Summer means gardening!

Hi All!

Yes, I'm back again in another attempt to get my blog going. This time I'm focusing on summer gardening. It's been a long, bitter winter, and I'm ready to start. I went out and looked at the areas I'm going to work on this year, mainly in the front yard, with some tree removal in the back. I'll have pictures of the areas as I work on them, and on some of my pots I raise plants in.

Here's a couple of the areas I need to work on. The tree with all the suckers and Mulberry trees trying to grow under it are a result of my not being able to get out much and so anything in the yard. You can see in the second photo the instrument panel of the scooter I use to get around when I'm outside. Not really designed for yard use, but I have to make do with what I've got. The area in the second photo is between a small path of concrete and my patio. Lots off leaves and trees that have been growing for a couple of years.

In the picture below you can see what I've done to the suckers under the tree. Oh, by the way, it's an Indian Magic Crab Apple I've had for quite a few years. I planted it to put some depth to the front yard. Anyway, the suckers are gone and I spent the rest of that day and the next cutting down all the wild trees I could with my lopper. I treated the stumps of the trees (not the suckers) with brush killer, so I hope they won't regrow.

I haven't gotten a lot done, because of all the rain. I had a lot of winter kill in my plants. My prairie cactus were all wiped out. Quite disappointing, as I have had them growing up next to the house since the '90's. Most of the other stuff in the ground did survive, albeit in rough shape.

That's enough for today. I'm planning on going out and chopping a Chinese Elm tree that is growing in my Magnolia and maybe working in the bed on the first photo. I am waiting to receive two shipments of daylillies, one a re-bloomer and one a continual bloomer. We'll see how they do this year. I'll be following up on them every week throughout the year and we'll see if they survive the winter. They're QVC purchases and I've never purchased plants from them before. Keep watching.