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Garden journal
Apr. 15th, 2013 11:35 amIt was a nice day for something yesterday, and in addition to the walk to the Asian supermarket, we did some garden chores, if the maintenance of a 17 x 17 space, 1/3 paved, can be dignified with such a name.
I have a good sized planter full of potting mix from previous years -- now planted with four dusty miller and four swiss chard. One of my Fairmount Park seedling maples collected last year will go in the center, but I haven't made the choice yet. I have a matching planter in reserve that will get some other ornamentals (probably pansies now and marigolds later); I'll plant that one when the weather settles a bit more and put the apple seedling in the center.
An octagonal wooden planter, which has held my parsley for more than a decade, had rotted out in the bottom. We salvaged the "rocks 'n' crocks" at the bottom of the planter, as well as the potting mixture, and put it in a larger plastic planter, supplemented with additional potting mix and mushroom compost. I put in the second-year parsley -- hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained -- and later I'll put in the parsley seedlings still in the basement.
The coleus came out of the basement and into a protected spot in the back. The basil and pepper seedlings came off the windowsill and went into the basement.
We also went into our next door neighbor's yard (we have access) and pruned two weed trees (paper mulberries) severely. We'll do that once a week until they give up the ghost, although paper mulberries are devilishly persistent, almost as bad as ailanthus.
No signs of any hippeastrum pods aborting -- yet.
I have a good sized planter full of potting mix from previous years -- now planted with four dusty miller and four swiss chard. One of my Fairmount Park seedling maples collected last year will go in the center, but I haven't made the choice yet. I have a matching planter in reserve that will get some other ornamentals (probably pansies now and marigolds later); I'll plant that one when the weather settles a bit more and put the apple seedling in the center.
An octagonal wooden planter, which has held my parsley for more than a decade, had rotted out in the bottom. We salvaged the "rocks 'n' crocks" at the bottom of the planter, as well as the potting mixture, and put it in a larger plastic planter, supplemented with additional potting mix and mushroom compost. I put in the second-year parsley -- hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained -- and later I'll put in the parsley seedlings still in the basement.
The coleus came out of the basement and into a protected spot in the back. The basil and pepper seedlings came off the windowsill and went into the basement.
We also went into our next door neighbor's yard (we have access) and pruned two weed trees (paper mulberries) severely. We'll do that once a week until they give up the ghost, although paper mulberries are devilishly persistent, almost as bad as ailanthus.
No signs of any hippeastrum pods aborting -- yet.
