Fall Chores

[duh]

Please mention all fall chores here because I forget things if I'm not reminded. 

Today I lifted my naked ladies and cleaned them.  Now they are drying before I store them in the closet until January 31st.

I'll also be planting some mums when they get here.  And of course I am weeding as I go. 

[Penny]

I put away all my tomato cages, after giving them a hose down....and rinsed out my pots, and stacked them, and between each pot, i added a plastic shopping bag, so that none stick.....this was after letting the pots dry so that there wont be any mold in the spring.

[duh]

do you rinse yours with a 10% bleach solution?  I do.

I just took cuttings off of my double impatience.  I'm going to try and grow one indoors this winter and then take cuttings off of it in the spring to put in the tree bed.  There is plenty of shade there for it.  I thought I would plant them between the peonies that aren't old enough to flower yet.

[duh]

It's exciting to see that the naked ladies were happy enough this summer that they started making babies.

[bestofour]

duh, I have to say that I hope that post doesn't get to facebook and go viral on you.

[Tina]

 

[bestofour]

I decided not to move the hosta.  The place where it is now doesn't get sun until the afternoon.  I don't have full shade anymore.  I'm just going to have to try and water better.  Russell put out 5 knock out rose bushes for me yesterday.  He put 3 where the hosta lives and there's also a dogwood there so if they will grow and provide more shade maybe the hosta will be beautiful again.

[Tina]

That sounds like it should work, Sheri.

[duh]

I didn't even think about how that came out.  It does sound provocative doesn't it?

5 knock out roses, cool beans.  It sounds like it's going to be a beautiful spot in the garden. 

[duh]

How long does it take to make sure that the bulbs are completely dry?  I don't want them to rot because I didn't leave them out to dry long enough.

[Tina]

The surface should be dry, much like an onion feels. No damp dirt clinging.

[bestofour]

I've got some cleaning up to do and some cutting back.  At this point I don't think I'll be moving things around.  I think we are going to move the garden spot out into the field.  We'll have to turn the spot over and over to get it cleaned out.

[duh]

Thanks Tina I washed them well so no dirt and they seem dry just cool to the touch which confused me.  Something very easy to do most of the time lol.

Are you talking about your veggie bed?  How are you turning the soil over?  Do you have a tractor or tiller?  I would have to do it by hand. 

[duh]

Well today when I got back from social services I started watering all of the transplants.  I want to make sure they all get a good start.  And while I'm out there I'm watering the lettuce too. 

My next chore is to add some clay to the soil in the foundation beds and take some of the organic matter and put it over in the veggie beds to help prepare them for spring. 

And i need to add the next 1/4 cup of sulphur to the blueberry bed and scratch in the hollytone for the rose and azaleas.  Wish me luck with all of that.  It's still a lot of work to do.   

[bayou girl]

that is a lot of work, and i do wish you the best of luck!

[bestofour]

Are you talking about your veggie bed?  How are you turning the soil over?  Do you have a tractor or tiller?  I would have to do it by hand. 

Yes, I'm talking about clearning a new place for a vege garden.  It would take forever to clear it by hand.  It's this field.



I'm not clearing the entire field of course.  Just a small part of it that's in full sun.

[sunsoaker]

That's going to be a lot of work. Not sure I'd want to do it by hand either.

[bestofour]

We'll use a tractor and bobcat.

[duh]

I envy you your tractor and bobcat.  There are days I'd like to have something like that.  I'd love to have a farm pond but I'm not doing that by hand either lol.

[bestofour]

we've got a permit for a pond but no pond.

[duh]

You need a permit to dig a hole in the ground?  I mean that's what I'm thinking when I say farm pond.  Just a place to catch water to help water in the summer and maybe have a few fish and a couple of plants.  Just goes to show what all I don't know doesn't it?

Well here are the fall chores I've managed so far.  I've done the second sulphur amendment to the blueberry bed.  That consisted of 1/4 cup of sulphur for the 8 x 2 foot bed.  Then I gave the rose and both of the azalea's a cup of hollytone.  I'll have to buy more come spring because I don't have enough for that feeding but I've got time to save up for that.

[Tina]

We do not have to have a permit here for a yard sized pond. But they do have to have certain parameters to be reasonably safe. When we put in our pond, John and I agreed that we would fill it in if it became an attractive nuisance to kids. It has never been a problem even with our own.

[bayou girl]

here if the pond is under 1/4 acre, you can dig it without a permit.  anything larger and you have to get a county permit and have it approved by the army corp of engineers.

[duh]

Interesting, I've very glad to know all this.  Just in case I ever get around to the pond stage.  As if I haven't got enough to do?

[duh]

Well yesterday I lifted the peacock orchids.  I'm going to see if they will grow in the house.  I've heard that some people can grow them inside.  And they are suppose to have a lovely smell so that would be good.