cottagegardener's Blog

Busy, Busy, Busy
Jul 27, 2009 | 9:40 AM PST
Tags: ivy , cone flower , golden cone flower , geraniums , holly hocks , facebook , farmtown

That's what I have been!..lol. I know it's been a while since I have posted and I have not forgotten any of you! I have been so busy! I found a new game to play on Facebook. It's called Farm Town and I have been playing that when I have not been outside trying to water or weed. It's a great game! Very family oriented and fun! If you have a Facebook account go and try it!

My garden is winding down here and there. My holly hocks are over and I have cut them back. The New Guinea impatiens in the hanging baskets are dying off as are the gernaniums that were hit so hard by the sun burn, pests and disease.  However, my roses have taken and they have shot up new shoots and buds! I can't wait to see them! My pink cone flower is also blooming and I can't wait to plant more next year! My golden cone flower is doing great and it even left me a volunteer (as witt puts it) from last year in another spot. I am going to transplant it as soon as I can. I also have several volunteer holly hocks to transplant and I have harvested the seeds so that I can have more next year. Some little critter has eaten the tops off of my Cherokee Sunset rudbeckia :( and now that willl probably die off as well until next year. The lilies are dying off too. I don't know why everything is dying off early this year. We've had enough rain and I have watered in between. The only thing that hasn't really died is that English ivy! I have been spraying with round up and I have been trying to cut and pull. I still have not freed the azaelas from it's grasp yet, but I hope to soon. It's just been too hot for me to work out in that space. I have a big pile of brush, limbs and ivy from where I have been working but if it weren't sitting there as proof, you would never know I had been working on it :( . Well that's all the news from the cottage. I hope all of you are well. I think I am getting back to the point where I can sit and read your blogs and post a little more. Until next time take care and happy gardening!