What happened in your garden this week (Sept 6th)?

18 years ago

Here, land reclaiming, jungle fighting, call it what you want, but it's more than weeding: when the weeds are taller than me, it's X-treme weeding, at least!

An endless task... but I have discovered grapes I didn't know were there anymore, baby Japanese maples, and a lot of strawberry plants. More in store, I guess, so I'll continue the weeding.

Also, every weeded patch has had its layer of compost on top. I'll probably put my fall leaves on the top as well, to avoid having to weed again that much next year.

What happened in your garden this week?

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Belle Isis

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TRichard1966
18 years ago
Yesterday: Weeding.

White Chiffon Rose of Sharon is doing nicely as a late-season entry.

Golden Rose of China bushes bought from eBay first-of-the-season are surviving and growing.

Dahlias still going and going and going...

Bicentenial Queen Daylily has about 5 more buds to go...

Transplanted stand of rudbeckia may or may not make it; looking pretty sad.

Celosia & Coleus are doing WONDERFULLY.

Marigolds- great.

Cottage Garden Boxed mix from WM: Cosmos are starting to come out, but they're probably the last to show. This section will be crew-cut very soon, as it looks more like weeds than anything else.

Garden Phlox: Got a tip from a friend to clip them back about 8" to new-growth area, and may get another round from them.

Sedums are going strong- bumblebees are loving them.
cjsmith
18 years ago
Weeding weeding weeding

Put in Daylily Magic Jungle and Black Columbine that a wonderful trader sent me. I had traded for the seeds to those and he sent me a plant of each as well, what a lovely bonus.

DH is almost done putting in trelliswork under the deck. So nice not to see the wasteland under the deck anymore.

Was away for the weekend, so not much else has happened. Harvesting seeds....planning a big bulb order this week.
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drippy
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I'm jungle fighting, too, Belle, but have had to take a break from that a bit to divide and pot up perennials for a benefit sale this weekend. Making good progress on that, and when I divide, I tend to weed around the area a little, so I guess I'm making some progress with that as well. Just by the time I get to area 3, area 1 needs weeding again...sigh.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
18 years ago
Mostly watering, as usual! I did put down some more milky spore, and cleaned up the veggie patch a bit.

I also started on another lasagna bed. This one is pretty big, and while I knew I didn't have enough materials yet to put down all the layers, unfortunately I didn't even have enough to put down the entire FIRST layer! So I didn't get too far. But hey, it's a start.

Working up the nerve to stop by the local donut shop tomorrow to ask for coffee grounds. I don't know why I'm such a wimp about it, lol, but I am. Wish me luck!

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Started planting again-had plants under the deck for 2 months but it was too hot and I was not motivated to plant and water them all around the yard.
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In between WEEDING, got serious yellowjacket stings, so I'm obsessed with watching out for them. Today planted spinach that I'm hoping to winter over for an early spring start. WEEDING around strawberries, which always leads to transplanting the ones I pull by accident. Harvested and thinned salad greens (arugula, russian kale, scotch kale) and gave some away. Harvested cilantro, made fresh salsa (minus tomatoes), basil to mix with olive oil and freeze. NOT harvesting tomatoes, which haven't produced for me. (Picked about 4 delicious pineapple tomatilloes, immediately ate!) Harvested delicious burgundy bush beans: thin, crunchy, just right!
Pamela Veenstra
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Forgot to mention: One shining thing: Ten years ago I planted a Rose of Sharon, in a hole scooped out of glacial till. It limped along for years, giving no or few blooms. I came home from vacation to find it covered with blossems! I hope it's not a swan song. Last fall I worked around it's base, adding sphagnum moss and some compost, in an attempt to retain some moisture around the roots. (It's on a rise over a pond, and I think the rain was just gliding off the soil's surface).
jackied164 z6 MA
18 years ago
boltonia started to flower and is so graceful. Unfortunately it is hidden a little by a helenium that I didnt think would get so big. I highly recommend both plants and really appreciate the friend of a friend who gave me the splits back in May. Nasturtiums and broelia are bouncing back now that the intense heat is behind us. I may have drained the Quabbin reservoir watering last night. Very selfish I know but all of my beds are raised or terraced and they just dry right out in this wonderful sunny dry weather.
diggingthedirt
18 years ago
Aw, we had company all weekend so I got NOTHING done. It was just as well, I'm about to start digging up lawn (again!) and it was way to hot. These were some of my favorite people, but I sure was glad to see them go, even if it meant that summer's over.

Probably won't have any more visitors until spring, something about visiting Cape Cod in winter doesn't excite people. Aaaah! Back to my garden.

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