[gardeners] Saturday in the garden

Annetta Green (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:00:34 -0500 

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Wow what a day.  Once I got off of the computer this morning I went back =
out into the garden and got lots done.  First I planted a number of pots =
for the backyard.  One has purple & white striped Angolinia with million =
bells in pink below.  Another only has the Angolenia and a couple of =
dusty miller.  As an experiment I put a pale pink calla lily, two red =
impatiens and three white begonia into pots together.  I packed a lot of =
that water retaining crystals around the calla as they need to be wetter =
than the other two.  So far they look great at the posts of the back =
porch. =20

We got 15 more bags of red wood chip mulch this afternoon and have =
spread most of that around some of the newer beds.  I think we will need =
15 more bags to get the rest of the job done.  My Daylilies and the =
roses now have mulch for the first time too. =20

Course, first I put down the new soaker hose that was purchased for the =
rose bed.  To get water to the soaker hose I had to dig up some old =
piping that had been damaged when our cable (TV & Computer) was replaced =
last summer.  It was easy to pull the rest up from just below the grass. =
 That piping was spliced together to be long enough to reach to the =
water spigot from the rose bed.  Part of the splicing job is an old hose =
that had frozen this winter and had cracked in a few places.  I cut out =
the largest part of the good hose to run to the buried piping, then used =
the some more to put between a pair of sprinkler heads that have an in =
and out for attaching them in a line.  These will stay above ground so =
that I can move them around the grass. =20

Now all my flower beds have permanent sprinklers and timers.  You should =
see, the spigot it looks like it is growing roots.  After the back flow =
preventer there is a timer and 4 different Y attachments going to all =
the hoses.  Then I added drippers from the piping to all the pots that =
are in the sun.  Lets hope I put the right drippers on.  The pkgs got =
dumped out and mixed up.  One type allows 1/2 gallon per hour, the other =
lets out 2 gallons per hour.  If the plants start floating out of the =
pots I will know.  Even the Kumquat got it's own dripper. =20

My tomatoes got into the ground too.  They had been in pots and are now =
out in the area where we took out the scrub palm this winter.  I also =
made a big mound about 3 ft across.  On one side I put in watermelon and =
the other got zuchinni.  The mound was made with the left over potting =
soil, a little composted cow manure and the sand that is my yard.  It =
all got watered well with the new sprinklers.  I am so excited!
Anne in FL  who got sunburned today, cause I forgot the sunscreen. =20
zone 9b, sunset 26

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Wow what a day.  Once I got off of = the=20 computer this morning I went back out into the garden and got lots = done. =20 First I planted a number of pots for the backyard.  One has purple = &=20 white striped Angolinia with million bells in pink below.  Another = only has=20 the Angolenia and a couple of dusty miller.  As an experiment I put = a pale=20 pink calla lily, two red impatiens and three white begonia into pots=20 together.  I packed a lot of that water retaining crystals around = the calla=20 as they need to be wetter than the other two.  So far they look = great at=20 the posts of the back porch. 
 
We got 15 more bags of red wood chip = mulch this=20 afternoon and have spread most of that around some of the newer = beds.  I=20 think we will need 15 more bags to get the rest of the job done. My = Daylilies=20 and the roses now have mulch for the first time too. 
 
Course, first I put down the new soaker = hose that=20 was purchased for the rose bed.  To get water to the soaker hose I = had to=20 dig up some old piping that had been damaged when our cable (TV & = Computer)=20 was replaced last summer.  It was easy to pull the rest up from = just below=20 the grass.  That piping was spliced together to be long enough to = reach to=20 the water spigot from the rose bed.  Part of the splicing job is an = old=20 hose that had frozen this winter and had cracked in a few places.  = I cut=20 out the largest part of the good hose to run to the buried piping, then = used the=20 some more to put between a pair of sprinkler heads that have an in and = out for=20 attaching them in a line.  These will stay above ground so that I = can move=20 them around the grass. 
 
Now all my flower beds have permanent = sprinklers=20 and timers.  You should see, the spigot it looks like it is growing = roots.  After the back flow preventer there is a timer and 4 = different Y=20 attachments going to all the hoses.  Then I added drippers from the = piping=20 to all the pots that are in the sun.  Lets hope I put the right = drippers=20 on.  The pkgs got dumped out and mixed up.  One type allows = 1/2 gallon=20 per hour, the other lets out 2 gallons per hour.  If the plants = start=20 floating out of the pots I will know.  Even the Kumquat got it's = own=20 dripper. 
 
My tomatoes got into the ground = too.  They had=20 been in pots and are now out in the area where we took out the scrub = palm this=20 winter.  I also made a big mound about 3 ft across.  On one = side I put=20 in watermelon and the other got zuchinni.  The mound was made with = the left=20 over potting soil, a little composted cow manure and the sand that is my = yard.  It all got watered well with the new sprinklers.  I am = so=20 excited!
Anne in FL  who got sunburned = today, cause I=20 forgot the sunscreen. 
zone 9b, sunset = 26
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