Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category

Growing vegetables in a pot

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Found this blog post entitled 12 Vegetables You Can Grow in a Pot.

Ending a dry spell

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

It is FINALLY raining!!!

Nothing new to report

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Sorry folks, I haven’t really done any gardening of note – just watering my plants.  See, it’s been so bloody hot, and we’ve had so little rain, that I haven’t started any new projects.  And everything is just dry.  We need rain.  A good, long, steady soaking.  And we need some cooler temperatures so that I can venture out of the air-conditioning into the garden. 

Hope everyone keeps cool!

Recent activity

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Sorry, no pictures this post.

My current project is located in my parents’ side yard. A few weeks ago, I cut down a spruce tree that was about 20 feet in height. In the area it occupied, my plan is to create an earthen berm for planting. The plan is to make it somewhat crescent-shaped, with four specific planting areas. On either end will be some sort of shrub. The back center will have a Yoshino Cherry tree planted. This will be the focal specimen of the entire project. The front center will be planted with a dozen different varieties of heaths and heathers. This will give it year-round interest. And between the different areas I will use low-growing plants for filler.

That’s the plan. Right now, I’m working on digging up the lawn where the berm will be. I still need to decide on what sort of material I will use to create a border between the berm and the lawn. If you have any ideas, post it in the comments!

Welcome to my new blog

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Hi, and welcome to my gardening blog.  This is where I will discuss what I’m doing with one of my favorite hobbies, landscaping & gardening.