Aneeda72 Garden 2021

[Aneeda72]

Got the strawberry bed weeded and all the strawberries planted. I try and buy strawberry plants that have little strawberries on them. Even though those berries usually die due to the shock of being replanted; I at least know that the plant I am buying will bear fruit.

Only worked for an hour in garden today as it was too cold in the morning and I had other stuff to get done. Then the HVAC people came out, then lunch, then grocery shopping. So busy since I retired. . It’s a wonder I had time to go to a job and care for the children.

Got the two stakes we needed at Lowe’s to finish getting the decorative fence in, some slates to finish the other privacy fencing, two more stakes for a piece of privacy fencing for the front by our door where amazon insist on dropping our packages.

Husband started moving the perennial grass from the front garden, which we are redoing, to the back yard. He’s moved all 12 plants. More gardening tomorrow .

 

[Aneeda72]

Was sitting up my veterans memorial garden yesterday. It used to be in the side yard, but since I made that into a run for Bella, I had to move it. Moved some flowers from the front yard to the back, in fact, most of the flowers in the front will be moved to the back.

Had husband plant the large blueberry plants we bought. Got some decorative fencing in, repotted all the veggies now onto bigger pots until they can be placed out. So in the shed at night, outside in the afternoon when it’s warm enough.

Husband got his bed frame put together so now we have another full bed spring to set up as a raised garden. Will get that done today.

 

[MickaC]

I am very jealous, Aneeda.
Wish i was doing the garden and yard thing too.
Yesterday was +17, sunny, great day.
Couldn't do my lawn yesterday.....my lawn mower hasn't found its way back yet, from oil change and blade sharpening.....sigh........good help's hard to find.
Today, woke up to -4, now -6, snow flurries, high of maybe......+4.
Would love to do something outside besides chasing the neighbours cat out of my yard.....did you know cats can climb fences......going have to get a water gun.
So......thinking about outside stuff is all i'm doing at moment.

 

[Dana]

I am really impressed Aneeda....your garden is looking great!!

 

[Aneeda72]

I am very jealous, Aneeda.
Wish i was doing the garden and yard thing too.
Yesterday was +17, sunny, great day.
Couldn't do my lawn yesterday.....my lawn mower hasn't found its way back yet, from oil change and blade sharpening.....sigh........good help's hard to find.
Today, woke up to -4, now -6, snow flurries, high of maybe......+4.
Would love to do something outside besides chasing the neighbours cat out of my yard.....did you know cats can climb fences......going have to get a water gun.
So......thinking about outside stuff is all i'm doing at moment.

yes and they can jump over fences as well.

 

[Aneeda72]

The memorial garden is almost done just a few final touches. I have emptied one of the gardens in the front yard and am deciding what to do with it. I change my mind every five minutes. . The plaque says ”all gave some, some gave all”. A stone marine for him, very fitting actually, and a WAC for me. I want to add an Air Force and navy guy, the statues are expensive. I don’t ever want to forget the sacrifices that were/are made for our freedom to choose.

 

[Aneeda72]

Got a lot done yesterday as far as gardens are concerned. Finished redoing and mulching over the two large annual garden spaces in the front. This involved taking down a raise area and using the castle rock in the back garden around the raised beds.

Removing all the crap grass that grew so fast, moving some dirt, smoothing everything down, a d covering with mulch. This will save us a lot water and allow me to have my veggie garden this summer even with a drought. I feed us and a few neighbors with those veggies.

I lost a few roses over the winter and my potted blueberries don’t look to good. It will take the blueberries a couple years to recover, if they do. I had to throw 4 roses in the back away. But save 3 barely alive roses in the front. I potted those miniature roses and placed them into the memorial garden which is now finished.

 

[Aneeda72]

The roses seem to be recovering. I moved all the irises that lined the front side yard and front yard into the back. Since irises are bulbs, they move well. I bought them last year, on clearance for a dollar, and they were supposed to bloom this year. But since I moved them, they might not bloom, but they won’t die.

I have two in ground cucumbers and an accidently bought watermelon that have survived the cold as I cover them at night with larger planters. It is supposed to be quite warm over the next two weeks so I put a green pepper in the raised bed, covered it, and we shall see how it does.

I‘d like to get the veggies planted so I can use the pots I repotted them to. I bought two lovely annual arrangements in large pots on clearance for 20 each. The pots matched two smaller pots that I already have. Yesterday, while husband finished up the two former large gardens in the front, I started weeding the last front garden, which is against the front of the house, and will remain.

This will have a combination of flowers and roses including annuals. But this year all the annuals, in the front, will be in pots. I will be able to hand water this garden and thus control water usage. I had to buy two roses to plant in front to replace the three, and I need to buy one more.

