UrbanGardner's Blog
UrbanGardner's Blog
Last Post 134 days, 13 hours Ago
Jul 21, 2008 | 10:57 AM PST
everything I planted late fall last year is in full bloom and stable. I have mainly shurbs and easy care plants in my garden in hopes to not have as much maintnance. I am so proud of my gardening success. Now if I could just keep the weeds from growing in it, things would be fine. question? is it possible to pull up all the original weed screen from around the plants, re-cut holes to fit around plants, and add some nice soil in with what's already there, remulch the surface, clean it up a bit, without diggin up anything! Also I need to post new plants and flowers!
Apr 24, 2008 | 6:33 AM PST
about a month ago, I took notice to this blue flowers everywhere, i think they were there last year, but i passed them off as weeds, maybe the flowers weren't in bloom they are sort of aggrivating to the rest of the garden because they are not neat, the leaves are huge long, thick, corn husky looking and they slump, they just grew from the ground all over another plant that was spaced and neatly planted. I had the yard man mow them all away in the front, because they were growing outside of the garden perimeters, and busting through the weed screen, but there is still a huge bush of them on the side of the house against the dividing fence. I want to know so bad what they are, the color is wonderful but those things spread everywhere the flower is on a long skinny stem and small. i did some online searching, I think they are Virginia Dayflowers. if anyone has flowers in this family could they post them so i can try and pick my flowers out in a line up until i can get pictures of them.
Mar 3, 2008 | 9:50 AM PST
Well I had faith in myself that I would keep this garden alive! Every time it rains in my area, the streets and yards flood, "The worst," so that means one side of my Garden gets flooded often because of the way it sits, not sure how that is, but the other side doesnt flood out. I raked all the leaves from my yard a few months ago, but my neighboors leaves are overflowing into my garden. Don't understand why they wont just get them up, I even raked theirs into big piles for them and they have 4 young healthy kids to get those leaves up so they can stop blowing my way! Weeds are begining to grow and penetrate the weed screen i have down also some new plant, with colored flowers and those long corn silk looking light green, rubbery feeling leaves, (i didnt plant it), but i'll have pictures posted soon. Its begining to be a mess of a Garden. This time of year its ususally to chilly to be in the yard in the evenings after work, and if its a school night ,"You can forget it". + A 2yr old that is morphing right now! The garden keeps flooding out, and I have to wait for the rain water to be absorbed. I need rescue 911 advice. looks like i may have to remove all the mulch, weed sceen, pull the weeds, rescreen and mulch in another month.
Is it possible to remove the mulch, weed screen, from my garden with out affecting the plants and flowers in it, pull up the weeds, rescreen, and then re mulch, re-enclose w brick?
Dec 14, 2007 | 5:58 AM PST
Haven't blog'd in a while, now I have something to talk about, While taking the trash can back from the curve yesterday I noticed my rose bush on the side of the house, it was in bloom, full of life and color, just the other week it was super dead looking and dry, with the above 60 weather all month and rain here and there, it has done wonders for it, not sure when they are suppose to bloom, maybe it depends on climate and the ground moistness, I had to get the camera and snap away! Also the berries on the nandia are so bright and red, i love those bushes now that i know what they are! on the slope side, one side of my garden is thriving the other really isnt (sad face) . My garden surrounds my front porch on either side and meets at the steps. what's in there is posted on my Profile, everything is evenly spaces, weed screen etc... the right side the last 2 or 3 plants, stop growing and one of the holly is dead, brown and dried, a mum plant also had dried up , no color left, what can I do to save them so they wont have to come up and ruin that side of the garden?
Nov 2, 2007 | 5:46 AM PST
I have posted the unknown as well, maybe someone will recgonize it...... The climbing roses are not in bloom so I didn't take any snap shots of them to post. Its cooling off here this week, not sure what will happen to my Garden over the next few weeks, but hopefully all the plants and flowers will withstand winter. Is there a special way to care for plants in the winter to give them a better chance at surviving. It hasn't snowed here in years, or really even gotten cold enough for a big jacket in my opinion.
Oct 29, 2007 | 7:42 AM PST
I forgot to mention the other plants/ flowers in my garden, i only mentioned the new ones. #1 im trying to identify a rose bush looking flower, it is tall and skinny not great in width, the whole plant is very sharp and thorny just like a rose bush but the flowers or not like typical roses, they are big pretty hot pink open flowers. #2 light colored burgundy leaves with a green undertone, and little hard berry looking things grow on the plant, no type of berry you could eat but just hard lil balls, the one plant has grown at least 6 ft, the other one is only about 3ft. perfect hedge. plant, you can trim to look very nice and square.
Oct 25, 2007 | 12:32 PM PST
it finally rained yesterday, first rain since Sep 1, per the news, i haven't really analyzed the garden since yesterday but it rain allot today also. im so excited about my little Garden. i think im so Martha stewart for my age! someone please answer my first post!
Oct 25, 2007 | 12:29 PM PST
Tag: Urban Gardner!
This is my second attempt at reviving my garden that surrounds my scrrened-in front porch, the 1st attempt I dug up all the weeds and started with bare soil, but lack of care lead to all the weeds growing back and no research as to what to plant, just went for colors. Attempt 2, I redug up all the weeds and did a little research as to what would work best for me, its already late fall here but the weather is at high 80's low 50?, but the down side I was told were in drought and going on water restrictions. I measured 1 1/2 ft between plants layed weed eater screen, selection(mums, Japanese Holly, Crimson azalea). and I topped it off with a thicker wood chip sort of mulch! its looking great but i'll need some direction. Do I need to incase the garden with bricks or sm fencing to keep in one spot, how much to water since we are slim on rain, will i have to start from scratch next spring due to October start. ( Any other advice, plan to post pictures soon!)
