023 – Bought 3 sacks of GreenPoint Pro 13-6-6 slow-release fertilizer with trace elements and spread one sack on all the flower beds. Only spread some around the daylilies in the Crepe bed along the road. The rate spread was like last year where the density was judged based on a measured amount spread on […]
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