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[F.O.V.68]

Leica D-Lux7 PP- Image Tricks..

 

[terri26]

I need a tiller and mulch.

MLW and I picked up a couple things at our favorite farm stand and mini greenhouse: A cardinal plant (native) which I planted in front of the house. The tall garden phlox, and Black-Eye-Susans went at the top of the hill-that-can't-be-mowed. There will be a lot more stuff put on the hill.

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I love Cardinal flowers, and so did the hummingbirds. They can self-seed, but aren't long lived. This was the last year for two in my yard.

Great idea for the non-mowing part of your yard! Black eyed susans are very hardy.

@SquarePeg - your dahlias are perfection! My purple coneflowers are on the wane - those back to back heatwaves were rough on them. Still getting some butterfly action, but it's the goldfinches that are really getting interested.

The Joe Pye Weed plants had an awesome year! The bees loved them to death.

They're mostly faded out now but still get some passerby visits.

I picked up a dwarf butterfly bush that the last of the Monarchs are appreciating - it's in a big pot near the swamp milkweed, which is done for the year.

Also picked up a hirta variety Rudbeckia, which in my neck of the woods means it's considered an annual. But it's blooming like mad and keeping the honeybees happy since the Joe Pye is about gone.

In a few more weeks, I may be contacting a landscaper to help clear out my front garden, which is overgrown with the hostas and hydrangeas from the prior homeowner. She packed them in and it looks awful, everything choking each other out. Too much for me to grapple with - we'll see if I can get anyone's attention in the early Fall.

 

[SquarePeg30]

I love Cardinal flowers, and so did the hummingbirds. They can self-seed, but aren't long lived. This was the last year for two in my yard.

Great idea for the non-mowing part of your yard! Black eyed susans are very hardy.

@SquarePeg - your dahlias are perfection! My purple coneflowers are on the wane - those back to back heatwaves were rough on them. Still getting some butterfly action, but it's the goldfinches that are really getting interested.

The Joe Pye Weed plants had an awesome year! The bees loved them to death.

They're mostly faded out now but still get some passerby visits.

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I picked up a dwarf butterfly bush that the last of the Monarchs are appreciating - it's in a big pot near the swamp milkweed, which is done for the year.

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Also picked up a hirta variety Rudbeckia, which in my neck of the woods means it's considered an annual. But it's blooming like mad and keeping the honeybees happy since the Joe Pye is about gone.


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In a few more weeks, I may be contacting a landscaper to help clear out my front garden, which is overgrown with the hostas and hydrangeas from the prior homeowner. She packed them in and it looks awful, everything choking each other out. Too much for me to grapple with - we'll see if I can get anyone's attention in the early Fall.

Offer those hostas and hydrangeas free on your local gardening Facebook group at people will come over and dig them up for you.

 

[greybeard24]

Hibiscus

 

[terri26]

Offer those hostas and hydrangeas free on your local gardening Facebook group at people will come over and dig them up for you.

I dunno; they're 3-4 feet across right now!

 

[snowbear106]

MLW brought home a few crocus bulbs. I ended up clearing around the address number sign and put them in there with a half bag of mulch. I moved the rocks that were against the sign post to outside the mulch, but now I need more rocks. Lazy Lobster has a couple friends with a farm in Auburn and they may give me some. I'll take all I can get.


I got half of the front porch flower bed cleaned out and put in mulch before my back started b****ing about it. I'll finish up today, though we need more mulch.


We've gotten quite a few tomatoes from the bushes on the deck, and have been clipping basil, thyme and rosemary as we need it. Marigolds are in with the thyme and rosemary, as well as the few pea plants. The late season lettuce is coming up in the raised bed box.


The hibiscus tree has sprouted what will likely be the last blossom of the year, though it may pop out a few more once we move it inside.


If I can beat the rains, this week, I'm going to start clearing some of the invasives from the back yard. I want to put in another pass-through to the pond on the right side but need to clear first.

 

[terri26]

MLW brought home a few crocus bulbs. I ended up clearing around the address number sign and put them in there with a half bag of mulch. I moved the rocks that were against the sign post to outside the mulch, but now I need more rocks. Lazy Lobster has a couple friends with a farm in Auburn and they may give me some. I'll take all I can get.
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I got half of the front porch flower bed cleaned out and put in mulch before my back started b****ing about it. I'll finish up today, though we need more mulch.
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We've gotten quite a few tomatoes from the bushes on the deck, and have been clipping basil, thyme and rosemary as we need it. Marigolds are in with the thyme and rosemary, as well as the few pea plants. The late season lettuce is coming up in the raised bed box.
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The hibiscus tree has sprouted what will likely be the last blossom of the year, though it may pop out a few more once we move it inside.
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If I can beat the rains, this week, I'm going to start clearing some of the invasives from the back yard. I want to put in another pass-through to the pond on the right side but need to clear first.

Wow - that's a lot of work you've put in there!

