2025 More Bloomers!

 

2025 Hollyhocks

 Please excuse my hollyhocks' leaves

this year due to something is eating them

and leaving hole all over!  These are 

mainly the ones on the property lines.

Time to get the chemicals out??

Please excuse the leaves, all along the 

property line are eaten.  What can one 

say?

Greenhouse Shade Cloth!

A couple weeks ago when I heard we

were headed to the 90s early I thought

okay it's time for a shade cloth instead

of taking all the plants out.  Some of our

plants hate to be moved so having them

stay is the goal.  I thought I ordered in 

time but there was a delay so I had to find

something else.  I remembered the gazebo 

cover that we had left from the limbs falling

on the gazebo so I found the top piece to put

on top of the greenhouse.  Boy did that cut 

the heat so the plants could stay in place. 

Matter of fact I put some plants back in the 

greenhouse that I had earlier taken out.  So 

when the shade cloth finally arrived I noticed

that the Iochroma on the east side of the 

greenhouse was frying.  So I put the shade 

cloth across the front in and the hoop house.

 

But it didn't cover the whole thing so I ordered

another shade cloth with my thoughts to use the 

first one on the greenhouse and the second one on

the hoop house.  Well that didn't quite work out as

plan as I only needed close to the greenhouse as that

is where the plants are at this point.

So I put the first one on the greenhouse!  What fun!!

It covered it nicely!  

Yes, I left the gazebo cover on to give it add protection.

So the second one was next.  I thought I would zip 

tie the grommets together and see how far over the 

hoop house would it go.  

Come fall I'll move it over the top when more plants 

will be put in there for the winter months,

This give it more of a open look and air can flow.

This is our first time with shade cloths and I just 

don't know why we didn't do this sooner.  Yep, I know

why.......sap!!  It is so nice Onyx can run in her area.

Abutilon / Flowering Maples / Parlor Maple

 They have been blooming for the past

few weeks!  These bloomed all winter 

long in the greenhouse and when I thought

I should bring them out due to the high temps

they rebelled big time.  I had them in the 

shade but know why leaves were dropping

and yellowing.  We had seen the same thing

last year with the wild fire smoke.  People

don't believe me when I say smoke is a 

hazard to plants.

Photos to come.