Monthly Archives: April 2012

Week 5 – Dividing, Dead Heading and Fertilizing Plants

Today in Rob’s Garden we straightened trenches, dead headed plants, fertilized container pots, and divided perennials. Larry, Devora, David and Joseph ran string along the trenches as a guideline to make them perfectly straight.  These were the same trenches that … Continue reading

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Week 4 – Shade Garden Plants and Ground Covers

Today we were preempted so we did not meet at the garden.  Rob has an article for shade gardening on his web site for this week so I will direct you to his article. In addition to the plants that … Continue reading

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Week 3 – Cool Weather Container Gardens with Filler, Spiller and Thriller

Today we planted cool weather container gardens that are perfect for the patio or deck.  The plants we planted today will be great up until around June and then we can change out some of the plants for warmer weather … Continue reading

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Week 2 – Clean Up and Start Planting

Today we started getting the garden into shape and planted some flowers.  I had decided my first question would be how to keep grass out of the garden without using a lot of edging or stone border as this would … Continue reading

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