The Long View 2009

Bill, I hate you.(not really) but I hate you :)

jen stop that be nice:)

hee hee

Like I said when my old friend that got me gardening - I HATE You. Now Bill I hate you.... kidding.

Now my old friend that I keep handing him plants to plant says: Sherrie I hate you! Gotta chuckle outta that one. I handed him 2 Daturas he looks at me like I am crazy and says - I hate you......... Keeps repeating - I hate you.

Your gardens are fabtastic Bill.
Its amazing what youve done in a year.

thx joanne - you should have seen it two years ago:)

Looks fantastic Bill. Now weeds in the lawn either. Do you vacuum the garden??

there are weeds - need to keep the lawn mower set high:)

all of you are funny - i weed before i put down the mulch and them a few times during the season. and one thing you can't due to mulch is bring out the vacuum - was that what you did:)

beautiful Bill!

I have an understanding with the weeds.

glad you do

They spread if you promise not to look?

Everything's looking great!

Bill - where did you get your Shirazz? Local nursery or mail order? I think I'd like to try one, but haven't seen any yet.

i got mine at mahoney's in winchester, ma - i did not see any there this year - if you google the tree you will find the grower. they sell other plants so you would need to call around to see if they have it - that freight from sooners is high - although i paid that much last year for a 4 ft tree i picked up.

Sounds like a bar, not a nursery.

I want one too.

I added a new bed on Monday. You can't see much from this picture though :) I basically extended the bed that had the elderberry in it, in front of the pondless pond, going to the crabapple:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6584079

I have 3 sweetfern, 2 bush honeysuckle (possibly the copper one, not the true native), 2 little blueberry bluerays (garden club sale - $12!), 1 virginia bluebells, 1 solomon seals, 1 anemone, 1 tiarella, 1 dicentra exima (fringed bleeding heart), 1 viola and 1 foxglove. The start of my woodland garden!

I forgot to check the soil ph though...just remembered that as I'm typing. d'oh!!

Looks good Evie! Do you always check the pH? I have to admit that I've never done that...how do I know if the pH is completely different 3 inches from my sample? I just assume it's going to be acid, sprinkle some lime around (which this reminds me I have to do yet) and hope for the best. My bad.

I've never checked the soil ph either, drumlin. I just assume it's acid and leave it as is, lol. That starts getting into the realm of science, which is sooooooo not my thing. The only thing I grow that I'm not too sure likes the soil I have is some varieties of Heuchera.

Great work, everyone. I really like seeing shots or whole beds/ parts of the garden.

This message was edited May 27, 2009 9:12 PM

allium party!!

nice collection Onewish

thanks!

I like allium, purple is great but I want the blue ones.

The diseased vibernums are blooming.
One wouldnt know they are dying and will have to be dug. At least the one on the left will go.

new coriopses in the "garden from hell"

ooops

Here is one of my beds that I have been tracking to see if I like it in different seasons.

That is cool, Anita.

Love the alliums, Allison.

good idea anita i was just looking at some of my shots from ealier this year - the change is really something when things start growing

I love the lushness of the gardens at this time, befor the snails and sucking insects get at them.

I don't usually check the ph, but since I was planting blueberry I wanted to make sure it was acidic enough.

Same here, ge. Most of my hosta are pristine right now....I'm wondering why the slugs are are still asleep? Surely the heavy rain we just had will awaken them. They are the bane of my existance.

Anita, I love the montage. I will have to do that next year.

We have those huge 5" long ones.
I just emptied the kitchen compost bucket and when I lifted the lid on the Black Box I saw the pile move,ugggg

I couldnt handle that especially in the morning.

in summers in high school i worked for the town highway department - this included garbage detail on and off - the old ones where you dumped you garbage do the hole outside that had a pail in it and a heavy iron lid.
had a big breakfast one morning and of course that was my first tour of garbage duty - almost lost my breakfast a few times - we had the Italian neighborhood that day - real tough duty - you learned to breath through your nose real fast.

Very cool, Anita!

Hey - watch that Italian stuff, Bill!

uutttt - oh-oh

sorry victor - truth be told it really was the worst part of town for garbage duty:)

Yeah - probably alot of garlic!

another long view.
Last years new garden ,west side