It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: planning

Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts

Showing posts with label planning. Show all posts

Rose support design process

>> Tuesday, April 4, 2017 – planning, project, trellis

The rose support has been built (well, almost finished) so you've seen the final design. As I've said I really didn't have a good idea of what I wanted to do, so after I set the two posts I got to work on the computer.

The first design was the simplest: just add some horizontal members to the vertical posts. This would give me something to tie the rose canes to, but almost immediately I knew this was not adequate. Sure it would be easy to build, but I knew I wouldn't be happy with having to tie many rose canes to it. Plus it wasn't really my style.

Fall bulbs: this is Allium year for me

>> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 – allium, planning

Three or four years ago I planted several types of fall bulbs in the then-new planting beds along the driveway. Tulips, daffodils, crocus, and a few alliums. The tulips were only added because they were on clearance because I knew the deer would eat them -- the others should be avoided by the deer.

My favorite by far were the alliums, and even though I had planted only purple types, labeled as A. aflatunense and 'Purple Sensation' -- which is a cultivar of A. aflatunense it turns out -- (as seen in this photo), I had one tall white allium grow too (photo here). I loved these, and decided this summer that I'd be adding more alliums to my garden this year.

Projects Planned

>> Thursday, May 21, 2015 – planning, project

Mid-to-late Spring is the best time to tackle the larger projects in the garden here, as the heat and humidity of the summer haven't arrived yet (on most days). With a holiday weekend approaching for us in the US, my thoughts turn to completing some of these projects.

Which means it's time to make a list for you of what I have planned! This is not only to help me remember what exactly I wanted to do in the garden this year, but to also motivate me to get as many of them done as possible. Announcing my attentions creates a bit more pressure to actually follow through, at least in my mind.

Planning changes

>> Friday, October 10, 2014 – planning

I've decided to remake one of my newer planting beds. Maybe. I'm strongly considering it. I have a hard time removing plants that seem to be doing fine, but in this case I think I've almost convinced myself it's the right thing to do.

It's this small bed next to my driveway. It's only a couple of years old, but hasn't satisfied me yet. I suppose you could say that it doesn't have a focus yet, a purpose.

My seed choices

>> Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – planning, seeds

Recently I talked about trying to decide what seeds to order from home-state company Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, and that's when my neighbor let me take whatever seeds I wanted from his school's collection. Although I found a few that I wanted to try, there was still one thing I wanted to buy from Baker Creek...

...so naturally I ordered six different types of seeds. I can't control myself when it's seed buying time! Curious about what I'll be growing this year?

What's new?

>> Friday, December 20, 2013 – catalogs, melons, planning, seeds

Or more accurately, "What will be new in your garden next year?" For me the holidays mean it's time to put some seed catalogs to work and to pick out something new to grow.

If I didn't try at least a couple of new varieties of edible plants that I love, plus one or two entirely new plants -- things I haven't grown before -- I'd probably get bored with growing edibles completely. So it's time to choose...

Preparing the cactus beds

>> Tuesday, May 28, 2013 – digging, planning

One of my slowest projects has been the new "cactus" beds. I've been growing several cold-hardy Opuntia species in pots -- it's been over a year since I've received those -- and I also have a few Agaves and a Yucca to plant too.

The planting beds have been laid out since late last summer, and I finally got the beds prepped and ready for planting this past weekend. I don't think I've ever spent over a year deciding on a new planting bed before.

projects planned, 2013

>> Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – planning, project

It's the time of year when everybody has finished looking back at 2012 and started looking at 2013's garden, or what it might be. Ordering seeds (almost time to start them!), making plans.

I have several projects that on my "must-do" list for 2013, and what better way to motivate myself to actually do them, than to reveal them publicly to you. So here goes...

transplant?

>> Friday, January 4, 2013 – planning, transplant

Yesterday I asked about creating better drainage in clay soils, and I got quite a few suggestions (although I'm not yet certain what I'll do). Today I have another problem that I'd like some opinions on: transplanting.

This isn't your typical "dig it up and move it" transplant though. In fact, it doesn't really look like a transplanting at all -- but that's what it is.

drainage?

>> Thursday, January 3, 2013 – planning

Like most gardeners, one of the things that I do during winter is make plans for next season's garden. Although most of the plans don't happen or take a couple of years to go from planning stages to actuality, I do it every year anyway. Sometimes the plans are straightforward and I know exactly what I want to do, like "build a small deck next to the pond". For other projects though, there are a lot of question marks.

One of these questionable projects was supposed to happen this past summer: prepare planting beds for my new Agaves, Yuccas, and different cactus varieties. Thanks to the walkway project I actually got a start on these beds, but the plants all remain in their pots, eager to stretch out their roots and become a part of the landscape.

1000

>> Thursday, November 22, 2012 – planning

Today there is a festive feeling in the air. People are gathering with families and friends, preparing feasts, indulging. Most businesses and many shops are closed, there are a couple of extra football games on TV, and there are even parades with huge cartoon balloons! I know it's an important day, but I never dreamed that the 1000th post of my blog would ever cause such excitement!

Yes, it's true. According to Blogger, this is post number 1000. Oh, and it's also Thanksgiving Day here in the US.

Planning for next year

>> Tuesday, November 20, 2012 – planning

The butternut squash volunteer I wrote about yesterday taught me that deer and rabbits don't seem to bother that particular plant, so I'm going to grow some of them on purpose next year -- outside the fenced area.

This is where it will happen, and I decided to start the bed prep now. That will give the organics several months to break down and start making this clay soil something a squash can really love.

Getting started on the map of the yard

>> Saturday, January 28, 2012 – map, planning

I've mentioned that I've been wanting to create a highly-detailed map of my yard for some time. I did some experiments with a camera on a long pole, and recently posted several labeled photos of my plants in preparation for the map.

I've finally started working on it, so here's the first part of the process. The whole procedure will take several weeks I'm sure, but I'm getting excited about it now.

My plants labeled, part 4

>> Thursday, January 19, 2012 – planning

Last day of plant labels, as I finally found a couple of images that I've been looking for. I had to go back to 2010 to find them, but when viewed with the images in the part 3 post it helps complete the picture I hope.

So to start with, the prairie area again, showing the middle planting bed (which is surrounded by buffalo grass).

My plants labeled, part 3

>> Wednesday, January 18, 2012 – planning

Continuing with labeling the plants from recent photos of my garden. Part 1 here, part 2 here.

I realize that there are parts of my garden that almost never get photographed, or at least I missed them this past year. I need to improve on that -- I think it's important to have a visual record of the garden each year so you can review what worked and what didn't, and can see how the plants progress over the years. It's fun too!

My plants labeled, part 2

>> Tuesday, January 17, 2012 – planning

Continuing with labeling the plants in some parts of my garden. Yesterday's post started it off if you missed it.

I realized that I probably don't have shots of every angle, so I'm not sure how much more I'll be able to do now.

My plants labeled, part 1

>> Monday, January 16, 2012 – planning

I've begun working on a map of my yard and gardens. This didn't seem like it would be too difficult, until I realized just how many different plants I have. So it's going to take a little while.

In getting the map together, I decided to do what some readers have asked for in the past: label the plants in some of the photos I post. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and since it helps me get things together for the map, it's time!

A garden for mom

>> Tuesday, January 11, 2011 – planning, planting

A few years back (in 2006 actually, the year I did so many garden projects) I decided to redo my mom's garden for her. This would be a big change for me because it was quite a small area.

Let's take a look at what I did and how it turned out.

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