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Lot of Work and not finished, hope it will be okay
Comments (18)Hi Lrae, I am so worried. My dirt is expletive deleted and it has taken R.J. like almost an hour (I think) to dig each hole. Then I have to mix the good dirt with the best I can find of my sandy stuff, mix in the black cow and make the little mound. It's been at least an hour or more on each plant. This week we've had fires all over our area and and his father have been busy. One day the air quality was not good enough, one day he had finals and a retirment party. So today was the first day since Saturday morning that we could plant. We got about four in the ground. I have two more in the back to plant and ten in the front! I am so worried about my daylily puppies. We were planting in the dark (could not start til seven pm tonight. He was so exhausted he had to stop. I am so worried that I am planting wrong. The holes do not look completely even with the bed, but I guess we can work on that. Because of magnolia roots, there are places that I would have liked to plant to make a nice design that we have not been able to. He's been digging out big pieces of concrete (??) and weird hard white soil that is like rocks. Now we have big piles of dirt that has to go in the woods and the bed looks disgusting. waaaaa. Sorry to be a whiner. does anyone else have such problems. I have been told daylilies do not like ANY roots around. I am afraid even in the front yard bed there will be roots from the ligustrum tree, and juniper but we're digging out as best as we can. I need encouragement. I also thought we could plant all the fans in back, so took two out prematurely from their littel mound. I had to remake the temporary mounds and water them. Although I was told not to water more than once a week, I think, when I took them off their mounds it was bone day. I guess due to our windy conditions late last week and during the weekends. You may have read about our Palm Bay and Malabar, Florida fires. Thanks for listening. Lin...See MoreOkay all you Awesome Tampa Gardeners....
Comments (6)If you're coming up from the south (I-75) and are driving past Sarasota, stop at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (http://www.centralfloridagarden.com/images/Selby/selby.html). It will meet both of your criteria: it is an "impressive" public garden and it's a short drive from St. Armand's Circle, where there are plenty of nice restaurants and great shopping. My problem with this suggestion - "impressive" often means "unachievable" for the average gardener. So I'd actually recommend something different. Go to the Discovery Garden at the Hillsborough County Extension Office in Mango (http://www.centralfloridagarden.com/images/discovery/discovery.html). The garden is based on principles and approaches that are within the reach of most gardeners and some areas of the Discovery Garden are quite well done. As to food - welcome to Tampa, your options are limited. Most restaurants here are part of chains. But I have a major weakness for one of them - the Cheesecake Factory. There is one off Route 60 in the Brandon Mall about 5 miles south of the Discovery Garden....See MoreAre our Alabama posters all okay (tornados) . . .
Comments (11)We are currently in Lexington VA and the snowstorm caught up with us ! We spent the weekend in the mountains an hour north/west of Asheville NC. It started with flurries as we left there yesterday afternoon. They followed us and we may not be able to get out of the motel parking lot at 9 AM to go see the baby ! I am glad all are OK. Have been out of touch so long . Will have to get caught up when I get some down time . c...See MoreGood thoughts for one of our KTers
Comments (71)Oh wow, what a shock. I'm sending healing thoughts & prayers to you & yours. Thank you for letting us know....See More- 2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoKathsgrdn thanked morz8 - Washington Coast
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