garden 2026 wish list

Spring is so close I can almost taste it, and it's time for my annual blog post / garden diary entry.  These are the things I hope to do...either this year, or in the years shortly to come.  :)

Garden wish list:

• Treat Hemlocks again for Wooly adelgid bugs
• Plant my camellia
• 3 rounds of plant & bulb fertilizer 
• Make a decision on my buff beauty rose
• plant garlic
• plant basil
• plant lavender
•  plant a few colorful perennials 
• plant peonies (if yard work is finished)
• prep for hydrangeas
• finalize plans for hosta starts

Yard wish list:

• Clear around the pond
• Clear some trees around the house
• Clear by the rock wall
• Burn all brush & log piles 
• Prep for trees
• Clear drivable path around the pond

2024

garden 2024 - the done list

We all know that I am a terrible blogger, but this does still serve as my personal archive of what projects I have gotten myself into, and when.  So before I totally forget what happened, here is the done version of my 2024 garden wish list. 

• impatiens in the window boxes ✔️
• flowers in pots on the porch ✔️
• bring out the houseplants to the porch ✔️
• small herb garden by the back door ❌
• cutting garden - zinnias ✔️
• fertilize azaleas & rhododendron ✔️
• fertilize boxwoods  ✔️
• another raised bed ❌
• replace camelia  ❌ - 2025
• replace gardenia ❌ 
• move peony ✔️
• new peony ✔️
• move Cramoisi Superieur rose ✔️
• butterfly bush ❌ (I got one, but it died)
• design & plant new hydrangeas and possibly boxwood ❌
• Clean out back garden ❌
• treat all hemlocks ❌ - I got one treated, and have more treatment for 2025
• creeping phlox  ❌
• transplant some rock iris ✔️
• transplant some hosta ✔️ (In pots, but thriving)
• make garden spaces to the right side of wooded path - ❌ - waiting on Sally Sue

garden to do list - spring 2024

 So much to do, so little time.  I have one more weekend left before the burn ban goes into effect, and then I can turn my attention to the garden.  Spring is almost the only time I have flowers blooming, thanks to my seemingly epic amounts of shade, and clay soil.  I am determined to do something about that this year.

Here are my plans...some of these will be for the fall or next spring, after we're finished with the back hoe work, but here is the wish list:

• impatiens in the window boxes
• flowers in pots on the porch
• bring out the houseplants to the porch
• small herb garden by the back door
• cutting garden - zinnias
• fertilize azaleas & rhododendron
• fertilize boxwoods 
• another raised bed
• replace camelia
• replace gardenia
• move peony
• new peony
• move Cramoisi Superieur rose
• butterfly bush?
• design & plant new hydrangeas and possibly boxwood
• Clean out back garden
• treat all hemlocks
• creeping phlox
• transplant some rock iris
• transplant some hosta
• make garden spaces to the right side of wooded path

pond project - recap

 Slow and steady wins the race.  ;)  

October 2022 

Where we started

Where we are 

December 2022

Where we started

     

       

October 2022

December 2022

 

Where we started

October 2022

Where we started

October 2022

                             

Where we started

Where we started 

October 2022

merry christmas

Between Nutcracker, Covid, working with Sally Sue, and an unusually busy
work season, this Christmas has come and gone in a flash.

One family tradition is that my Dad gets to pick the meal, as our day
is divided to celebrate his birthday in the evening. 
This year was spaghetti & turkey meatballs at my house.

My house is far from perfect (peep the bookshelves) but I'm going to enjoy
coming home to this cozy tree for a little bit longer.