Since Saturday, I've been going over the rest of the yard to hoe or pick weeds, clean up, and trim as needed.
I also got over to the Foundation House yesterday to prune their rose garden. I replaced four rose bushes, but should add about eight more.
March 19, 2013
Hoed the entire hillside!
John joined me Saturday for a full morning of hoeing. We got the entire hillside hoed, using our favorite hoe - the action hoe, pictured below. The maple seedlings were so thick that we had to hoe all the surface. It feels so great to get that finished, even though I have a blister.
Since Saturday, I've been going over the rest of the yard to hoe or pick weeds, clean up, and trim as needed.
I also got over to the Foundation House yesterday to prune their rose garden. I replaced four rose bushes, but should add about eight more.
Since Saturday, I've been going over the rest of the yard to hoe or pick weeds, clean up, and trim as needed.
I also got over to the Foundation House yesterday to prune their rose garden. I replaced four rose bushes, but should add about eight more.
March 15, 2013
Creating some fun garden art
I had fun creating some little water birds from rocks and shells. I selected rocks from the side of my driveway and cleaned them up yesterday. After they were dry this morning, I glued on the heads (from rocks) and beaks (shells).
I placed them along my little stream.
I placed them along my little stream.
Late winter garden clean-up
I neglected my garden for too much of the winter. I went out occasionally to tidy up my close-in beds, but didn't do anything on the hillside.
I finally got out several times in the last couple weeks and cleaned up debris, trimmed old foliage, and pruned the plants that like late winter pruning. I still have some leaves to rake up and remove from the hillside. The big work ahead is hoeing or pulling thousands of tiny maple trees that sprouted from the little winged things that blew down during the fall and winter. There are so many that I'm quite overwhelmed! I'm sure that once I've spend a couple hours with my hoe and see some progress, I will feel better about the garden chores I am facing.
It does always feel good to come in after getting an area tidied up. Here are photos of some of my cleaned up beds.
I finally got out several times in the last couple weeks and cleaned up debris, trimmed old foliage, and pruned the plants that like late winter pruning. I still have some leaves to rake up and remove from the hillside. The big work ahead is hoeing or pulling thousands of tiny maple trees that sprouted from the little winged things that blew down during the fall and winter. There are so many that I'm quite overwhelmed! I'm sure that once I've spend a couple hours with my hoe and see some progress, I will feel better about the garden chores I am facing.
It does always feel good to come in after getting an area tidied up. Here are photos of some of my cleaned up beds.
Time to prune roses
It is time to prune roses. I pruned my bushes about a week ago, and I will go prune the rose bushes at the Foundation House (where my garden club meets) in a few days.
The first thing I prune is dead or diseased branches. Then I prune out crossing branches and tiny/weak ones. I look at the canes that look healthiest, and prune to an outside bud. The height varies, depending on the location of buds and the individual bush. I also remove all old leaves. I usually remove an old cane, or maybe two. And I cut inward-facing branches and weak branches.
The first thing I prune is dead or diseased branches. Then I prune out crossing branches and tiny/weak ones. I look at the canes that look healthiest, and prune to an outside bud. The height varies, depending on the location of buds and the individual bush. I also remove all old leaves. I usually remove an old cane, or maybe two. And I cut inward-facing branches and weak branches.
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