Everything is coming along well. I hate the expenditure of money but the house has to look decent, and, , I love gardening. It’s cheaper than mental health therapy

 

[Sliverfox]

Aneeda ,, Can't imagine what my place would look like if you lived here,, 8 acres to maintain or garden in.

Before MIL passed, a young lady rented her pasture & barn for horses.
We hauled up the horse poop,,led it set couple of years. (compost)

This spring hubby hauled over some backhoe scoops ,,put compost on my raised bed.

Having hard time finding onion sets,,planed some onions that were growing in house.
Weather to changeable here to plant tomatoes or squash.

While hubby was running backhoe,, had him bring over more compost to put above apple trees.
I really wanted to have less slope in yard in that area.

After we got done remodeling this house way back in late 70s.
He planted apple trees,,peach ,cherry trees.
Apples lived others didn't.

First batch of blueberry bushes died.
He replanted 6 or 7 bushes which grew to be too large.
Saw him out cutting them back ,,just before Spring.
Time will tell how the produce this year.

With rabbits, deer & wild turkey moving onto back acreage, will need to fence in any garden I have.

 

[MickaC]

Aneeda ,, Can't imagine what my place would look like if you lived here,, 8 acres to maintain or garden in.

Before MIL passed, a young lady rented her pasture & barn for horses.
We hauled up the horse poop,,led it set couple of years. (compost)

This spring hubby hauled over some backhoe scoops ,,put compost on my raised bed.

Having hard time finding onion sets,,planed some onions that were growing in house.
Weather to changeable here to plant tomatoes or squash.

While hubby was running backhoe,, had him bring over more compost to put above apple trees.
I really wanted to have less slope in yard in that area.

After we got done remodeling this house way back in late 70s.
He planted apple trees,,peach ,cherry trees.
Apples lived others didn't.

First batch of blueberry bushes died.
He replanted 6 or 7 bushes which grew to be too large.
Saw him out cutting them back ,,just before Spring.
Time will tell how the produce this year.

With rabbits, deer & wild turkey moving onto back acreage, will need to fence in any garden I have.

WOW...Silverfox.....sounds like you're dealing with a lot of challenges.
But.... you sound determined.....i'm sure your garden will be great.

 

[MickaC]

Started on tuesday with a great spring day.....downhill the last two.
I consider my yard very low maintenance......any leaves in my landscaping stone areas....use a blower....blow them onto the grass......then put through the mower......hardly ever use a rake....last couple days....has been cold and somewhat wet.....hard to put through the mower.....waiting for sun to dry things a bit.
The sun is out today, hopefully for a while.....but.....we do need rain.
Maybe should get some holes drilled in my metal water cans for drainage....ready for filling and placing.....this is just a decor thing....not a useful thing.
Are some things i want to move.....might work on that as well.

 

[Aneeda72]

Aneeda ,, Can't imagine what my place would look like if you lived here,, 8 acres to maintain or garden in.

Before MIL passed, a young lady rented her pasture & barn for horses.
We hauled up the horse poop,,led it set couple of years. (compost)

This spring hubby hauled over some backhoe scoops ,,put compost on my raised bed.

Having hard time finding onion sets,,planed some onions that were growing in house.
Weather to changeable here to plant tomatoes or squash.

While hubby was running backhoe,, had him bring over more compost to put above apple trees.
I really wanted to have less slope in yard in that area.

After we got done remodeling this house way back in late 70s.
He planted apple trees,,peach ,cherry trees.
Apples lived others didn't.

First batch of blueberry bushes died.
He replanted 6 or 7 bushes which grew to be too large.
Saw him out cutting them back ,,just before Spring.
Time will tell how the produce this year.

With rabbits, deer & wild turkey moving onto back acreage, will need to fence in any garden I have.

There is no way at any time in my life I could have handled so much land, but at the time I did not know that. I so wanted a hobby farm when I was younger. When I married my current husband, other than a marine, he had farmed, a true plus. Can we buy a farm when you get out? Sure he said.

But he hadn’t really farmed. He had worked on his uncles farm in the Dakota, large scale grain farming, not the kind of farming I had envisioned. He lied. There would never be a farm. He knew there would never be a farm. I was very stupid for a very long time.

But had there been a farm, even a small hobby farm, due to my many severe medical problems I realized, in hindsight, I would have died on that farm in no time at all. I haven’t ever been able to decide if that would have been a good thing or a bad thing.

too much information, but I would have loved to have those acres, loved it.

