Posted by Mike from Niagara 6b
on 11/4/2009, 11:30 am
206.186.115.12
A week or maybe two ago the very tall yew hedge I planted to the west side of my yard got its fall pruning. Big job but worth it. Nice privacy screen and windbreak. Better to do when you can wear lots of clothing and not sweat - say about 4 C.
Then spent some more hours cleaning out Mom's yard and chain sawing her Rose of Sharon in half. She has so many peonies that I just use electric hedge clippers after clipping the full property hedge. Raked 18 cans of leaves for a senior neighbour and lots more to go.
24 cans of garden waste produced here in my yard in a week... not leaves (they go around the bananas)... (20 of those containers went yesterday and four more are already lined up for next week). Some old thin stemmed Fargesia bamboo that was finishing blooming at the very back of the yard got dug or pruned back according to what was easier and some perrenial grasses and some rose of Sharon (dug out two more large ones today) and pruning butterfly bushes and Solomons Seal and cleaning hostas and raking out the back of older gardens...
Making a difference. Now the fall planting of summer purchased plants can start in earnest. Just planted three male blue hollies for privacy and a couple of Viburnum x pragense ( evergreen) and a couple of Leucothoe fontanesiana (evergreen) . More to plant like more three more large blue green male hollies than a dozen hollies (mostly Castle Spire) and 5 variegated ones and another 18 acuba I started last January. The MANY magnolia seedlings I started this year were sunk a week ago the work list is decreasing.
In time. I helped the garbage collectors yesterday when they came to the mountain of containers and gave them some Cokes for their work. Great people and they do a nice job and also it is SO NICE to see that go it all go - but already four cans for next week. Man that is one service that is really great and knowing it gets composted is perfect. I only compost softer stuff any more.
Elephant ears mostly dug a week ago and drying in the carport for now. Some cannas dug and others to be dug... no more Red Pres though. Yeah for that!
Yeah! In time. A better garden...
Maybe next year I will not start or buy any plants... yeah I know...
SO how go your chores?
Mike
I did some pics around historic Niagara on the Lake and the Niagara river gorge on Monday which I could post if people are interested....