A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2004 today in the garden part 3

my gardening today (and the last few weeks) has consisted of trying to keep my house plants watered, enjoying my roses (who bloom in spite of me) and trying to figure out how to "clean up" the plants at my "new" job. been there a month now.

oh, and finally getting in some quality time in my other favorite garden, here!! miss ya'll bunches, but i should be around more now.

Glad to see you back Jiffymouse!

Lets seeeeeeeee, today, i just put hangers on all the baskets for 8 hours. >.< That was boring. But i got to put down some lugs in the poinsetta house! That was fun, cuz every once in a while, a mister would go overhead and cool me off ^.^ Only problem was that it was so humid in there i almost couldn't breathe

And then i saw my poor walkingstick/angelwing/bambooo bagonia Sorry... That thing's just really got me down right now... I keep on crying a little bit

~Phoebe

They've been clearing the woods next to me and I plan on hiking whats left today.Hiking boots...check,wheelbarrow...check,shovels...check,gloves...check,now all I need is one of you to come along with me

Well, today I borrowed a ladder from a friend, and had hubby climb it to check the gutter situation. I wanted to use my flower bed, and have it not get drowned anymore. Sooo, he climbs up and doesn't see anything around the area that it's been dripping from. We move the ladder to the end, where the downspout connects.. and lo and behold, there's a tennis ball, a perfect fit, right at the top of the spout. He chucks it, and we have a gusher for about 10 minutes. I had NO idea so much water could be up there. Really kinda sad that it just dumped into my yard, and I didn't have a rain barrell. Anyway, he did his part, so I did mine then.

I started dumping the 2 bags of compost I bought (cuz I don't feel like waiting to make my own this late in the game.. I'll start for next time around.), and then some topsoil, and raked it all out. Then I took my shovel, and dug up the very soaked clay dirt underneath it all, and that was the easiest digging I've ever done in my yard! LOL. Once it was all kinda dug up and loose and mixed, etc.. I started making holes for my MUMS and and my rudbeckia gloriosa daisies. All together, 5 new plants. I planted 4 down in the freshly made up flower bed. The last mum, I planted on the other side of my porch, so it evened out that side some. I will take pics when I can. My camera is kinda dead at the moment. I spread new mulch out, but tried to not get too much this time.
Meg

Today in the garden I ...

...worked on the pond...again.
That's all I do every spare second.

It started out so simple, and so small.
After 4 days of me and Brennan digging by hand, Andy brought in the backhoe. The more I do on it now, the more I think about other things I want to do, and it gets bigger and bigger. The neighbors think 've lost my mind (again!) (Hmmm... ), because they see me out there constantly in shorts and combat boots, in mud, in a big hole with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. Tomorrow I'm getting the backhoe involved again and just getting it DONE before it rains! If it rains tonight I will be SO screwed!

Cindy

Cindy, you must be feeling better. Are you taking pictures?

We're adding onto our house (look at my pictures)and my husband went up on the roof yesterday to uncover the chimney. He didn't think about the shingles being hot, but they were. When he was coming down he couldn't get his feet onto the ladder but didn't want to let go with his hands. So now he has blisters on the palms of his hands. Wish I had had the camcorder going. funniest home videos...

I started out with good intentions. Instead, I have a dead mower, my friend's mower isn't working for me, and I tried for an hour to get mine to work, and now, I'm super sweaty for nothing. IF he decides to fix the mower today, I'm not doing it. I'm to effing hot now, and really ticked off. *grrrr*

And to top it all off, my camera is dead too. Now, I can't even take pics of all the new stuff.

Maybe I should go back to bed till tomorrow.

Meg

well i've successfully completed my job ^.^ My boss gave me his home phone number and i was like "ummmmmmmm aren't you married? and old enough to be my dad?" And he's like "Noooooooo i didn't mean that! I meant hang out with me and my family sometime!" so i was like "okie dokie!"

And then i went to the water garden and grabbed a lil baby white lotus that Mr. Hat saved for me for when i leave Its sitting in a pitcher full of water, next to a window with rocks covering the roots right now, cuz i donno what to do with it

But ya, no more job for the summer, which means i get a nice full week to practice with the band and pack up for college I got all my stuff bought already *boox, pens, paper, folders, etc.* so ya, all i gotta do is figure out how to bring my 43 plants to the dorm ^.^

~Phoebe

Phoebe...car, truck(that wind can rip them up fast)...approx. # of hours driving? Hope you have air conditioning....if in a car can you block the back 2 side windows?....if you have to go very far that heat/sun can sure come through those windows. Are you traveling during the day/night???

I'll be taking my lil Sentra to college ^.^ I'll definately have to make two trips if i expect to get all my stuff there in one shot. So ya, i'm gonna make one trip with all my stuff to start out with, and then I'll make a second trip to get the rest, with boxes from the greenhouse. My car has air conditioning, and the drive is approximately 45 minutes. The problem is that i'm on the 3rd floor and there isn't an elevator >.< So what i'm afraid of is dropping one

~Phoebe

Phoebe, sounds like you were a great employee, if your boss wants you to come visit with his family! What kind of music do you & your band do? Will you still be playing with them while you go to college? How often do y'all practice? Does your band have a name?

