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| I hope we all have a blessed, bounteous year, with no blackspot or bacterium wilt!
Do you have any resolutions/big plans for your garden this year? I have resolved to be better about pruning, weeding and deadheading -- three of my least favorite garden activites. (I got into this game to grow things!) I have resolved to do more with compost. Make more, use more -- capture that garden gold for my plants. I have resolved to have (more of) a plan for my garden, so it looks more like a serene coordinated space -- not the result of an end-of-season sale at Lowes! I have resolved to stay on top of spraying the roses for blackspot this season. No more gorgeous Othello blooms on six feet of naked cane! I have resolved to finally make a really nice breakfast-and-newspaper spot in my open, exposed urban backyard. I have a rescued chair, an expensive table, and the makings of a water feature. I will get them all installed in such a way that they will create a harmonious whole -- and not get stolen two days later! I have resolved to do more with the public space at my disposal. And I have plans to sneak out and take a whole lot of dormant rose cuttings -- as soon as we get cold enough for them to be dormant! What are you planning for your gardening life this year? |
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| I'm planning even more wintersowing this year (I'd better, with all the seeds I have!) I'm planning to cut down on post-gardening snacks (ever notice how hungry weeding makes you?) And, like you, I'm planning more compost and staying on top of blackspot spraying. I gave up long ago on the "serene coordinated space" - I decided I liked that riot of color! Happy New Year to you! |
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- Posted by kydaylilylady z6 KY (My Page) on Wed, Jan 3, 07 at 13:37
| Ah,,,What I resolve to get done this year.... 1. Plant the 40 asparagus and 12 rhubarb that I ordered the other day. Now, let's see what I can actually get done. Janet |
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| Get everything out of the veggie garden so my neighbor can till it more easily with his tractor and tiller. The things I put in there temporarily, have been in there entirely too many years. There are Spireas, Rose of Sharon, Boxwoods, butterfly bush, daylilies, iris, 4 roses, several different clematis, tall garden phlox, mums, chocolate mint (HUGE), oregano (HUGE), daffodils, Yellow Lilac suckers, monarda,...and probably more. What was I thinking? The problem is that I need to prep places to go with all this stuff, and it is all so mature, that it will need divided and shared some way as I can't move the huge clumps. Sue |
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- Posted by storygardener 5/6 central oh (My Page) on Thu, Jan 4, 07 at 6:44
| Happy New Year Alison! This year: I wil cut more bouquets to enjoy in my house. Plant fewer small pots of flowers. It will be easier to keep up with the watering that way. Conquer (as best I can) the weeds left over from last year when I couldn't garden much. Water less...I learned last year..that the garden can do with alot less water than I thought. Good question, Alison. |
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| i resolve to eliminate at least 20 square feet of grass with a new bed of flowers. to actually plant something that blooms in my back yard and to start a full renovation of my front flower beds so they look unified-- new front steps and edging, new gravel walk and stepping stones, lift & divide plants along the front walk and even plant some annuals for picking!!! the steps and edging are most critical, but eliminating grass is always a good thing Happy New year |
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| Happy new year everyone! My first gardening resolution is to leave all my current plantings where they are. I keep moving everything everywhere (due to my impatience) I need to stop! Second I want to expand 3 of my flower beds about 3 feet out. Lots of new space to plant in (and less to mow) I want to add a few dwarf pines and junipers up front for winter interest. Get a large truckload of soil and build up the back of the backyard so I can plant there. And buy lots more bulbs-you can squeeze them in anywhere! Oh-and stop to smell the roses and enjoy all my hard work. Cant forget that part. Jen |
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| Great Thread! I resolve to continue to remove the invasives I no longer have time to coddle. I also resolve to deal with my powdery mildew issue to the extent I can. I'm so sick of that. Doesn't sound like much, but I will be quite busy with just those two items. |
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