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Today, I dug two of my Itoh (Intersectional) peonies, Yumi and Kopper Kettle. They were planted too shallowly that their roots are showing above ground. I will divide and replant them tomorrow.
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time for the 'late' cover crops to be planted.
I had to 'plant' my 16 yr old farm dog today... that was pretty sad. He never seen a leash or fence, and never left home or pooed in the yard. GOOD dog. He was a big help in the garden, he would pick the ripe berries by smelling them. He would never pick a non-ripe fruit!. He also kept a 'DE-militarized' zone around the garden for Moles and varmints. Never needing to dig them in the yard or garden, he never let them get that close! He laid his 'prey' all in a neat little row by the back door.
I had to 'plant' my 16 yr old farm dog today... that was pretty sad. He never seen a leash or fence, and never left home or pooed in the yard. GOOD dog. He was a big help in the garden, he would pick the ripe berries by smelling them. He would never pick a non-ripe fruit!. He also kept a 'DE-militarized' zone around the garden for Moles and varmints. Never needing to dig them in the yard or garden, he never let them get that close! He laid his 'prey' all in a neat little row by the back door.
my prayers to you. I know how you feel, we had to say goodbye to our Shih TZu about 2 months ago. It takes time to heal but we all do somehow. I think hubby misses Mr Sumo even more than I do. We have another kid, we love with all our hearts, but she isn't Mr Sumo.
We cut bougainvillea back severely for a fresh beginning. It won't look good until it's spring growth, but will be worth it. It was a two person job.
I pulled out an orange bird of paradise and will amend the soil where it was. I may get a healthier plant to replace it and baby this one back to health and plant it in the backyard.
I trimmed some lower lateral growing brachs on our ghost bamboo. I saw a new culm had sprouted last weekend. Mid-week I saw it had sprouted leaves out of the top. This morning the culm is 18" high, it was 8" tall last weekend, no exaggeration. Clumping bamboo+zone 9b/10a=amazing!
I was going to prune back my dwarf powderpuff, but there were so many honey bees on it, I decided to leave it for now. I can see the pretty pink powderpuffs when I look out the kitchen window doing dishes, so I'm going to do minimal pruning later instead of my usual hack job.
I have an issue of never quite knowing when to quit when pruning, but I'm improving slowly. Ask my springer spaniel; I groom him the same way, but he probably has a different opinion.
StealthRabbit, 16 years was a long life and you gave him a great one! I'm sorry you had to say goodbye.
I had to 'plant' my 16 yr old farm dog today... that was pretty sad. He never seen a leash or fence, and never left home or pooed in the yard. GOOD dog. He was a big help in the garden, he would pick the ripe berries by smelling them. He would never pick a non-ripe fruit!. He also kept a 'DE-militarized' zone around the garden for Moles and varmints. Never needing to dig them in the yard or garden, he never let them get that close! He laid his 'prey' all in a neat little row by the back door.
So sorry to hear that, StealthRabbit! He sounds like a wonderful friend and companion.
Planted the last (I SWEAR) tree for one of the new hedges. Mulched and watered. Put some more dirt around the poor tree that the chickens tried to dig out. Gotta mulch it. Put down some mulch on the hollyhock seeds I sowed yesterday. Hopefully these will just grow without dirt.
Put down topsoil and mulch on the new area I cardboarded for another hedge. Threw out some weeds and prunings.
Brought the succulents into the house this morning in preparation for winter weather which can hit suddenly around here. Spent some time online first researching whether they will thrive in a low-light situation (north window.) Answer - probably, depending on type. Worth a try anyway.
My timing was good. We had a strong hailstorm this afternoon, marble-sized that hurt!
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