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08-29-2008, 09:05 AM | #1 | |||
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Elder
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Hi All,
Tomorrow I'm renting a sod cutter and DH and I are going to widen my garden patches around the house and yard. I have some plants that need to be moved to sunnier areas. Would I do best to leave them until next spring or do it now? Also, if I plant perennials, will they survive with a fall planting? Does that give them enough time to develop a good root system where they sit? Would they do this best if I cut off any flowers? Or can they root and flower at the same time? The plants that need moving are a lilac bush, daylillies and some other perennials. Also, I want to air root my serviceberry tree so I can plant a new one in the back yard. Does that work? And if so, does it take a long time? Would that do better in the spring? I'm so excited about all this, I've wanted to do this for over ten years! Oh, we're also removing a ten foot strip of sod so that I can plant a row of asparagus in the early spring! DH will dig the trench next March, but at least we'll have the sod taken out!
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"Thanks for this!" says: | SandyC (09-01-2008) |
08-29-2008, 10:49 AM | #2 | |||
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Good luck to you! Sounds exciting. I will be waiting to see the responses because I also have some plants to move but don't know if I should wait. Have fun...but don't overdo yourself!
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08-29-2008, 10:35 PM | #3 | ||||
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Have fun! Sounds like you've got quite a weekend project ahead of you! Can't wait for the pictures!
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08-29-2008, 11:23 PM | #4 | |||
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Hi GG and Cheryl,
Thanks for the advice Cheryl. My biggest goal for this weekend is to get the sod removed, and lay down mulch in its place. The rest can wait a day, or a week. DH thinks it will take several hours for the sod, but I think with the sod cutter it will go fast. My serviceberry shrub/tree is huge. I keep trimming it back but it's easily over ten feet high when I go at it. DH would love it if I would just transplant it. He doesn't like having it in the front yard. I personally, love it, but it might be happier in the back and I know the birds would still enjoy it back there. My goal is to have a couple of sun gardens and shade gardens as well as some mixed. It will be next spring until I really start to coordinate and fill things in, but at least this weekend will be a start!
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08-31-2008, 02:15 PM | #5 | |||
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How's your project coming, Wiz???
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09-01-2008, 12:56 PM | #6 | |||
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Hi Cheryl,
Well, it has been in the upper 80's and lower 90's this weekend, but we got a LOT of work done. DH removed approximately 1,000 -1,200 square feet of sod with the sod cutter. It took about six hours though, because he'd cut, and then stop to roll it up. It was too heavy for me to roll. Since it was a holiday weekend, I didn't have the heart to ask anybody to help since I knew it would be an all day job. As soon as we started to set it out front, a neighbor asked if he could have it. I was worried that we'd have to get rid of it somehow. DH has a small SUV, so it's hard for us to haul too much. I did the trim spots at the back of the rows with a pointed shovel (most of them anyway). Then I picked up all the pieces and put them with the sod. Our neighbor wanted it all! Finally we had it all removed, so yesterday DH went to get loads of cypress mulch. He got 2 cubic foot bags, total of 57. I wanted a thick layer to cover the dirt. We got about 8-10 bags of top soil too, for some low spots next to the house. I had to raise up a few hostas in those spots. I moved some hydrangeas and daylillies too. And laid all the mulch. I tried to work in the shade as the sun would move. The first day I had to keep coming in to rest and cool off, but yesterday, I worked straight through with only one break. I have 12 more bags of mulch to spread, and then I might go look at perennials if I have time later. I won't need too much though, because I have a lot of stuff that I can divide in the spring and relocate. I might get some bulbs from Breck's though. After laying the last of the mulch I'll take some pics to post. It isn't going to look fancy, but it will give me lots of room to garden. For the asparagus spot, I spread a layer of peat moss and mushroom compost and covered it with mulch. In March I'll rake off the mulch so DH can dig the trench and we'll mix in some clean sand as you suggested.
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09-01-2008, 01:04 PM | #7 | |||
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Hey Wiz, your project sounds great! I am going to the store this week to buy plastic twist ties for my garden. I will put a different color on each size so that when I re-arrange it I will know the larger from the smaller plants. I have a few large plants taking over the smaller ones and I know by fall I will have forgot which is which. lol Wish you were near because I have hostas and bleeding hearts that are so big! I bet I'll be able to divide them into 5 or more. lol
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