tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post3832093275090055241..comments2023-10-30T07:50:31.559-05:00Comments on Alabama Rose and Flower Garden from a Non-Green Thumb: Journal Notes ...Feeling Overwhelmed and Defeated...ventingCerberus German shepherdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-10092310799552249012013-06-18T21:28:12.051-05:002013-06-18T21:28:12.051-05:00@Deb...I didn't see your response as to whethe...@Deb...I didn't see your response as to whether it was your garden that was featured in Alabama Garden. If it was, I don't think they did it justice. Cerberus German shepherdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-37763029765063272013-06-18T21:24:42.911-05:002013-06-18T21:24:42.911-05:00@Holley...I have been to the ER via ambulance one ...@Holley...I have been to the ER via ambulance one time this year over...I'm not in a rush to do it a second time. Especially, after I got the bill. My body is usually good about telling me to quit. It just has been more recurrent than normal with the heat index at 100<br />Cerberus German shepherdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-20004039183582887532013-06-18T21:21:41.761-05:002013-06-18T21:21:41.761-05:00@deb...I agree with starting near the house. I le...@deb...I agree with starting near the house. I learned that from last year. The property is 15 acres. This year I worked on infrastructure with the expectation that it will take years and year to make it fantastic. That is the plan. The heat has been hard to work in. But I recently caught a second wind. This project has literally taken twice as long I expect...and I (conservatively) work 4 hours in it daily.Cerberus German shepherdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-2080918532895385112013-06-17T23:34:22.437-05:002013-06-17T23:34:22.437-05:00The title of this blog post caught my attention! S...The title of this blog post caught my attention! Summer doldrums always hit me about this time, and my garden is well established. It is so much harder when you are just getting started. I really don't do much during the summer except try to keep things alive. Your garden looks huge and has fantastic potential, but unless you are enormously wealthy, it won't meet your vision for a number of years. Other commenters above have given good advice. My own advice would be to start near the house and complete sections there that are manageable, then gradually add other areas or garden rooms as time and budget allow. Every step will be an improvement and will bring you lots of satisfaction.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-88843837681489825642013-06-17T17:26:10.494-05:002013-06-17T17:26:10.494-05:00I get discouraged every year about this time. It ...I get discouraged every year about this time. It gets hot. The roses don't look as fresh. And the weeds spring up everywhere. I have been outside the last few days trying to get all the weeds out of my flowerbeds, too. Just take it easy, and do what you can. Just don't overdo. It's too hot outside, and heat stroke is a very real concern. Your garden looks great where you have screened. Sometimes, the best thing to do is to just try to keep things alive until autumn when the weather is a bit better for working.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-39106958314516148752013-06-17T04:45:25.224-05:002013-06-17T04:45:25.224-05:00Thanks, Nell...that helped a great deal. I agree ...Thanks, Nell...that helped a great deal. I agree with what you said. There is a section on the other L that the container plants are it...bougainvilleas and hibiscus. I has become over run, the roses there are being overtaken by weeds. My thinking is to move the container plants out....weed, and plant the plants in the greenhouse there. More spaced than the rose garden...once I finished venting...I realized there really aren't that many....but the heat makes it very hard to work. I stopped feeding because,...I didn't have the time to be honest. <br />Appreciate the input..I feel better.Cerberus German shepherdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429615988299569447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411238003145216727.post-65179068492865712732013-06-16T18:44:45.005-05:002013-06-16T18:44:45.005-05:00Okay, time to regroup and make a new plan. Let the...Okay, time to regroup and make a new plan. Let the cheap stuff go, you can't save it all. Let the plants that are overgrown under trees duke it out with whatever is there until fall and salvage what you can when it's cool. <br /><br />Stop fertilizing. You don't feed your family Thanksgiving Dinner when it's hot, you give them something light. Your plants will be better with less of everything until next spring and weeds and grass will grow more slowly.<br /><br />Prune in the fall if you must prune. <br /><br />Ants. Are they fireants? Probably. Get some STUFF. There's some in a brown canister that you can just put a spoonful on there. Even better is something in a bag that you sprinkle a half cup and then water in, lots of trouble but works well if the white stuff in the canister fails.<br /><br />Dump the dead stuff and group the potted things that are good together and keep them watered enough they don't die. It's too hot to work outside then it's too hot to plant out things from a pot, too late unless it comes a three day rain. Plant out on the second day of rain. I'm talking about inches of rain, not a tenth today and two tenths tomorrow.<br /><br />Deal with your weeds. They will not go away. Pull your grass, it will EAT your plants. Or, just wait until fall and salvage what you can. You cannot do it all and you certainly cannot do it all in one day. <br /><br />Save your wildflower seeds until fall. Prepare a bed and scatter the seeds. They'll come up in early spring and you'll have a wildflower patch. You'll have to weed. Consider mowing it when it looks sad.<br /><br />Enlist your husband in the planning. He may have some suggestions that he held back because you had a plan. He probably knows what to do about the pumps and wells, too.<br /><br />Summertime; the Living is supposed to be Easy. <br /><br />Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.com