Saturday, July 30, 2011

Herbicide

Sprayed 1.5 gallons of RoundUp.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Mow and edge

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Pruning

Pruned the straight canes from the Old Blush Rose.

Herbicide

Sprayed 1.5 gallons RoundUp.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Fertilizer

Fertilized all shrubs with either 10-10-10 or 16-4-8.

Deer repellant

Sprayed deer repellant everywhere!

Potting up

Potted up the Harland Boxwood from the Mail Box Bed.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Planting and potting up

Potted up the Carolina Ruby Holly and planted Golden Fleece Solidago by the Blue Bird House and Rudbeckia in front of the Firespike.

Weeding

Handweeded golf course edge beds.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Weeding and mulch

Weeded and mulched part of the Daylily Bed.

Mow and edge

Mowed and edged all lawns

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Herbicide

3 gallons of RoundUp everywhere except the berm and the Abelia bed.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Fertilizer

Fertilized the bermuda.

Mowing and edging

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Hardscaping and planting

Dug out 2 sections of silt fence behind the Chinaberry and created a small trench for the water to flow in. Planted one bucket of Cannas from the right pool corner along the edge.

Insecticide

Sprayed the Fuchsia and Fatsia in the courtyard which were being eaten by grasshoppers.

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Planting

I replanted the Fishtail Camellia behind the garage, one of the Solidago in front by the gatepost, and the Millennium Allium in front.

Friday, July 08, 2011

Planting

I dug up the reddish leaf Cannas in the right pool corner and planted the new Australia Canna.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Planting, transplanting, potting up

Cleared the remaining Lambs Ears, Elephant Ears and Purple Heart from the retaining wall beds inside the pool fence. Planted Purple Heart by the Muhlenbergia by the pool fence and by the conservatory. Potted up the Elephant Ears and some Lambs Ears. Planted the David and Franz Schubert Phlox, Vernonia, Rudbeckia, and Table Mountain Sunflower that the deer had been eating in the perennial bed, in the retaining wall beds. Also a White Balloon Flower and Vera Jamieson Sedum.

Monday, July 04, 2011

Deadheading

Deadheaded Cannas and cut back Hibiscus. Some hand weeding.

Mowing and edging

Mowed and edged all lawns

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Herbicide

3 gallons of RoundUp down the property lines and in the back but not inside the pool fence.