 

[Aneeda72]

Started on tuesday with a great spring day.....downhill the last two.
I consider my yard very low maintenance......any leaves in my landscaping stone areas....use a blower....blow them onto the grass......then put through the mower......hardly ever use a rake....last couple days....has been cold and somewhat wet.....hard to put through the mower.....waiting for sun to dry things a bit.
The sun is out today, hopefully for a while.....but.....we do need rain.
Maybe should get some holes drilled in my metal water cans for drainage....ready for filling and placing.....this is just a decor thing....not a useful thing.
Are some things i want to move.....might work on that as well.

You could put strawberries in them, the water cans. It would draw the birds. I like to watch birds. When SSI comes I plan on buying a decorative bird feeder and seed. I am going to put it right where my difficult neighbor illegally parks his truck so his truck can become covered in bird shit.

Payback for his throwing his cigarette butts into my yard for me to pick up. Plus a lit one could set my mulch filled yard on fire. I go through the yard, pick them up, and throw them back into his driveway. It’s a daily chore

 

[Aneeda72]

The front of the house and the finished memorial garden. All I need is a navy and an Air Force statue, plus coast guard, of course

 

[MickaC]

The front of the house and the finished memorial garden. All I need is a navy and an Air Force statue, plus coast guard, of course

I totally love what you've been and are doing.

 

[MickaC]

You could put strawberries in them, the water cans. It would draw the birds. I like to watch birds. When SSI comes I plan on buying a decorative bird feeder and seed. I am going to put it right where my difficult neighbor illegally parks his truck so his truck can become covered in bird shit.

Payback for his throwing his cigarette butts into my yard for me to pick up. Plus a lit one could set my mulch filled yard on fire. I go through the yard, pick them up, and throw them back into his driveway. It’s a daily chore

I could put strawberries in them...but...i'd have to buy the plants every year because they wouldn't survive the winter in them.
What i have been doing is putting solar lights in them.....every year i add some.....got 10 more water cans this year.
Didn't get the solar lights out last year, because i did a bunch of changing.
Have collected solar lights for many years....think i started 15+ years ago.......love them.

 

[Sliverfox]

Iris & peony from years ago

 

[Sliverfox]

Its a wet chilly day here in PA.
Thought you might enjoy this picture to cheer your day,no matter what your weather is like today.

 

[Aneeda72]

Farmer Aneeda72

 

[Jules]

Farmer Aneeda is all set to attack that garden.

 

[dobielvr]

Farmer Aneeda72

I admire your determination Aneeda72.......

 

[Aneeda72]

Worked all day in the front and back gardens with a trip to Lowe’s and lunch and a trip to Home Depot. Very tired but we got a done. tonight but not taking any chances. Container gardening.
The spaghetti squash is in the ground at the end and has that whole area to cover and it will. One plant went into shock so not use if it will make it.

The large grey containers have large tomatoes in them. The safest containers, from those I goggled about, have pp5 on the back. I used the containers when we moved and now they are raised beds.

Mostly peppers on the first raised bed and tomatoes on the second. Tomorrow the rest of the squash should be planted. Everything will be uncovered and then covered again until night time temperatures are a steady 50 and above. Normally I do not plant till the end of May, but it was 80 today. And I want everything done before my hip replacement so getting all my ducks in a row.

 

[Aneeda72]

Got the front garden totally weeded and a few, very very, few new perennials planted. Last year I had a lot of annuals in this garden, but not so many this year. But there are gaps to fill in. Bought some sunflower seeds and sweet peas seeds to put in.

The nights are 40 and above so will get the rest of the vegetables in today. I have 11 tomato plants, most are different; and will they will be plants in containers. Some of the tomatoes have a very low yield so I have three of one kind etc. Last year they did very poor in my soil while the squash over excelled. Only the squash will be in the ground.

Bought a few plants I have not raised before-those might be put in the ground. I always plant flowers around the veggies to draw the bees.

 

[MickaC]

Worked all day in the front and back gardens with a trip to Lowe’s and lunch and a trip to Home Depot. Very tired but we got a done. tonight but not taking any chances. Container gardening.
The spaghetti squash is in the ground at the end and has that whole area to cover and it will. One plant went into shock so not use if it will make it.

The large grey containers have large tomatoes in them. The safest containers, from those I goggled about, have pp5 on the back. I used the containers when we moved and now they are raised beds.

Mostly peppers on the first raised bed and tomatoes on the second. Tomorrow the rest of the squash should be planted. Everything will be uncovered and then covered again until night time temperatures are a steady 50 and above. Normally I do not plant till the end of May, but it was 80 today. And I want everything done before my hip replacement so getting all my ducks in a row.

You're do a GREAT JOB getting all your ducks in a row.
Love all what you've done.
When is your hip replacement.

 

[dobielvr]

Aneeda, do you plant your tomatoes in those blue pots that are showing in your pics?

Are those 12"?