Thursday, July 29, 2010

Lawn fertilizer

Fertilized the bermuda with 32-3-3.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Hardscape - edging

Finished the edging for the garage path.

Weeding

Weeded front and some of the back.

Planting

Planted the Baptisia australis and Leucanthemum 'Becky' next to the Cherry Dazzle Crape Myrtle. Also planted Baby Doll Speedwell in the raised perennial bed.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Planting

Finally planted the Corkscrew Willow between the Dogwood and Magnolia.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Deadheading and pruning

Deadheaded all the plants and removed inward growing branches from the Bald Cypress.

Planting

Planted the remaining plants from Layman's - 3 Mosquito Grass by the Loropetalum on the outside corner of the pool fence, Phlox Laura, Dahlia Happy Single Romeo and Agastache Golden Jubilee in the perennial bed.

Mowing and edging

Mowed and edged the front lawn and the pool lawn.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Planting

Planted the Red Maple Leaf Hibiscus I got at Layman's yesterday - put it where the Encore Azalea was by the pool fence. The Azalea was burning a little so I potted it up and put it in the conservatory.

Mowing and edging

Mowed and edged the croquet lawn and bermuda.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Transplanting

Moved the Salvia Marcus from the outside edge of the perennial bed to the place where Hibiscus dascalyx had been near the bermuda. Also move the Salvia May Night that was by the far end of the pool fence to the edge of the bermuda.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Edging

Finished off the edging around the front lawn.

Hardscape - edging

Used all the stones we had gathered and finished the garage path edging except for 33 brick lengths, approx. 22'.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Herbicide and deadheading

Sprayed 2.5 gallons of Roundup and pulled some weeds by hand. Also deadheaded perennial bed.

Mowing and edging

Mowed all lawns and edged Croquet lawn and bermuda plus 2/3 front before edger battery ran out. Also trimmed the edge around the pool using grass shears.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Hardscape

Collected more stones to replace the bricks along the back path.

Cassia

Transplanted the Cassia tree on the side of the garage. Also planted the Confederate Rose in the front.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Hardscape

Created a path from the front lawn to the pool gate and edged with pavers, filling in with cypress mulch.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Hardscape

Filled in the path from the garage to the pool gate with cypress mulch. Created a paver patio on the inside of the pool fence by the conservatory gate.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Cassia

Had to heavily prune and stabilize the Cassia tree which was uprooted again in the big rain and wind. We will have to move it so that it can be staked and perhaps the roots will spread enough to prevent the uprooting.