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6/18/2021

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There Are Some Days You Just Have To Work Harder!!

 What a month May has been!!

First, we are dealing with the 

insurance company, Bless Them!!

February Damages were unbelievable!!

Clean up was just to much for me to 

handle!  Let's just say pure crazy!!

We find out they no longer make our

PVC fencing material.  So let's just

wing it.  Then we loose the great

company that did our fence.  Looking

for another!!  We know that it will

not look as pretty but we want our

privacy!  We also know with the 

way the trees are trimmed up more

damage will happen down the road.

Let's just say the trees are just 3/4 

of what was there and need to be

removed!!   Over a year ago there

was a report that the evergreens are

dying!  Slow death as they destroy

properties around them.  No care!!

Then when we removed the tarp on

the greenhouse we find that the huge 

limb that took out the front fence did

some damage.  The door rail and the 

back frame took a huge blow.   I love

my greenhouse and it took years to find

one that we could afford and sturdy 

enough to with stand the wind, snow

and tree limbs.  But whom cares??

We have had her since 2014 I believe

and she is still like new.  Some models

once the new ones come out the companies

don't honor their warranties.  I can't 

afford to loose my stock in plants.

I have been looking at Greenhouses

again, they are so pricey now it's not

going to be easy to find one.  Most 

will not take the wind or limbs!

I will add here that the company that

we got this from Sears don't carry 

the greenhouse we have.   I went to 

their website and they too have gone.

Just make a person want to cry at

this point!  So do we just leave it?

We work hard for what we have and 

we do care for what we get!   We drive

older vehicles that still look great!  

Don't have to have brand new like

some folks.  Our old house fits us

just perfect and she just got a nice

new look to match the gardens

we keep.    All we can do is

just shake our heads at the 

disrespect some have for others.

We have narrowed it down to three 

greenhouses, currently all three are out

of stock.  So hopefully next spring.

Just saying it's okay, just have to 

work harder!

Clematis

 I have been asked about doing Clematis and

for the last couple weeks I have been working

with a couple Clematis that I have picked up.

I won't say where I got them but they were in

2" pots and not something I would purchased

but knew it would be a long while to see them

take off.   After looking them both over I knew

that I wanted to test one in full sun and picked 

the best one to try.   Shortly after putting it out

it fried.  But the root system was strong.  

This has been out in the yard for two 

weeks and it's just one stem and looking

not to good.....Hence do not just stick 

them out into the world at this size.

The other was already looking bad so I cleaned

it up the best I knew and stuck it in the greenhouse.

This is just 2 weeks worth of growth.  It's

really looking nice.  

I decided while they both were to small 

it was best to keep them in the greenhouse 

and give them special care.

When I purchase these two I also got

one in a one gallon.   It was a nice looking

one about 2 foot tall.  Since I noticed that

this one wasn't root bound it still needed

some special care.  I left it in the same pot

only sinking it into a 4 gallon pot with a

larger trellis.  

I also picked up 2 - 4 inch potted ones

that were root bound and you could tell

they were ready for their gallon pot.

When the roots come out of the 

bottom then we will then bump them

up into 2 to 3 gallon pots.  

We slowly bump them up.  We have 

learned from our growing brugs, these

need to be root bound before they 

take off.  We don't put anything less

then five years old into the ground.

A fellow clematis grower recommended

to sink the whole plant in water then

put it in the fridge for a day or so before

planting.  Interesting!!   Will have to 

try this is I get anymore small plants.

It's not about how many plants, it's how

well you can grow them! 

6/8/2021

The very first Clematis that is on this post

was taken out of the greenhouse a couple

weeks ago and put in a larger pot.   I left 

the clematis in it's original pot only sunk

it in a larger pot for the outside.  To my 

surprise today it bloomed and there are 

four other buds.  

I use deer netting for support.

Open Sunday 5/16/2021

 If there is no wind.  We will be watering 

in the morning as it is bone dry.  The Maple

trees are still dropping so we will be in clean

up mode in the morning also.

Harassment Continues!!

This afternoon while out cleaning 

up the mess due to high winds our 

neighbor to the east comes home

on his motorcycle and just guns it

to let the whole neighborhood know

he is home!    He does this when

he sees me outside.   This has been

going on for years.  I just hope some

day he will grow up!!    The friends

that I know that ride all state he is lacking

in one dept. that if he treats his bike like

that he shouldn't be riding.   

Pure and simple harassment!!  

I truly thank the other motorcyclist that

live in the neighborhood for how respectful

they are of all residents.

Well after posting this the motorcycle stop

being driven to work.   But this am it left

and can't wait for it to return!  Well I was

right, he had to gun it!!

6/22/2021

Well the old lady wasn't home so guess who 

got the motorcycle salute??   Yep he had to 

gun it!!

6/30/2021

Again!!

7/6/2021

Again!

7/7/2021

Again!!

7/8/2021

Again!

7/9/2021

Again!

7/12/2021

Again but I was out back and 

it wasn't so loud.

7/13/2021

Again!!  Inside with the garage

door closed and I could hear 

this one!

7/14/2021

Same as above but this time he

really gunned it.   He comes in 

quite but the minute he hit the 

circle it's loud.  The guy that has

a motorcycle a couple houses away

sure doesn't to this!

7/15/2021

again

Thank You Google!!

 For the quick fix!!   Back up and running after that

RED screen.

Close Gardens 5/15/2021

Due to the high winds and dangling limbs we 

are closing the gardens for everyone's safety!