La Marne rose is still growing strong despite the freezes.
- Arrived on Sunday afternoon by myself. Bert joined me the next day. We had Airbnb guests over the weekend.
- I did a lot of walking around but not much else. Weather was beautiful.
- Monday. Worked. Beautiful weather.
- Pulled up a bunch of ageratum from the front bed and in the Star Garden.
- I and going to build another garden off the end of the Greenhouse Gardens. So I spray painted the design on the ground with blue spray paint. It will be at least $1410 to buy the materials, and I am pretty good at estimating that kind of expense. I will do all the labor myself, but I'm hesitant about jumping in right at Christmas.
- Tuesday. Worked. Beautiful day!
- I fertilized the Brussels sprouts with cottonseed meal.
- I planted 3 Georgia collards in the Vegetable Garden. I planted 2 about a month ago but something got them. Not sure what. But they just withered and died. I've never had that happen before.
- I pulled up a big basil in the Rose Garden that froze. Sowed seed in the spot.
- Sowed seed in the spot where I pulled up ageratum in the Star Garden on Monday.
- I filled my new sprayer with fish emulsion and water and sprayed my tangerine tree and all my camellias. I had no idea how many parts fish emulsion to parts water I should use. I can only hope I didn't go overboard. I cleaned the sprayer for its intended use as a herbicide sprayer.
- I spread most of a 50 pound bag of cottonseed meal over my Daffodil Border. The greenery is just beginning to appear.
- Wednesday. Worked.
- I gathered seed from my Sweet Autumn Clematis in the Orchard so that I can plant it in the spring in the garden I'm building for my mom.
- I pulled up some dead castor vegetation in the Rose Garden and piled up the seed pods to store for later vole killing.
- Bert and I drove to the Hardware store in town and bought 10 metal landscape edging pieces so I can begin building my garden.
- Thursday. Worked.
- I began laying down the landscape edging in the Water Garden (the garden I'm building for my mom).
- I started on the side with the Mexican Buckeye. That used 7 pieces of edging - 8 feet long each.
- Friday. Vacation
- I drove in to town and bought 5 more pieces of landscape edging.
- I laid down the remaining 8. And I dug out some edging and rock where the paths previously ended.
- Picked up Blake's kids for the weekend. Nothing but kid activities for the rest of the weekend.
- There was some pretty good rain on Sunday. Keep it coming! My seeds in the Meadow need it.
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