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FishinBC's posts about: Watering
Jun 19, 2008 | 10:47 AM PST
Tags: Watering , House , Stuff
Went home last night and watered everything. Our expected showers today and tomorrow have decided to go somewhere else and the gardens needed a drink.
Not a lot of color in the gardens right now. But all the daylilies are about to really pop and the bees balm is going crazy. Have buds on all the cone flowers and the foxglove, salvia and delphiniums are full of new stalks again. Another week and there will be color everywhere.
Tied up some of the tomato vines that were beginning to fall over. Last year I staked, this year I tried cages. I think I am going back to staking. Not real happy with the way things are going with the cages. Going out at lunch today to see if the nursery has any more tomato plants left. Would like to find a late season something.
Pond repair work is on slate for this weekend. We have sprung a leak in the upper pond! DH has located the leak, we will drain, repair and reseal around the top of the pond between the rocks. One of the pond lilies should open by the time we get home this evening. It’s a pink one! I love the pink. Lotus is doing better this year. The freeze late in the spring last year knocked it down. Pleased to see it doing better this year. Hyacinths are blooming and multiplying. All the pond fishies are happy and love all the plant cover they now have.
Pulled up some non stop weeds around the back by the a/c units. I will pick up some mulch to lay down back there to keep the weeds down. I really need to fill in with some topsoil and plant some shrubs around there. What would work around blowing a/c units and west facing sun all day? We have concentrated soo much on the front of the house it past time to get busy around back.
We did get the concrete poured for hubby’s woodworking shop in March. He plans to enclose the shop this fall. One wall and a roll up garage door, he will be good to go and will have his man cave for the winter. LOL! I do fly tying and he builds things, keeps us busy in the winter. He did make me a great tying bench, how cool is that!
Still messing with designs for under the deck, some kind of sitting area or screened in patio. There is a door out of the house under there so that might work. Yes, we really need to work around back of the house! Going on third year in our new home and keep ingnoring it back there.
Aug 1, 2007 | 6:22 AM PST
Tags: Daylilies , Heat , Watering , Veggie , Fall Veggies , cucumbers , Tomatoes
Can you believe it is August already? Where has this year gone? Seems like just yesterday was early April and I was out trying to save everything from the freeze we had. Still mourning the loss of my Japanese maple, the dappled willow that has replaced it is doing grand though! Before we know it fall will be here, can you believe it? Kinda of looking forward to the change in seasons again. Seems like we went from freeze to 90+ degrees over night.
The folks are coming home for September; they have been vagabonding in their RV since February. Don’t think they will hang out long though; they have plans to be in Arizona in October. They are having a blast and enjoying the road while they still can.
Daughter number 2 is coming out from So Cal for Labor Day weekend. This will be her second trip out. Last time she came for Christmas and really didn’t like the cold. Looking forward to her visit and being able to show her around.
I order some more daylilies (stops to slap mouse hand to keep from ordering more on line). Also put in an order for some bulbs to put in this fall.
We went by the nursery last night to see if they had their fall veggie starts. They said they should be in next week. Wow, I hope that will give them enough time. The fall raised veggie patch is ready and waiting for the starts to put in.
I am eating cucumbers for breakfast lunch and dinner. Even got the boy to try them and he liked them. What a surprise that was. Ryan is autistic and getting him to try new things is really hard sometimes. I have to catch him in the right mood. Haven’t had any ripe tomatoes the last few days. But there are lots of large greenies. My plants are loaded and leaning.
Just been watering constantly with our 90+ degree heat (gosh, I am going to hate to see our water bill) and even with twice a day water my containers are beginning to look sad. I moved everything into the shade on the porch last night maybe that will help.
Mom and the baby coonies are coming every night. I have started feeding them cheap dry cat food. My animal cracker & peanut expense account was dwindling. They seem to like the cat food and so far have been no trouble. They have their snack and move on. The squirrel trough now doubles at night as a raccoon trough. Sunflower seeds during the day and cat food at night. Cheri’s menagerie is growing…
Jul 17, 2007 | 8:21 AM PST
Tags: Green Worms , Pond , racoons , Heat , Watering
I am really missing our daily rain showers we were having for a while here! Everything is dry. I watered all the containers yesterday morning and went home last night to spend almost 3 hours watering everything. Things were looking kinda sad after the heat blast we had yesterday. More to come today and hopefully a little cooler by the weekend.
Went by Lowes and picked up some more perennials they had marked down. Also got a hardy hibiscus, it has one huge flower on it. I got them all watered and will get them in the ground this weekend. Trying to completely fill in this one bed and get it established before winter. Little by little it is coming together and I have high hopes that it will all come back and do well next year.
Took a recent photo of the pond and the elephant ears. There are a few new photos in a couple of my albums also. One of the baby pileated woodpecker who has now learned from mom how to get to the suet feeder.
Had two of the baby coons on the deck this morning when I got up, no sign of mom or the other kid. They are so cute and were both sleeping off full tummies in the feeding trough. Rob spotted them and spoiled their nap with his barking so they got up and shimmied down the deck post.
Well, I was wondering when they would show up and killed my first two victims last night. One of those big green worms had eaten the top of my cherry tomato plant and another was starting on the lemon boys. Grrrrr… They both got whacked in half with my garden shears. They are soooo gross!! Checked the rest of the maters over and didn’t see anymore. I will be diligent and check them often now. Not sure what else I can do about them. Checked my gourd plant when I was watering last night and I have a couple of little birdhouse gourds growing.
So hot last night even the dogs didn’t want to go for a walk. They sat on the porch while I watered then we all went in to collapse on the bed under the fan.
