Several days at the Farm February 2022

 

Spirea looked pretty - February 25.

Feb 15 - I planted a flat of Self Heal in the Medicine Garden.  And I planted 3 Comfrey and 7 Rosemary.  

Feb 15 - I planted 4 Sweet Peas in the Rose Garden that will climb on the mattress springs tied around the old dead oak tree.  I had sown my own seed at the beginning of the cool weather, but the freak 8 degree weekend killed them. 

Feb 20 - Most of the weekend was taken up by grandkids (Nathan and Jess).  But I managed to do a few things.

I planted a sack of Yukon Gold potatoes.  I prepped a 4 x 4 bed and planted them all.  They are going to be crowded if they survive the vole attacks which is a big "if". 

I planted most of a flat of Mexican Mint Marigold in the Star Garden.  

I planted a flat of Tansy in the Medicine Garden.

I planted 6 Mexican Oregano in the Star Garden in an area that stays pretty dry.  

I also planted 3 Desert Mallow plants - these were a real find, very happy to have them.  Also drought tolerant, so I planted them in a dry, sunny spot in the Star Garden.

And finally, I planted 6 Skullcap, also in dry areas.  

I sowed a bunch of dill in the Rose Garden for my butterflies.

I sowed some African Daisy seed in the Vegetable Garden. 

Feb 22 - Raked in the Star Garden for quite a while.  

Watered all my new transplants in the Star Garden and the Medicine Garden.

Watered all my roses in pots in the Rose Garden.  Spot watered here and there.

I watered and fertilized my Pineland Wattle, Anacachoe Orchid Tree and both my Two Winged Silverbells. 

I raked in the Greenhouse Gardens and made mulch circles around some of my trees.

Cut back all the Shrimp Plant in the Star Garden.

Spot watered in the Star Garden.

I planted 3 Mexican Mint Marigold in the Star Garden, 4 Australian Violets in the Camellia Garden and half dozen in Mom's Garden.

I transplanted some Woodland Violet plugs that had spread into paths back into the bed.  

I sowed pink Cosmos and orange Cosmos in the Rose Garden.  I threw down some Laura Bush petunia seed also.

Pruned the roses in the Front Bed.  And cut back a clump of Moudry grass and Siberian iris debris.

Planted some Pirates Pearl in the Rose Garden.

My Desert Mallow is in bloom, so I am very excited.  

The paperwhites are in full bloom right now.  And the Daffodil border is blooming.  

Day at the Farm February 4 - 5, 2023

This is the Daffodil Border.

I came up Saturday evening.  

Sunday.  Beautiful weather.  Sunny and cool.  

I worked in the Orchard for several hours.  I planted 2 Goji Berry shrubs , 3 Kiowa Blackberry and a Desertnyi pomegranate. I watered everything in well.  Raked up some pine straw and spread it around all my new transplants.  Weeded, weeded, weeded.

I planted one bunch of 1015 onion starts, mostly in pots since the voles ate them all last year.  Raked a bit.

Sprayed herbicide here and there in the Vegetable Garden, the Star Garden and the Rose Garden.

Cut back bunch grasses along the back path and the back beds.  Fertilized the grasses and Siberian iris.

I pulled some Giant Rudbeckia out of a pot sitting in the Vegetable Garden and planted it in the back bed.

Planted 3 Colonial White verbena in the Water Garden.

Headed home about 5:00.