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xan's Sideyard garden
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26 Jul 2009Misc. tasks: ornamental 1 2 Perennial Border garden , Sideyard garden , and SoPo gardenOvercast 25°C / 77°F
Area 4 & 5:
• Took out giant whatever it is (fleabane?)
• Put bugbane there
• Staked up Hollyhock to the fence
Sideyard:
• Transplanted giant whatever it is
• Clean up cyclone fence
Misc. ornamental:
• Cut back yellow lilies (SoPo)
• Moved new spurge to btw coral bell and white lavender
• Wee...
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28 Jun 2009Roofers 2 Sideyard garden and Cleome Thinning Out28°C / 83°F
We had to have our roofs replaced (house and garage. Who needs a savings account, anyway), and the roofers were pretty damn good about not treading on the garden. One bad goof— they “protected” the plants in the sideyard by laying a tarp and then drop all the shingles from tha...
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21 Jun 2009Another approach to clover 4 1 Sideyard gardenOvercast 24°C / 75°F
This year I seriously cleaned up my sideyard, a weedy hidden patch that had become a haven and staging area for every noxious weed in the neighborhood (this year’s winner, Knotweed). To discourage future growth, I decided to use clover and creeping thyme to fill in around the stepping ston...
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10 May 2009My favorite way to spend Mother's Day 2 5 Pumpkin WS 11 Planting Out, Herb- Borage (Pinetree), indoor tray Planting Out, Spirea, sideyard Moved, Wago...18°C / 64°F
In the garden. Due to work schedules, we did Mother’s Day meal last night. Kids paid for it out of their own pockets for the first time. It was a moment. (sniffle)
Chomping at the bit to put some seeds in the ground, but I know it’s best to wait just one more week. Here’s wh...
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06 May 2009Sideyard ideas; possible uses for invasive plants 5 3 Sideyard gardenNeed a ground cover along the path. All clover that I yank out of the garden goes back here. Did this yesterday— just pressed it in and watered it and today it looks fine— strong green and clearly already rooted. I think I’ll move some mint over here too, from next to the nei...16°C / 61°F
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03 May 2009Welcome to May 2 5 Gooseberry Planting Out, Veronica Transplanted, Boltonia "Snowbank" Transplanted, Cucumber (bush) WS 6 Pla...Overcast 21°C / 70°F
Plant moving, path building, seed sowing. Got through the full weekend’s worth of tasks. It looks specTAcular.
Sideyard
Created path (level dirt, lay pavers— Lynn’s concrete blocks and the left-over wall blocks); dug out euonymus at north end; transplanted hosta to wall near astilbe; move...
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