Showing posts with label strawberry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberry. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas 2012

This year has been extemely warm.  We wore shorts, today and it's 72 degrees.  I wanted to clear out an area for my cutting gardens and the difference was so extreme..it made one feel agoraphobic...if that's the right phobia...



























I had planted wildflowers here last spring and an Indian Blanket flower seems to be doing well despite my not watering it and its winter....























November 2012

My green house packed up quick


My brother in law works at a wholesale nursery (that also sells to the public) and I found 3 gallon Hollywood Junipers for 3.75!  He works at a place called Century South.  The list price was 7.50...highly recommended


Endless summer hydras, Mexican heather, periwinkle, encore azaleas and  split leaf philodendron.


We clear a lot of trees so I have been really using this wood mulcher.  I understand that you shouldn't put fresh mulch on plants....




Lowes had a pond in a box kit on clearance for 50.00




Yaupon berry trees growing wild on the property




Black screening the fountain




Things I love most as a lazy (or at least forgetful) gardener...timers (both water and electric) and irrigation systems.  The greenhouse has full spectrum lighting and a fan that run intermittently throughout the day and night.  


Junipers before I put them in the ground


Too much to list here but in the back corner is a rain barrel.  I put this in here out of convenience if I did't want to go get a hose.  However, it's my understanding that some people place dark drums in greenhouses so that the water gets warm during the day and radiates heat at night. Link on this concept




Rye grass I planted






Cold frame for the strawberries


Strawberries ..they keep trying to make berries..and I keep popping them off.  From what I read, they need to establish well first.  I have even read some that say don't let them berry for a year...that is too long for me.  


Junipers that were placed in preset holes for other things...they are still in their pots


Front yard, are you sure it's November?