I'm jealous of your produce. We have so many thieving varmints (aka: squirrels), that I didn't bother even with patio tomatoes this year. I hope to return to some veggies, but will need metal raised beds first.

Everything looks beautiful!

 

[snowbear106]

Wow - that's a lot of work you've put in there!

I'm jealous of your produce. We have so many thieving varmints (aka: squirrels), that I didn't bother even with patio tomatoes this year. I hope to return to some veggies, but will need metal raised beds first.

Everything looks beautiful!

Thank you. We have squirrels and the chipmunks but so far the peanuts seem to keep them happy (along with the cardinals, blue jays, and crows.)

The veggies are a start. We got one of the cedar planting boxes, to see how we like them. So far, so good. The peas were more a decoration - maybe a couple dozen pods, enough to snack on. Once we get more of the planter boxes, we'll move things down to the yard. I'll also move the phlox from the front planter "bench" to the hill-that-can't-be-mowed.

One of the local farms will be selling high bush blueberry plants in the spring, so I'm looking forward to some of those.

I just cleared the rest of the front porch bed and dropped in the rest of the mulch but we need more. MLW will pick some up when she takes Lazy Lobster to the dentist this afternoon. There are peonies along the driveway so that needs to be made into a proper bed. The bed along the front porch will have to be moved to the outside of the proposed wheelchair access ramp (no real date of building it).

Unfortunately, I accidentally chopped one of MLW's bleeding hearts down while cutting back the day lilies. I'm hoping the roots will send out shoots in the spring, but I'm also going to try to grow new roots on the cut stems. We'll see.

 

[snowbear106]

Lazy Lobster's friends said I can have rocks, but they won't be excavating them until spring. I pulled three rocks from the bottom wall, for now. I'll full a few more next week, after the rains. I can always replace the wall rocks in spring.

I'm glad I have the riding mower and a small tow-behind cart.

 

[F.O.V.68]

 

[SquarePeg30]

MLW brought home a few crocus bulbs. I ended up clearing around the address number sign and put them in there with a half bag of mulch. I moved the rocks that were against the sign post to outside the mulch, but now I need more rocks. Lazy Lobster has a couple friends with a farm in Auburn and they may give me some. I'll take all I can get.
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I got half of the front porch flower bed cleaned out and put in mulch before my back started b****ing about it. I'll finish up today, though we need more mulch.
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We've gotten quite a few tomatoes from the bushes on the deck, and have been clipping basil, thyme and rosemary as we need it. Marigolds are in with the thyme and rosemary, as well as the few pea plants. The late season lettuce is coming up in the raised bed box.
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The hibiscus tree has sprouted what will likely be the last blossom of the year, though it may pop out a few more once we move it inside.
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If I can beat the rains, this week, I'm going to start clearing some of the invasives from the back yard. I want to put in another pass-through to the pond on the right side but need to clear first.

Everything looks fantastic! What do you do for the hibiscus tree re pest prevention before you put it indoors? I’m hoping to save ours this time but in the past I have had spider mite issues with hibiscus and don’t want to risk my 50+ houseplants getting pests.

You can have all the rocks you want from my yard. Every time I dig to plant anything I feel like an Irish potato farmer digging up rocks.

Not sure if you’re doing bulk delivery on the mulch or bagged but Lowe’s has the bagged mulch (sta green brand) 4 for $10 instead of the usual $4/bag. Just loaded up yesterday for my fall mulching. Need to pull some weeds and redefine the rose beds first. Raining today but will get it done over the weekend.

 

[snowbear106]

Everything looks fantastic! What do you do for the hibiscus tree re pest prevention before you put it indoors? I’m hoping to save ours this time but in the past I have had spider mite issues with hibiscus and don’t want to risk my 50+ houseplants getting pests.

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You can have all the rocks you want from my yard. Every time I dig to plant anything I feel like an Irish potato farmer digging up rocks.

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Not sure if you’re doing bulk delivery on the mulch or bagged but Lowe’s has the bagged mulch (sta green brand) 4 for $10 instead of the usual $4/bag. Just loaded up yesterday for my fall mulching. Need to pull some weeds and redefine the rose beds first. Raining today but will get it done over the weekend.

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We haven't noticed any pests but the occasional ant. We just handle anything that crawls around.

That's the mulch we got, even the same color. We got four bags each trip, so eight total. I used three and one half in front, and one half around the address sign. I figure one more in front, two on the side for the peonies, and the last one out back. There's a little hill beside the house that I could easily terrace and put one there.

Rocks: how far are you from Lewiston? Gas prices are a b**** right now but i might be able to swing one trip.

 

[Rickbb57]

Had these in my flower beds on the 25th.




And then on the 2nd. Never found the chrysalis thouigh.

 

[SquarePeg30]

Had these in my flower beds on the 25th.

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Top one is a monarch but the other two look like eastern black swallowtails. Be on the look out!

 

[cooldood62]