December starts the gardening year
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Today I started getting my front yard ready for the coming year. I wanted to redo the front for some time, but a Christmas tree was the excuse for not doing it. This year the tree had grown too tall to put balls on it, so I solved the problem by getting out the chainsaw and cutting it down. Next year it will real good in my fireplace. With that gone, it has been easy cleaning up everything else. But I found I had to get some bamboo sticks to mark where my bulbs are starting to come up. There are dutch iris, daffodils, scillia, belladonna lilies, and muscari. With most of the trash gone, I leaped to the other side and started trimming the vitex, butterfly bush, plumbago, and miscanthus. I cleaned around the bird-of-paradise and the daylilies. For me, the time to start seeds is the first new moon after Dec. 22. I miss the tree … too much light in the house and people can see inside. The cats have more room to do their thing.
4 Dec, 2009
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My mother always planted her onions on the shortest day and dug them fon the longest day. We had the tree surgeons in this week to get rid of trees which had outgrown their welcome. The light is lovely and hubbie is looking forward to not having to clear fallen leaves and pine needles from the rhones
5 Dec, 2009
What are rhones ?
5 Dec, 2009
Gutter for carrying away the rain water from the roof Hywel.
5 Dec, 2009
How interesting to hear what you are planting - do the bulbs thrive in your climate? Is it early spring over there?
5 Dec, 2009
Welcome to GOY Wylie your climate (wind) sounds a challenge do you have any pictures?
5 Dec, 2009
Thanks Madaboutplants. I've never heard that word before
5 Dec, 2009
Drc726: I wish I had pictures, but I just got my first computor, and a camera will be next. Yes, the wind is a challenge. My backyard is 4,000 sq meters and used to be used for cattle feed crops. I have had to plant trees and shurbs to try and block the wind which comes in off the Atlantic and slams full force into my place which is on a knoll. But one of the best plants for a windbreak is the camillia. Once established, it resists everything including trying to pull it up. But it is winter here and I still have flowers. Open today are gazanias, zinnias, impatiens, bird-of-paradise, plumbago, and camillias. I have had blue daddy petunias flower all winter!
5 Dec, 2009
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Welcome to GoY. I think it's nice that you have more light in the house. You probably have a better view aswell. A net curtain would prevent people seeing in , but you would still be able to see out.
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