WOW!!!! Looks like you really got in a pruning mood.nothing left now but stubs.Course, you could get the yard man to dig out the rest of them and have more veggie space for more tomatoes :-))It looks very nice Rita; Do you have little fish in your little pond there?I sure do like that SELLSTATION SUNSET daylily, its very pretty, but what is that red one against the fence?Looks pretty, too.

Jean

Jean, that reddish daylily is Pinhill Claret Symphony.

I do have little fish in the pond. My fish from last year came thru the winter great but two weeks ago when we had that freak storm I found them all dead two days later. Can't figgure out what happened. So I went to the pet shop and stocked up on feeder fish. They cost $2.00 for 25 of them but they are really small.

Don't encourage me to make space for more tomatoes as I just might do exactly what you said ha-ha. Oh the tomato crazies are really bad this year LOL!

A lttle liquid refreshment can get you into all sorts id interestinf adventures. One thing about it, the shrubs will grow back. What a clever, sneaky neighbor. what a laugh! You are so much further ahead on your garden changes than I am, it is amazing. I won't be able to do hard work until it cools off here some. I don't have those 104s and above that some of you have, but the h8umid 97s will keep me indoors.

Love that Sellstation Sunset, Rita.
kay

What a wonderful idea! Wonder if I took my neighbor a nice strong marguerita if is could get him tipsy enough to cut his dead trees out before they fall on me? Hum, they would probably all fall on me anyway, DH & I would still have to clean them up.
Your daylilies look so good, I just love Sellstation Sunset.

Rita, you need to get the daylily, Frozen Margarita---check out the last four letters--rita--this one is definitely for you. Also, if you read the post about daylilies with most buds, Debra posted that this one was one of her best this year. I know I am thinking about it, and hey! I like margaritas (the drink), too. Avedon

Kay, I have to get more of the projects done earlier in the year than you do or I run into winter before I get them done.

Nancy, get him so drunk that he thinks it was his idea to cut down the trees. :-))

Avedon, actually Margaritas would not be my drink of choice. I think this might even be my first time that I had them. But hey, I am not about to turn down something already made and ready to drink.

My favorite mixed drink is an old fashioned one called a Manhatten. Basicly whiskey with some Vermouth. But I like Pina Coladas also. And akll sorts of wine or wine coolers.

Well,RITA, Just trying to help you out in finding places for the veggies. Seems like a ideal place to me.They wouldnt grow high enough to mess up your neighbors view of the water.and could always plant a little portulaca along the edge and let it flop over your little pavers. would look nice.:)
oh guess you didnt post pictures today of the daylilies blooming?????

jean

Jean, I really do want more room for my veggies next year so am always open to suggestions! :-))

Nope, only this one post today.

very nice Rita. those poor shrubs don't know what hit them...That what Tequila does to you!! It seemed to give you lots of energy though...Ellie

Well,it does look like a pretty good space there, looks big in the pictures.and would get plenty sunshine there (and neighbors could come pick there own tomatoes)course, you could put a little sign close by, NO PICKING THE TOMATOES.:)That would give you two spots by that fence for veggies.

Jean

Honestly, If anyone had seen us prunning and laughing about it while we were chopping at them it really was too funny. Actually now that I remember one of the regular dog walkers that we both know came by but quickly left. Maybe she was afraid we would put her to work or maybe just though we were too nutsey ladies there wacking away at those poor shrubs.

Jean, I am afraid it might be too close to the street to grow veggies. And a sign saying no picking would surely guarantee that they would be picked!

well, Golly, Rita, just trying to help you out with places for your tomatoes .

Maybe some bush cucumbers there?
Jean

We'll see. I am thinking on it LOL!!!

2500 bulbs!!!?

I had only 750 last year and I was very tired of bulbs when I was through planting. Don't envy you Rita, but it will be beautiful in the spring. 2500! Wow!
kay

Yep. Just over 2,500 bulbs. I really got carried away. I ordered tulips, daffodils and crocus. Talk about a project. Planting them really will be a project!

That is a funny story, Rita. Sounds like it would be FUN times to live next door to you! I would have laughed my butt off had I been walking by and witnessed the great tree massacre...LOL. The trees will probably send up shoots from the base of the leftover stumps. I lopped my lilac trees down to the ground a few years back (because they were getting leggy, not because of margaritas) and they came back fuller and bushier than ever. Honestly Rita, I think either you should move next door to me, or me next door to you because we both are always embarking on major projects and we could get into so much trouble together...haha.

Celeste

Oh I can just see it now. Whacked down shrubs and cockeyed stone beds inspired by Margarita Coctail hour. Too, too funny!

well,I guess I missed some thing that I can not find.No where have ai read that Rita has 2500 bulbs coming to plant.

Jean, It was not posted on this thread but on anothyer thread. But it's true. I ordered them from a bunch of places but I really have so many comming. Spring should look stunning!

Wow RITA:Thats a lot of bulbs to plant this fall.Hopefully, you can get them all planted before winter.No LILIES???

jean

No, I didn't buy any lilies (or even daylilies) this year. I just bought those spring bulbs. Tulips, daffodils, crocus and also some dutch iris. But I do so love when they bloom in the spring. Going to HAVE to get them planted as I ordered them and I surely will not let them go to waste!