Flower Bed

[Chuck Smith]

I think I mentioned before that I was using the roto tiller on a bed. Here it is. About 15' x 8'. This house had no real color plantings other than an Azalea and a Rhody. I told Chris last year that we renovated the inside, and that next year (this year) I would do the yard. So this is the first bed. Nothing really special. From front to back:

Front row, a mix of Impatiens.
Next row, blue Salvias.
In between Globe Arborvitaes are Shasta Daisies, and Black Eyed Susans.
Back row on each side of Liliac are Hostas.

Tomorrow I will finish the Impatiens, and pick up some Cedar mulch.

Should look a lot better in about a month.

~Chuck

[GMC Driver]

Looks good Chuck! There will be some great colour there in a months time!

I've got about twenty garden bed creation or garden rejuvenation jobs lined up right now, so if you've got some free time, and want to earn a few $$$....

Truth is we're looking to hire a couple more yet, so if anyone is looking for work, and is from our neck of the woods, give me a call!

[Pelican]

Looks good, I'm jealous!!

I'm guessing you don't have a deer problem down there, they eat everything I plant here. those impatiens and arborvitaes would be gone overnight here!

[Chuck Smith]

Looks good, I'm jealous!!

I'm guessing you don't have a deer problem down there...

I guess I'll find out now! :headwall

Last year we did have one run down the driveway, just after dark while we were sitting on the porch. I do have 150+ acres of fields behind me. They are in use by a hunting club though. Lots of shotgun blasts back there :D

On a side note, it was in the paper the other day, it is Turkey season here. Some jackass shot another hunter who was in the brush using his Turkey call. Guess he was doing a good job. They had to pluck over 150 pellets out of his arm.... Friday night I could here the shot guns out back.

All winter I was looking for deer tracks on my lawn, Never saw any....

Right now I have Daffodils all over the place. I would imagine the deer like them too. Maybe it's a good sign the new plants will last?

~Chuck

[Pickering Snow]

Steve

Being me and you share gunsmithing hobbies iam surprised the deer are still eating your flowers lol . I control the deer with a fence at home to protect our ever growing flower collection my wifes a flower freak and so am i


Chuck looks real good i love working in the gardens here thats how i get rid of my chicken legs lol still holding off on planting annuals because of the temps falling at night will probley do it this weekend or the following i built a mini green house two years ago and save all those plastic things they come in have been planting from seed for two years i usally get about 6 flats that make it to transplant so iam getting better i find it relaxing and i love looking at landscape work iam sure next since i have become addticted to emmul i will be cooking :rolleyes:

[Pelican]

Daffodils are safe Chuck, one of the few flowers that are. Forget about Tulips and Roses though, they'll take them right at their peak.

Fred, I've got as many deer in the freezer as law permits, but they multiply like rabbits around here. They practically beg you to take extra doe permits around here, my limit was 5 deer this past season. Barely a day goes by that you don't see one hit by a car on my road, they are that plentiful.

I've got a fence around my landscaping too, 6 ft. high. Anything lower and they get over it and have a feast.

[Roger Dodger]

Chuck, I'm with ya on the flower bed thing. We just sold the old home and a portion of the net gain is funding the relandscaping of our new home. The front is basically getting wiped out and a fresh start. The back yard is sloped so bad, I literally slide down it when trying to walk. It seems that every home we buy the yard is all #*@&%* -up! There are trees & shrubs planted here & there with no sense or purpose and many of them are so close they are choking each other. Worse yet are trees planted next to the foundation and those are definitely coming out before root structures expand and risk any problems. I'll have my hands full for awhile here. It's always the wife's ideas and my sweat! Lucky for me I got a deal on screened top soil for $14/yd. and my buddy has a few yards of it at back his acreage that I can have for free.

[SIPLOWGUY]

Nice. I extended my garden this year! I planted pumpkin but something is digging up the seeds.

[SIPLOWGUY]

Got 2 truck loads of compost this weekend. I expect my tomatoes to be like watermelons! :zoinks

[Chuck Smith]

I have another pic with the Shasta Daisies blooming somewhere. Here the Black Eyed Susans are in full bloom. The Impatiens love Miracle Grow.

You can see how much the hedgerow next door grew. It needed to be trimmed in the first pic, and now you can see the tree growing on the end, and the vines all over the top of it. I wish they would close next door, so the new people can clean the place up!

Steve, no deer incidents, though the night Vinnie was born, one got hit by a car out front, and died on my lawn. The only incident was a little rabbit damage from one little rabbit. He didn't like the hose much. I startled him one night when watering, and I blasted him the whole time he was running off!

~Chuck

[Pelican]

Looks great Chuck! The only flowers I can have here are in deck pots, anything on the ground gets eaten. The Black eyed Susan's are safe though.

To be on the safe side, I'd recommend you either bag in burlap or fence off those arborviteas for the winter. I put my fence up Nov. 1, take it down about mid April.