Northeast Gardening: Garden Projects #6, 1 by nutsfordaylily

nutsfordaylily wrote:
I was pretty busy this afternoon. After work (I got home around 3:30) I went out into the back 40 (as I call it) and did some serious weeding. That whole area is overrun with tradescantia, Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke ), blackberries and golden rod. There are tall phlox, tall bearded irises and daylilies in those beds, but they get choked out by everything else. I came in around 5:30 or so, maybe closer to 6:30, as a storm was approaching. Good thing, as we got a downpour shortly after I came in. I would have liked to get more done, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

Tomorrow I may have some friends coming over to view the gardens and take pictures. They will come tomorrow or Sunday. I'm hoping for Sunday, actually, as then I will have more time to get things done tomorrow. Thursday and Friday I don't have time, as I work till 7 and 10 respectively. And Sat. I'm helping my friend Karen dig daylilies for a daylily sale at her house, then work in the afternoon.

Here's a photo of the area I was working on today. I had already done some of it, but had a lot more to do, and still have a lot to do.

Karen