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30 year old house. In my third growing season. Still A LOT of work to do. Gardening in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Zone 7b. E-mail me at gsmith@email.com with comments!
Saturday, May 22, 2004
I managed to get the lawn mowed before it started pouring down rain. We sure do need it.
Parkseed is having a great closeout sale this weekend. It was one of those "couldn't afford not to buy" situations.
Here's what I ordered:
Merchandise Subtotal 111.42
Shipping and handling Standard Shipping 14.48
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ORDER TOTAL 125.90
Here's a photo of the ongoing work in the backyard. Still a long way to go:
Parkseed is having a great closeout sale this weekend. It was one of those "couldn't afford not to buy" situations.
Here's what I ordered:
Qty 3 Azalea Autumn Sunset 14.13---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Qty 1 Ben Franklin Tree 9.43
Qty 1 Butterfly Bush Nanho Purple 1.56
Qty 2 Daylily Forty-second Street 8.16
Qty 2 Daylily Apollodorus 3.74
Qty 1 Dogwood Sunsplash 15.73
Qty 1 Geranium Brookside 4.08
Qty 1 Japanese Maple Autumn Moon 22.03
Qty 1 Rhododendron Capistrano 5.34
Qty 3 Shasta Daisy Highland White D 8.46
Qty 5 Siberian Iris Dreaming Spires 7.80
Qty 1 Spiderwort Zwanenburg Blue 2.50
Qty 3 Tortuous Cobra Lily 8.46
Merchandise Subtotal 111.42
Shipping and handling Standard Shipping 14.48
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ORDER TOTAL 125.90
Here's a photo of the ongoing work in the backyard. Still a long way to go:
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Sorry for 4 months between posts. Lots of work has been going on. First, a progression of my new patio:
August, 2003:
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
And another angle.
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
The area around the patio and the bed in the foreground are comprised mainly of hellebores, azaleas, and hostas. Some of the azaleas are encores. But as you can see, the beds are mostly only green right now. So this area will need more color. It also needs a lot of weeding and mulch. But I'll worry about that later.
And here's a progression of my rose bed.
November, 2003:
May, 2004:
The bed contain 9 roses (and 2 gardenias in the background). 4 butteryfly ("nearly wild") roses on the left and center. A knockout rose in the back center. A pegasus rose in the middle. An eyeopener rose on the front right. A rugosa in the back right. And the star of the rose bed is my green snake rose, planted on the right side. This picture does not do it justice. The remains of a snowfire rose is also in the middle, but it looks like it has died.
My new "wolf eyes" dogwood from wayside gardens:
Here is my new front bed:
Sorry for the extra grass in it right now. Seeds have been planted and I am a little afraid to use roundup on it. More mulch! More mulch! This bed has 6 weigelas, 2 wave petunias, 3 bee balms, 4 salvias, a sambucus, japanese maple, a poncirus "flying dragon", and some perennial sunflowers. Only the japanese maple was there before this spring.
Next time I hope to show some of the work being done in the back yard.
August, 2003:
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
And another angle.
February, 2004:
May, 2004:
The area around the patio and the bed in the foreground are comprised mainly of hellebores, azaleas, and hostas. Some of the azaleas are encores. But as you can see, the beds are mostly only green right now. So this area will need more color. It also needs a lot of weeding and mulch. But I'll worry about that later.
And here's a progression of my rose bed.
November, 2003:
May, 2004:
The bed contain 9 roses (and 2 gardenias in the background). 4 butteryfly ("nearly wild") roses on the left and center. A knockout rose in the back center. A pegasus rose in the middle. An eyeopener rose on the front right. A rugosa in the back right. And the star of the rose bed is my green snake rose, planted on the right side. This picture does not do it justice. The remains of a snowfire rose is also in the middle, but it looks like it has died.
My new "wolf eyes" dogwood from wayside gardens:
Here is my new front bed:
Sorry for the extra grass in it right now. Seeds have been planted and I am a little afraid to use roundup on it. More mulch! More mulch! This bed has 6 weigelas, 2 wave petunias, 3 bee balms, 4 salvias, a sambucus, japanese maple, a poncirus "flying dragon", and some perennial sunflowers. Only the japanese maple was there before this spring.
Next time I hope to show some of the work being done in the back yard.