Well, take care, while you're away and stay safe!

HowD Sami!
We write our own songs, and ya ^.^ It's pretty cool! What's gonna happen soon is my boyfriend is gonna take my place on bass. He's much better than i am, and i'll have time to go to college n stuff But ya, as of now, we play progressive metal. If Chris has any trouble with bass lines, then i can always help him out ^.^ The name of the band is World Ablaze, and we'll play September 12th at the Bomb Shealter in Manchester NH. Tickets are 10 bux if ya wana go! lol.

~Phoebe

Phoebe...you'd better not forget about us!

Ms. Cindy, don't worry ^.^ You guys are too awesome to forget!

~Phoebe

Pheobe, very happy for you.. but check in whenever you can! You will be missed!

I took my 35mm out and dusted it off, and then took it to walmart and had it all put on cd. Hmm.. I think that the film speed was wrong (I didn't buy it, someone borrowed my camera and left me a roll), the pics were kinda grainy. I cleaned em up the best I could. See some of what I've done here. Of course, there's some weeds in there too..lol. Some of which, I'm going to post in the mystery thread! <img border="0" alt="[perplexed]" title="" src="graemlins/confused.gif" />

Meg

Well, I guess I'll double post, since it's been awhile.

Today I was walking my yard, as I do often, to see if anything's growing or changing, etc.. and a few days ago I noticed my maple tree is finally getting some leaves again! I thought it died, after I went to all that trouble to dig it up and all the leaves fell off of it! But now, there's itty bitty leaves popping out of it! Yea!! And so I was looking at my other tree, the only one that seemed to live from my free trees from ADF. I looked closely at the mulch, it looked like there was something on it. I used a stick to poke it, and it OOOZED. EWWW!!!! Ok, not sure what the heck this nasty stuff is, but I just got rid of all the mulch around that tree, and replaced it. This stuff was EVERYWHERE in the mulch around this tree. I didn't see it anywhere else, so hopefully, just some freak thing. Some of the little balls oozed clear liquid stuff, and other ones popped out white centers, like a core to a pimple. *blech* :p I just bagged up the mulch and carried it away.

So, I proceed to walk more of my yard, inspecting mulch, and yanking weeds. Before I know it, I'm out there 2 hours, and now I'm soaked.. my hose is leaking and when I was spraying the new mulch, it sprayed me as well..lol.

Lastly, I got to the only other tree in my front yard that I didn't pluck yet, but was considering pulling up today. They were planted beginning of June, and never budded, so I tossed most of them already, that were in the pots on my porch. But there was still one in my front yard to go. When I was looking at it today, there were new little buds on it!! So, I may get a matched set in the front yard yet! The one that is already growing is a Washington Hawthorne, and the so is the one that I just noticed starting to bud! Some idiot/kid/jerk already pulled my redbud out, before I had a chance to.. but it may have bloomed too, had it been left to go.

So, now I must change into dry clothes, as this is kinda not comfy, and then get some lunch and head to work.
Meg

Meg!
That's what they say about ME ! ! !

DUH!!! Does anyone have a hose that doesn't leak? If so, they are BLESSED!

Today in the garden.....I cleaned my "pond" out, which meant syphoning the rest of the water out of it. I drank about a gallon of water that was thick, green, slimy...and had little red half-inch long wormy things like centipedes squirming in it. I'm not too good in the "syphoning with a garden hose" department! I was WISHING I would puke! All those crawly, swimming things I drank, not to mention the frog eggs! (I told Gardenmom today I might be peeing tadpoles soon!)

Cindy

Let us know if your feeling a little "JUMPY"...OK?

Karen

ALIEN..........CINDY STYLE!

Karen

Or if you get a FROG IN YOUR THROAT!!

*ribbitt*

Karen

OMG, ROFLMAO!!! Ya'll are too much!! Cindy, ewwwwww... I think I would have taken some ipecac or something..lol.

Meg

I was ROF in the middle of the night last night! But not L !!!
The diarrhea and cramps weren't as bad as the THOUGHT of WHY I was sick!
(Morning sickness, perhaps? Red, squiggly alien baby? )

Anyway, I feel O.K. now.

Cindy

P.S. Andy told me "after the fact" that I didn't have to go out there and suck the water hose if I didn't want to! He said I could just hook the hose to the pump on the fountain! (I like to do it the hard way!)

Of course...you don't think he'd give up the chance for a good laugh...do ya?

I finally put in the "unknown bulbs" my neighbor brought me. They were HUGE...can't wait to see what they are. Speaking of bulbs...early this year I got my hands on a bunch of little bitty bulbs...had no idea what they were...well I made a heart shaped garden with a gazing ball in the center and planted all of the bulbs in it...well...they started blooming and they are FABULOUS! Apparently there were 3 different kinds of bulbs cause I have 3 different styles and colors of flowers...Dark Pink...White...and a Blush color. None of them are more than 6 inches tall. Gonna have to do some searching to find out what they are. I'm gonna start some of the seeds today that Bestofour sent me.
I don't know where they came from but all of a sudden I have Zinnias popping up in the strangest spots in my yard...I'm gonna leave them where they are and collect the seeds when they're ready.

Karen