We have had a very hot & dry June this year and my garden is showing the signs of abuse already. It
looks so lush and green in the Spring, but it can only sustain that look for so long. The harshest environment is the small patch of dirt on the south side of the house in between the house & the sidewalk. I planted some basil there this year and it has done really well, but it's time to pull it up & plant new now because it has all started flowering & producing very small leaves.
I have had my bay tree for 3 or 4 years now. I keep it in a pot because we have to bring it in the garage during the Winter or it would die. It's now just about as tall as I am & I am very proud of it. However, I have to keep in mind that my Dad's 'kitchen bay' that he bought in a 4 inch pot is now a 20 foot tree in their back yard-I miss English growing conditions!!!!
My project for this year was to try to fill in the empty spots in the garden and try to get some tall stuff to grow along the fence. I also decided to experiment & not cut everything back so much as it went over. My plan was to let things grow together so that they could support each other. I have a suspicion that my azaleas will all be dead from lack of light when I cut everything back in the Fall!!!!
On top of the huge number of rabbits and squirrels that we have, we now have a large infestation of
Japanese beetles and moles. The moles have become so bad that we had to get
someone in to set some traps. Now we have mole traps all over the yard and the moles seem to be happily designing new runs to stay away from them!!!!
This is the part of the garden that always seems to do the best, no matter what is planted there
Another one of this year's experiments is to try to get sweet potato vine to grow down the wall in the corner (came from a suggestion by my friend
Prerna who grows it every year). It's taken a while to get going, but a plan is coming together. If I have success, I might expand it next year
I don't have much luck with seeds, but I tried 5 or 6 packets this year & got these few to survive (in the "magic" part of the garden only of course)
This is my new garden at the back of the house that I started last year. I was hoping to plant a bunch of herbs
to have near the kitchen door, but most of them are dying because the ground
is too wet there. Need to rethink my strategy for next year.
I have had my bay tree for 3 or 4 years now. I keep it in a pot because we have to bring it in the garage during the Winter or it would die. It's now just about as tall as I am & I am very proud of it. However, I have to keep in mind that my Dad's 'kitchen bay' that he bought in a 4 inch pot is now a 20 foot tree in their back yard-I miss English growing conditions!!!!
My project for this year was to try to fill in the empty spots in the garden and try to get some tall stuff to grow along the fence. I also decided to experiment & not cut everything back so much as it went over. My plan was to let things grow together so that they could support each other. I have a suspicion that my azaleas will all be dead from lack of light when I cut everything back in the Fall!!!!
On top of the huge number of rabbits and squirrels that we have, we now have a large infestation of Japanese beetles and moles. The moles have become so bad that we had to get someone in to set some traps. Now we have mole traps all over the yard and the moles seem to be happily designing new runs to stay away from them!!!!
This is the part of the garden that always seems to do the best, no matter what is planted there
Another one of this year's experiments is to try to get sweet potato vine to grow down the wall in the corner (came from a suggestion by my friend Prerna who grows it every year). It's taken a while to get going, but a plan is coming together. If I have success, I might expand it next year
I don't have much luck with seeds, but I tried 5 or 6 packets this year & got these few to survive (in the "magic" part of the garden only of course)
This is my new garden at the back of the house that I started last year. I was hoping to plant a bunch of herbs to have near the kitchen door, but most of them are dying because the ground is too wet there. Need to rethink my strategy for next year.
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Love your gardens!
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