Fall Checklist Update

Chrysantheums in full glory 11/17/10

Well I’ve been working hard this past weekend completing some of the tasks I wanted to do before the end of the month.  Here’s what we (my son helped quite a bit) got done so far:

• Transplanted a Knockout Rose from my grandmother’s garden bed to my Rose Garden out front (after trimming it back severely)
• Cut back the other 3 Knockouts since they were really unruly.  This took 3 large yardbags! 
• Divided the  one large Phlox ‘Robert Poore’ in this bed into 4 smaller divisions which were planted between the Roses
• Moved a large clump of Purple Coneflowers into the raised garden bed (making 3 smaller clumps)
• Weeded both the Rose Garden and Raised Garden beds and cut back the dead foliage on some perennials
• Divided the Shasta Daisies in Grandma’s Garden bed into 5 smaller clumps that were spread around her bed and my New Garden bed
• Moved some purple Beebalm from my garden into her bed as well as some double daylillies
• Moved the Green Coneflowers into a sunnier spot behind the birdbath in the New Garden (in place of the Beebalm)
• Moved the Hydrangea ‘White Swan’ into the Green Coneflowers former shadier spot
• Planted some  ‘Hair’ Allium bulbs in the New Garden
• Sowed Larkspur, Rose Campion, False Queen Anne’s Lace and Nigella seeds in the Arbor Garden Bed
• Moved a hybrid Rose from the Knockout Rose Bed into the Raised bed

Here’s what I hope to still get done this month (if not than there’s always next spring):

• Replace landscape timbers that have rotted on the Raised Bed out front
• Move my compost bin that’s beside the Arbor Garden to the work area on the other side of my yard
• Make a new bed for the Vitex Tree (yep still in the pot)
• Remove fountain pumps and store in the garage (this is a must)
• Make one more raised veggie bed

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