Seems I have more things in wrong places than right. Have been working several day...potting, dividing, watching sun patterns. Sorry, I won't be at the RU because I have some things to give away.
Am I the only one that is doing "fruit basket turn-over"?
Chris
Rearranging beds for next spring
Nope - I do it all the time.. full sun gets me. I try somethign in full sun only to find out it means part sun for us.. lost a lot of plants that way too...
If I'm buying a plant that I know little about first hand, I only buy one. If it survives and if I like it, then I might by more. I always read the comments on the PF. That first hand info is so much more helpful than any recommendations you'll ever get on a tag. But even with that, there are microclimates and differences in soil that can make a huge difference. I had some hydrangeas that htop gave me that looked really bad where I had them, but there's wasn't any place to put them so I had to give them away.:( I have some bl and blue guarantica that should be very happy where it is, but it's not. So I have to move it soon. I have asiatic lilies that I just planted last spring that I have to move because they are leaning so bad. When they bloomed, the flowers were almost on the ground. There's some skullcap I have to move out of that same bed. Nothings getting enough sun because of the trees. There's a huge pecan on one side of the yard and a monstrous live oak on the other side and they are big enough now that they meet in the middle.
I rearrange things too, this year I found that the phlox I planted in my front bed did not wok out, not enough sun, but the Obedient plant and Columbines did really well, so out came the Phlox and Columbines will take its place.
You try things and you live and learn.
Josephine.
right,,, if I cannot move plants I dont think I am in the garden!
"Am I the only one that is doing "fruit basket turn-over"?"
What is that?
a lot of stuff dug out and move to a new home...
My husband and I started out this morning scraping some mulch back that had gotten too high next to the foundation. Then because a few young seedling volunteers got stepped on, they were tossed out, then we started weeding some seedlings that were growing too far into other plants that it was looking like a jungle.Then we moved an unknown seedling palm looking thing from in front of some roses.Then my husband said that a pot with the gardenia would be better on the patio where we could enjoy it more when it bloomed, so the patio pots all had to be rearranged.Then it was off to the rock place where we could look at rocks that he wants to line the walkway with.And this bed is only two years old!My garden is definitely a work in progress, probably never to be really "finished"..but I'm tired now...
Just to give you an idea of dear, dear, DH's gardening interest. Says he "why don't you put where they belong in the first place? Then you wouldn't have do all this work all the time." Ahem.....
"fruit basket turnover"? Heard it all my life.....tends to translate as moving everything from place #1, to place #2, to place #3.....never, ever ending.
My DH calls me the family armadillo.:) He even gave me a stuffed toy armadillo for Christmas one year.
Oh how clever. We've had an armadillo numerous times even here in the city...they sure can dig.....don't think they replant very well...
lol
No, they don't replant very well. But when they dig they are after bugs and things that would find my plant very tasty, so I don't complain about them. What does irk me though is the moles and gophers. I wish armadillos ate moles and gohpers.:)
I won't complain about armadillos either. I find they not only eat grubs, they till the soil and loosen it so when we do receive rain, the rain will soak in far better. I find them rather inoffensive.
Silverfluter, you mentioned a skullcap to be moved. Which one are you growing?
This is beginning to be like moving a lamp in the livingroom. Then you need to move the sofa...then the chair....oh, the picture doesn't look right.....get all together....wonder if it should have been moved at all. Must be contagious....my neighbor, gardening buddy is digging in her yard now. This is some sort of instinct that comes with loving the earth.
Off to get my gloves.....
You know, I think that is why I like potted plants.
I can set them in a spot and see if they like it there or if I like them there.
If there is a bare spot in a bed, I can fill it in with instant blooms or foliage ~ just the right color at the right time.
And for interest or to fill in an area and add height, I can add a little red wagon to hold the pots or a weathered old chair...
How's that for lazy gardening... : ) That's me. pod
I have both. This year the potted plants are so large they take up the space of a recliner chair. Have at least 25 pots. Still worrying over a GH. Went to the website that was recommened and they don't have cold frames this years.....besides I have seen the same GH on other sites that were cheaper. No such thing as cheap when it comes to GH.
LouC ~ I need to look for a thread from last year. It was a clever idea and maybe you could make it work. I don't think it would be cost prohibitive. May take a while. Be patient ~ lol
pod, you are doll.....with all you have to do......
Got to get started now. Dug the peonies two days ago, divided them and they have been soaking. If I don't get them in the ground today they don't have ANY chance.
I'm on the bushhog ~ will be posting it later. Don't work too hard.
You be especially careful. Don't get hurt. and WATCH FOR SNAKES. I am on the paranoid side bigtime today.
LouC ~ http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/772122/ I am slow but I posted the link to BigBubbles thread... it is the plant shelter I was thinking of...
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I'm bringing in a backhoe. No kidding. I am potting up the good stuff (great deal on pots from Grower's Solution) and taking out the rest: rocks, roots, perennial grasses. Of course, I have to learn to operate this little backhoe. This may take a while. :>)
Pat you are amazing. When I was younger I wasn't afraid of the devil. Would do anything that needed doing. I've gotten too cautious now.
I do the 'fruit basket turnover' too. Almost every fall. :) I have a small garden bed right next to my front porch and this year I didn't have time to plant new plants there so my DH had a good suggestion to fill the area. He put lots of my potted plants there and it turned out looking so pretty with lots of blooms. My Mother had heart surgery and my summer has been an extremely busy one. Not much time for my gardens or hers. I was so glad we got all the rain because I did not have time to water anything.
Potted plants are a very good thing.
Dance, Hope your mom is doing well. Gardens are really more resilient than we give them credit.
Yes, and gardeners are resilient too.... : )) Dancey didn't you deal with a surgery yourself a year ago? Best wishes to your Mother. With you to assist she will do well!
I'm sure my time to do the 'plant shuffle' will come. We bought our place 2 yrs ago and there was only hackberry trees, one small live oak, one small cottonwood, a few small chittamwoods, a small chinese pistache, and one small elm. Needless to say, most of my place gets alot of sun to this day. I can't wait for the day when I have to move plants out of the shade. I've cut down quite a few hackberry trees(left some because if I didn't, my place would be too bare), and planted one fruitless plum, one desert willow, one bur oak, one Texas persimmon, 2 red oaks, 1 pecan, one fruitless pear, and, although I may regret it later, I'm letting one volunteer chinese pistache come up. The hackberries' days are numbered!
Thanks for the good wishes. My Mother is doing very well for such a serious bypass surgery. At age 85 she is one 'tough' little lady. She can hardly wait to get back out in her gardens. She is bored to pieces right now. LOL
Yes I had to have surgery on my left leg due to a broken Fibula. Had to have bone graft and all that stuff. That was back in February-March. I'm doing good now though.
Bronc I don't blame you for reducing the hackberry trees. ;) Let us know how your little Chinese Pistache turns out.