Re: in my garden today.....

Hey Donna,
Sounds like a typical day in the Apking garden, tho I don't remember if you
had a derailment too!! lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: [CHAT] in my garden today.....


> After spending a grueling day in the garden and not getting much
> accomplished... decided that my garden is the pits.
>
> Nothing grew at the rate is should have... been trimming and yanking
> stuff out all day...
>
> Seems my timing is also off as not much is blooming at the moment...
> urgh! Beginning to think I should yank everything out and have someone
> who knows what they are doing come in and try again...nah...
>
> Lets talk Hydrangea... Thought was depending on your soil conditions..
> the blooms would either be pink or blue.... so why does mine have a
> flower of each on it?!? Someone care to explain this too me...
>
> Daylilies... one of my plants has a very strange leaf on it... like it
> is dieing in the middle of the leaf. Is this rust something? Haven't
> introduced any new ones and those have been there since 97-98?....
> wouldn't that have shown up sooner?
>
> It appears something is eating my butterfly bush (black knight)...
> leaves have holes in them... couldn't find a bug to save my soul...
>
> Found a couple of volunteers that I have no idea what they are... hate
> that, could be this or maybe that...but since they are blooming so nice,
> they got to stay.
>
> Last season I tried some seeds from ebay... most didn't come up, or I
> didn't care for them, so pitched the notes since they were all
> annuals... now I got a big patch of something. Obviously, the seeds
> needed cold to germinate as there was nothing there last year... now I
> don't have clue what they were...
>
> Not a good gardening experience today, most of the day was sunning hot
> and muggy... later in the afternoon the clouds rolled in and it cooled
> off:)
>
> Donna
>
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