Garden Whipping! - Updated: pg21

[Catalina]

I bought a few of my aquilegia/columbine from here
http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/b/bp/AQBIS.html

but my mom also gave me a bunch when she moved her garden, with the idea that I would give them back.

Hattie's right they will cross and you can lose some of your unique colors that way. They are also semi-invasive, but I think in a good way.

I just let them grow where ever they want to. I have full sun in my garden from 10am to 7pm and dappled sun/shade in the morning.
Everything gets watered at least 1 inch every 5 days.

They are very easy to grow, once they get established.

Hope that helps!

They can grow in sun or partial shade, though always do better when shaded for at least some of the day. They naturalize well fitting into mixed planting schemes particularly on the edge of woodland areas, not quite under trees, but nearby so the tree can give some dappled shade.

They grow to about 24 inches in height and form clumps of 1/2 to 2/3rds this in width. They will frequently self-seed, though if you allow this be quite ruthless in removing extras as there is a tendency to revert to a more wild-type strain with small dark flowers which are not really worth having. Of course you need to let them flower first to see what you've got.

They can also be propagated by division in spring which is a better way of getting more of the colors that you like. Recovery after division can be slow as they're not happy about having the roots disturbed.

 

[GrowinVeggiesInSC]

Hope that helps!

They can grow in sun or partial shade, though always do better when shaded for at least some of the day. They naturalize well fitting into mixed planting schemes particularly on the edge of woodland areas, not quite under trees, but nearby so the tree can give some dappled shade.

They grow to about 24 inches in height and form clumps of 1/2 to 2/3rds this in width. They will frequently self-seed, though if you allow this be quite ruthless in removing extras as there is a tendency to revert to a more wild-type strain with small dark flowers which are not really worth having. Of course you need to let them flower first to see what you've got.

They can also be propagated by division in spring which is a better way of getting more of the colors that you like. Recovery after division can be slow as they're not happy about having the roots disturbed.

Huh, I've done all that and they just keep on shriveling up on me. I will have to try again I suppose. I didn't try any this year 'cause I can't stand the heartbreak. :/

Thanks for the info!

 

[Catalina]

Guess what I've been doing

Re-digging the pond!

I think I may need an intervention. What is this like the 4th or 5th time?

ETA: Ok it's at least the 6th - I just counted. You should see the big muscles I'm getting from all the digging!

 

[Catalina]

Update:

First excuses: It has been raining for the last three days and the weeds have gotten away from me! I dashed out in between showers and took these pics. It started pouring again after I got back inside. But, we really needed the rain, so it's Ok. Just don't look at the messy weeds.

Pond - Done! (sorta)

Poor fruit tree wieghted down with rain. I pruned this one back quite a bit, because it collects the rain in its leaves every time it rains.

Potatoes

Peppers, broccoli, eggplant

More potatoes

Tomatos

Peas,garlic

 

[Catalina]

More update:

More tomatos

Carrots, radished, onions

Swiss chard, lettuce,

Eggplant, peppers, green beans

 

[karanleaf]

It Looks GREAT I'm not going to arm wrestle ya with them muscles I give ..... I give ...
Your garden is really going by leaps and bounds
It all looks wonderful

I'll show DH your photos, he keeps talking a water feature by our garden area. So maybe this will spark some ideas.

:happy_flower Karan

 

[Catalina]

I had a garden helper today. She hangs out with me sometimes when her parents are working.
We went looking for frogs/tadpoles and fairy house supplies in the woods today. We spent about 4 hours out there!

We couldn't find any frogs or tadpoles, but we did find some snails.

Here's a vid of my helper releasing the snails into the pond. I'm not sure if they will survive in there, but she was so excited about finding them I thought it couldn't hurt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o9svFAnq1s

 

[vfem]

 

[Catalina]

I planted some petunias, calla lillies and begonias around the pond today.
And moved some more rocks.

I also planted a few more green beans and put up a trellis for a clemantis.

 

[Catalina]

Update: