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Got enough dirt for these darn holes!

Husband got these on Woot. Idk why... Then he got a few hostas and freesas. I ran out of dirt, so, had to rush and find some. Topsoil, compost mix, supposedly. Don't have enough rabbit manure, so hoping it is a mix. Does it look like 8 yards?? Everyone is interested in it.

Supposed to be 86F today! But still can't kick out the plants just yet...

So....horses eat holly. 🤦🏽‍♀️ fenced them off. 3 bags of topsoil, 3 bags of manure, and still need more to finish planting these! 🤪 Then to move the rocks elsewhere.

Only a few left to pot and repot. Repotted most of the tomatoes that are left. Peppers are being very slow. A few seeds failed, 1 is just sprouting. Once potted, that whole tray will go away. Peppers will stay on heating mat, since it's helping to grow them.

Now to wait n see if it fully froze or not...

I don't trim anything except fruit trees. Wild n beautiful only. Would defeat the purpose, too. They're only 10-15 high and ift wide hollys. Need all of that and more to block wind.

Dry fitting the hollys. Funny how they "shrink" once in ground. They'll eventually lock wind. my sad sticks. There's some green and bend to lower branches.

Got 4 barrels, dirt to mix for the rocky holes, and then ordered some spigot and irrigation parts to use the barrels as drip irrigation for the trees. Doing it by utv uses a lot of gas idling.

Two holes were mostly rock. I'll pick those out, then mix rabbit poo with what's left, then plant the hollys. Placed them where they should help block the crazy wind that flipped the ac unit. 52mph winds flipped it.

Had someone dig 15 holes for me. The 12 giants are planted and watered in! Should block out the neighbors once they fill in.

Right. Not buying from them again.

Sure, but that's how nurseries do it. So, there's no reason for them to fail. They shouldn't sell in the dead of winter if it's a bad idea to keep in pot. Can't dig in frozen ground.

They said I cannot top off 4-5" of dirt without digging up the plants. 🤔 I buried them anyway... Seems fine!