Arrived Friday evening.
- Zinnias and butterflies were the stars of the weekend. Gorgeous! I couldn't get enough of them.
- My husband finished the bottle tree alley this weekend. We both agree that it needs some more bottles. We thought we had enough, but they still look a little bare. It looks good, though, very colorful. My husband thinks we're one broken-washing-machine-on-the-porch away from being white trash, but I love it! Very southern.
- I trimmed lots of plants that were getting unruly and spilling over into the paths / blocking the paths. I pulled up lots of zinnia plants that were leaning over and lots of salvia that was looking ratty. Whatever wasn't too hard and pithy I threw in the new compost pile.
- Sprayed herbicide in the Rose Garden.
- Worked in the Orchard for quite some time. Pulled up zinnias, seeded more zinnias, pulled weeds, raked here and there.
- I staked the blackberries. I did that pretty clumsily. I hammered a five foot piece of rebar into the ground, gathered all the long, trailing vines, bunched them together and tied them to the rebar with a velcro tie. We'll see how it does, and I'll take it more seriously if I have to, but first we'll see if this works. I needed to get the vines off the ground or they will tip root. Plus, I can't weed or spray with herbicide if they are trailing all over the ground.
- Picked bags of green beans and okra. Took a gallon bag of green beans over to the neighbors.
- Weeded, weeded, weeded.
- Adjusted the sprinklers.
- Watered all the new shrubs. Watered the Yuletide Camellias. All the camellias are loaded with buds. Watered the Fringe Tree.
- I pegged my Madame Isaac Pereire rose. This is a good rose for pegging. Pegging is a technique that encourages lots of blooms. When the branches are fastened to the ground (the branches of this rose are very long - shorter than a climber, longer than a shrub rose) the bud eyes will "break" and branch out with buds. Madame Isaac Pereire is a once-a-year bloomer, so I want the most action I can get!i
- I planted a Caerulia Blue Passion Vine against the new arbor that my husband erected last weekend out of goat wire.
- I planted lots of kale in the Star Garden. I've no idea why I bought so much kale. 3 Winterbor kale (this is the dark green curly kale), 5 Siberian kale (5 - Good Lord!) and 3 Vates kale. All this kale because Central Market has a really good kale salad.
- Spread some lettuce seed in the Star Garden - a mix of Marvel of Four Seasons, Lolla Rossa, Redina, Red Oakleaf, Red Salad Bowl, Ruben's Red, and Rouge d'Hiver.
- Sowed Zeolite Calendulas in the Star Garden.
- Planted 3 Osaka Purple Mustard Greens in the Long Border.
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