Artemisia around the bottom of a clematis - to shade the clematis roots and keep them cool. And to protect the stems from being crushed by snow.
Achillea over tulip bulbs - will deer really avoid eating the tulips if they're surrounded by furry plants?
Daylilies and daffodils. Daylily leaves disguise the fading daffodil leaves.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Friday, October 08, 2004
A new garden
Oct 3 - dug out loads of compost and moved it to an area of lawn that will become a new garden. Much of the compost is still 'composting', so it will need to sit through the winter and maybe next summer too. We estimated that it was 4 cubic yards of compost. Still some left to dig out and spread. Should be a good 6 inches of compost across the whole area. Would be better a bit deeper, but I'm running out of compost!
Lots of hostas, ferns, daylilies and others to move to the new garden - perhaps next fall. I've already moved many of these over from my apt. to another bed that I started this way over a year ago. Both beds are in a very dry area under the pine trees. A gardening challenge. Dry, a bit shady, acid from the pines and sand. Will need lots and lots of compost every year.
Some of the astilbe in that area have already died. And the columbine plants must have tasted good to some passing deer. It's a waiting game and survival of the fittest!
Lots of hostas, ferns, daylilies and others to move to the new garden - perhaps next fall. I've already moved many of these over from my apt. to another bed that I started this way over a year ago. Both beds are in a very dry area under the pine trees. A gardening challenge. Dry, a bit shady, acid from the pines and sand. Will need lots and lots of compost every year.
Some of the astilbe in that area have already died. And the columbine plants must have tasted good to some passing deer. It's a waiting game and survival of the fittest!
Indian Summer
A lovely warm day in Oct. In the 70's. Went to the orchard and picked apples, bought cider and indulged in a cider doughnut - just one!
A bit of a frost this week has left the impatiens looking a bit tattered. Time to rip them out and put in the icicle pansies. Bought a flat of yellow ones a few weeks ago at Home Depot. Should get some more.
If the weather holds, I'll clean up some of the garden tomorrow and move some plants around. The tall garden phlox is taking over. It's lovely, but I can't see anything else in the garden. This summer it was covered in powdery mildew, not surprising with all the rain.
Will pull some of it out and move some from the front of the garden to the back. And move some of the black eyed susans from the back to the front. Want to leave some at the back to look at through the winter.
Similarly, hollyhocks have taken over the middle section of the garden, back to front. They need to be tamed a bit too.
There are irises, mums, a peony and lots of other plants buried in amongst the tall plants. They don't stand a chance!
A bit of a frost this week has left the impatiens looking a bit tattered. Time to rip them out and put in the icicle pansies. Bought a flat of yellow ones a few weeks ago at Home Depot. Should get some more.
If the weather holds, I'll clean up some of the garden tomorrow and move some plants around. The tall garden phlox is taking over. It's lovely, but I can't see anything else in the garden. This summer it was covered in powdery mildew, not surprising with all the rain.
Will pull some of it out and move some from the front of the garden to the back. And move some of the black eyed susans from the back to the front. Want to leave some at the back to look at through the winter.
Similarly, hollyhocks have taken over the middle section of the garden, back to front. They need to be tamed a bit too.
There are irises, mums, a peony and lots of other plants buried in amongst the tall plants. They don't stand a chance!
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