It was a productive day- got my front yard bed weeded again. This is the bed I planted a bunch of the Canadian Explorer roses in last year. Basically it's mostly John Davis, Adelaide Hoodless and a couple Prairie Princess roses. Earlier in the spring, I expanded the bed and added several peonies, tree peonies and hellebores. Today I weeded the whole thing as some grass had intruded- I added a background of 21 hollyhocks that I started from seed earlier in the year- probably won't bloom this year, but they are the same size as the ones I planted last year that are blooming this year. Also added some Cosmos Rubinato I started from seed- a bit late, but, should still be able to flower awhile before frost comes along.
Got my clearance Torch hydrangea in the ground, will be happy not to water that twice a day anymore. It was basically just a pot of roots so it wilted if I didn't water it twice a day. Got a couple yarrow I started from seed into the ground. I really, really like yarrow. I will be buying a lot more colors of that for seed starting next year. Several of my new MDB and SDB iris need to go into that bed as well- but the weed barrier along the front where they are going was only put down over the grass a few months ago and there are still a decent amount of roots there from grass trying to intrude again. I'm going to give it another week since we should be high 80's and then I'll call it good enough and just try to remove as many roots as I can while I go along.
Got the rest of my larger potted plants gathered from around the yard. My spouse and I have differeing opinions of what I can handle in a growing season. He thinks I can handle about half of what I can actually handle and I think I can handle about double of what I can actually handle.. lol So, as the plants come in a giant pile in spring, any not ready to be planted sort of get stuck in between existing shrubbery so they don't stand out as new plants. I know, kind of shady. So, I hauled my wagon all over the place today gathering my various hidden plants. They are all out in the field on a mulched/weed barriered spot now. It is a bit less terrifying having them all together. What remains doesn't look too crazy.
I have a wedge of my circular rose garden that I cannot get the weeds under control in. The whole rest of the circle is easy to maintain, but, one section is just brutal. I weeded it last week just to have it look just as bad this week. I'm just over it at this point, so I'm going to just pack it full of plants and try to outcompete the weeds. I have a couple trays of agastache, salvia and milkweed and a few more yarrow.
Though, I may need to sidetrack that salvia. My climbing rose area is having an issue with deer- allegedly deer don't like the smell of salvia. Of course, that is the only section I don't have any salvia in, so I may need to plant a few there and see if I get to see a single St Swithun bloom this season. At least, the deer are just politely deadheading. I wish they would wait a day or so instead of eating the newly opened ones.
I spent 10 hours gardening today and it doesn't really feel like 10 hours worth got accomplished- but the weeding took forever as it was pretty much sod at that point. I was pretty much cutting it into squares and then lifting it with a hula hoe.
Tomorrow I'll get up early to garden again, but, I'll have to stop by noon to get ready to go visit family. Big goals for tomorrow are just the rest of the clearance plants in the ground. Some of these I bought last week from a local nursery that still had perennials in quarts, great price, but of course at this point in the season it's a pot of more roots then dirt that needs water several times a day. If I can get those in the ground, I'll free up another half hour a day I've been spending on watering them.
Not gonna lie, kind of looking forward to pumpkin spice latte season, seed catalogs and time with my books.
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