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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: Gardening (ARCHIVES): Archive through May 15, 2004 users admin

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Reader234
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08-13-2000

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love that pic lk, the arrow!! I do so love clementis, I had planted one and it did great till the neighbors dog moved in... not sure if I should replant a new one... They are gorgeous all summer too!!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Reader: I decided after DH asked what it was a picture off, I'd better draw the arrow. I'm just glad PS8 has arrows.

I'm having DH buy a red bell pepper and sweet onion today. His BP is high, and I want to get it back under control.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 4:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Reader when you are fertilizing your yard it depends upon if you have week killer in the fertilizer. If it is just a fertilizer it won't matter too much if it rains shortly after. If you have weed killer in it you will want it to have minimum of 24 to 48 hours to let the weed killer do it's job. If it happens to rain before this time is up let the yard go for about 2 weeks, see if the weeds are gone, if not reapply just a weed killer, you really don't want to add fertilizer again that quick or it may damage the grass.

You should be able to just leave the dead weeds lay, eventually the grass will fill in there. It won't hurt to dig them out but you would have dirt spots in your yard until grass grows back.

Yankee that picture if beautiful, those flowers look huge, and i just love the bright color.

LK I love the pepper picture, I haven't even went out looking at plants yet, still too early to put stuff in the garden, another week or so.

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I spent the past 2 weekends building several of these raised beds, now comes the fun part of going out and buying stuff to fill them

Flower beds

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here are some pictures I took today of the rosebushes in my backyard. I'll post an update of my front flowerbed next.

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Reiki
Member

08-12-2000

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Beautiful pictures Spy. I love peach roses.

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very pretty Spy! I was wondering if the peach colored roses are fragrant and if they have a name?

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is what the front flowerbed looks like now - after just over a month since I started working on it (pictures are in the archives of this thread somewhere).

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Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 5:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jagger, that's a lot of hard work!
What are you planning to grow in your new raised beds? Veggies, flowers, or both?

Spy, your roses are beautiful! I especially like the peach color, too.

Wink
Member

10-06-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee that is a gorgeous clematis. What a beautiful colour.

Lkunkel your teeny tiny pepper is adorable.

Jagger I'll be anxious to see your beds after they're planted.

Spy your roses are fabu. Geez I don't even have buds yet.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spygirl, I am amazed that you have fullblown rose blooming so early in the season. I thought it was still pretty early spring there.

Nightcrawler
Member

02-12-2002

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Jagger
I tryed your idea
and it did not work so good
I don't think my dogs are to smart?
well 2 of them
are blue healer knows better
shes leared to run if she is cought in the flower garden

the fence idea did not work ether they jumped over it
if i made it any higher
it would look bad up buy the house

I'm tring something new if I see them in the flower garden.
I get my new water gun and let them have it.
so far it seems to be working
amd the flowers get waterd some to
and I fell better:-)

are dogs really hate baths.
NC

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Roses are blooming everywhere in town. I'm not sure if it is because there are so many beautiful flowers (this is my first spring here) or whether I'm just paying more attention because of my own flowers, but there are some incredible colors. I drove by a house today that had at least 10 rose bushes in the yard - each one having a different color, it seemed.

It seems I went from green leaves, to buds, to having a gazillion roses in a matter of a few days - it was amazing!


Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spy all of your flowers look absolutly beautiful, I can't wait until some of mine start to bloom, but they are just coming out of the ground now so I have awhile to wait.

I am planning on planting vegtables is the larger of the two new raised beds and flowers in the long narrow bed.

My ultimate goal is to not have any grass, or very minimal grass in my backyard. I want to turn it all into flower beds or rock or wood chips. This I'm sure will take me a few years and a few bucks, but it'll hopefully look really nice when it is all said and done.

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This Jacaranda tree sits in the middle of our backyard. In the winter fall/winter, it is bare, then in the Springtime...it fills with beautiful purple flowers like this:





Here's a close up of the individual flowers...Egbob doesn't care too much for this gorgeous tree because the purple flowers fall off and land all over our backyard.





...like on our lawn for example. Egbob doesn't like to rake them up. The nice thing about this tree is that after the purple flowers fall off, then the lush green foliage comes out and provides summertime shade for our backyard BBQ's!!




Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love all the pics!!

Tulips in my front yard:

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Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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