Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[lillithlix]

stalker!!

Who, me?

 

[henless]

DH & I opened up a jar of bread & butter pickles that I canned a few days ago. They are DELISH!!! They taste like they are supposed to taste. I'm glad I didn't use the recipe that called for ginger. The one I used was perfect! I will be making more.

 

[lazy gardener]

Share your recipe please????

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I have a flower bed that is better at growing grass than almost anything else. I planted vinca there and it will be the scourge of me.
I spent about 3 hours out there and it is only 1/2 done. The weeds got ahead of me due to too much rain or days so hot the dogs would only venture outside for 5 min.
I need to do something about it as I am currently icing my elbows.
So, would you dig up the plants you wanted to keep and then till the rest to start over? I am thinking about getting one of those claws that you twist and till with as my tiller would be too big for the area. I have some butterfly bushes that I want to keepmtheir or replant elsewhere. Some daisy like plants, some perennial mums, and some serum. The rest is just vinca and grass. Ugh.
Any tips are appreciated. All of my other flower beds are manageable- so I know it is that darn vinca!

 

[igorsMistress]

Got 3 of the orchids transplanted so far. Still need to trim the stalks. The fourth still has one bloom left.
I really need to get the table painted white to reflect more light. Hopefully Friday if it's not too hot.

 

[lazy gardener]

Sometimes ripping out a bed and starting over is the only option. Even then, you must be on top of it and not let your guard down. I have done 2 of my flower beds with hubby's help for one of them. With that one, I lifted out all the plants I wanted to keep. He then built a new border around the perimeter. We leveled the soil, I then covered the whole thing with a heavy layer of cardboard, I set in the plants, and we mulched it with valley hemlock. Hubby likes a minimalist look, so there were not a lot of plants. I, on the other hand want to fill up a flower bed so there is always something blooming. We've compromised, the bed looks nice, but plenty of the former posies and weeds are creeping back. It does not take too long to weed them out. IMO, the secret is: remove everything. Dig out the invasives by hand. A tiller merely breaks the rhizomes so more plants can form. heavy layer of cardboard or newspaper, then plant it and mulch it. One of my favorite garden tools is a spade fork.

https://www.amazon.com/Truper-30299...ocphy=9002709&hvtargid=pla-306572293633&psc=1

 

[rjohns39]

Last year my potatoes were a total fail... But they came back this year with a vengeance... flowers died off about a week ago and plants started dyeing this week so we harvested yesterday. Got four or five pounds worth...

I understand the grass in the beds thing... We spent about two hours yesterday removing it... got all but one bed finished. Still have to clear it out of my green beans. Hard to remove it without taking plants you want to keep.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Sometimes ripping out a bed and starting over is the only option. Even then, you must be on top of it and not let your guard down. I have done 2 of my flower beds with hubby's help for one of them. With that one, I lifted out all the plants I wanted to keep. He then built a new border around the perimeter. We leveled the soil, I then covered the whole thing with a heavy layer of cardboard, I set in the plants, and we mulched it with valley hemlock. Hubby likes a minimalist look, so there were not a lot of plants. I, on the other hand want to fill up a flower bed so there is always something blooming. We've compromised, the bed looks nice, but plenty of the former posies and weeds are creeping back. It does not take too long to weed them out. IMO, the secret is: remove everything. Dig out the invasives by hand. A tiller merely breaks the rhizomes so more plants can form. heavy layer of cardboard or newspaper, then plant it and mulch it. One of my favorite garden tools is a spade fork.

https://www.amazon.com/Truper-30299...ocphy=9002709&hvtargid=pla-306572293633&psc=1

Makes sense. Thanks. If only I had known about vinca when I first started. It is the only flower bed that I have issues with.

 

[R2elk]

Campfire Rose

Emily Carr Rose

These are members of the Canada series of roses and are also continual bloomers once they start blooming.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Beautiful @JanetMarie
The one you gave me is recovering from my almost killing it last year. I ended up putting it in a pot and it's coming along and looking healthy. I'm not sure if it will bloom this year.