September Garden Tour part 3 - Wisconsin Garden Video Blog 727
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- See More Garden Goodies: www.WisconsinGa... - - - Welcome to our September garden tour, part 3 where we will finish exploring what’s growing in our eclectic experimental garden here in Wisconsin. We begin where with frogs and goldfish playing in our first little reflective pond and explore the west side gardens. We had to cut down the dead parts of our Cherry tree and visit our converted 3 tier water fall to see the cattails, lily pads and several blossoms. Then on to see our climbing spinach, hibiscus, knock out rose bush, begonias, and Tim’s morning glories with their beautiful blue blossoms growing on our red trellis. The garden containers are reasonably prolific as are the tomato, kale, and tree peony plants in our original garden area. We’re pleased that we didn’t cut down our two freestone peach trees, which despite drastic pruning are doing very well with dozen of peaches we’ll be harvesting in a couple of weeks. Although disappointed by the number of giant dahlia bulbs that didn’t survive despite packing them carefully over the winter, the ones that made it are starting to grow and develop. The giant hibiscus is nearing 10’ tall and has been displaying dozens of new blossoms daily for the past month. The two smaller varieties are also blossoming and seem to like their microclimates. We conclude our September garden tour along the east side of our front porch and hope you’ve enjoyed this month’s visit.
My grandma was over yesterday for a birthday party. We were walking around the front yard. She went right for the zinnias, which she loves. Right away she was showing me how to save the seeds. Though she has shown me a dozen times over my whole life, I still hung onto every word of instruction she said. She's almost 91, and it is her love of gardening that has kept her active and nimble all these years. ~Scott
Wasn't that a wonderful moment. It is amazing what we hear when we're finally ready, even at nearly 91. Incredible. Now it's your responsibility to pass it on. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
18:00 I am so happy the peach tree trimming experiment produced results. One thing my grandma taught me about gardening is patience, persistence, and to nurture. Enjoy on the ice cream! ~Scott
It was delicious as patience was well worth it. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
And now you are re-doing the pond - it's going to be lovely!!!
It is really starting to take shape in its final form. Rain out today. Hopefully hooking up the plumbing tomorrow, rain permitting. We are looking forward to the peaceful sound of moving water. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
23:00 Giant hardy hibiscus is so beautiful. What gift to see each day. ~Scott
It always is impressive. Each year it just gets bigger and better. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I love your huge habiscus, beautiful garden...
Glad you enjoyed our garden tour and thank you for your kind words. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Lynn, I love your red arch. I am going to do that next year. Thank you both, for the garden tour. I know how much work you have gone through. It was so hot and humid here in Iowa too. Hard to push yourself to get outside and garden.
It was the 5th hottest summer on record. Not just hot but really humid. Today it reached 95 and humid. Missed the record by 3 degrees. Richard had to stop after just an hour out in the sun. Too exhausted. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
What a joy to tour your garden with you. I love all the foliage and multitude of greens and yellows as much as the blossoms. Please don't take this as a criticism, but what you refer to as your gazebo is actually a pergola. I know you like to be accurate about naming things in your garden so I thought you might like to look at google images to verify it. Great tour as usual. Thanks so much!!
We appreciate your kind words. Thanks for the correction. Gazebos are octagons with a domed roof where a Pergola is rectangular in shape with a flat roof using horizontal planks. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard.
I planted about 20 gladiolus bulbs around my mailbox about 1 inch deep and for some reason they didn't really flop over to much. I guess since they where planted so shallow the roots felt the need to go deeper in the ground which made them stronger. I planted some morning Glory's aswell and let them grow up a old fashioned push tiller and they where GREAT. Hope they don't spread all over my yard. Guess I'll see next year. Thanks so much for the pond update. ~Seth
Thanks for your comment, Seth. Maybe I should be planting shallower. LOL As long as they blossom, I'm happy. Morning Glories are so pretty. Some are more invasive than others we have been told. The ones that we planted years ago are the purple ones. The ones we planted this time are the beautiful blue ones. Please let us know if they do. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I remember when you passionately LOL pruned that peach tree. Look at it now, you have fruits this year. I love the strawberry beds. I am starting to multiply my lot. I can't wait to have more. I bought a white variety. I heard they taste like pineapple, we will see eh . I like the curly parsley. Balsams are pretty. Zinnia is a favourite. Them tomato berries looks yum. I saw them for the first time in our store during our winter this year. They are really nice. I love your hibiscus, the red and the giant white ones.
Thank you, Mary. We weren't sure what results we would get, but are very blessed to have so many. Don't know how long those two will live, but they surely have been fruitful. White sounds very interesting. Let us know if you get them and how they do. I too like the curly parsley, TomatoBerries are our favorites. :) Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
thank you for your videos!! I starting enjoying the encap products thanks to the two of you! Happy Planting from FL
We look forward to your Encap updates. We walked around our gardens today and found several plants popping out of the ground and even sub-zero yellow pansy blossoms. All of our trees are also budding nicely. This is unheard of for the middle of February. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I must have the giant hibiscus. Great video. Makes me happy to see your videos.
Thank you, Sue. They truly are beautiful and getting more available at the garden centers.
Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thanks for asking us to share what's going on in our garden!! What's blooming in my zone 6b garden right now: tuscarora crape myrtle trees, white chiffon hardy hibiscus, rozanne hardy geraniums, coral honeysuckle, pokomoke dwarf crape myrtle shrubs, encore azalea, stella d'oro daylilies, limelight hydrangeas, endless summer hydrangeas and a rebloom (less flowers than in spring) on my standard and dwarf laurel shrubs. Midsummer this year I planted 6 clematis and 2 actually got 1 bloom each which pleasantly surprised me; I can't wait to see what the clematis do next year. John Creech sedum is supposed to be a fall bloomer, but I don't see any signs of blooming.
Sounds like you have a beautiful garden as well with a variety of bloomers. We too had trouble with our clematis until we finally moved it into full sun at the NE corner of the gazebo. Keep us posted when your John Creech sedum begins to bloom. When did you plant it? Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
WisconsinGarden Thanks for your kind words. Good info re: the clematis. I will let you know about the John Creech. I planted the John Creech sedum last year. It's spreading great, just no blooms. And it is in a southwest exposure so lots of sun so maybe next year? LOL
bountiful garden lynn and I specially like your giant hibiscus there so pretty. I have to hibiscus that I planted this past spring there small right now and they got different colors of flowers on them .and my morning glorys are doing good
Glad to hear yours are doing fine as well. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
yeas I have tried it very starchy like a nice root vegetable try getting the thick roots clean and chop in to chunks and boil or leave whole and Barby them all best lovely garden wish mine was like yours
We assume you are talking about eating the roots of cattail plants. Haven't eaten them personally but have heard and seen others who have. Great survival in the marsh food source. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi you two. :) Thank you for another lovely garden tour. So look forward to your monthly garden tours to see what's blooming / growing in your garden. Just a comment; at marker 10:06, I think those are oriental or Asiatic lilies as opposed to daylilies.
Thank you for your kind words. Deeply appreciated. I do believe you are correct as I misspoke in calling them daylilies. Thanks for the correct ID. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
the rushes in the pond ,you can eat the roots there a good source of carbohydrates,
That's what we have been told. Have you ever tried doing that? Were they any good? May have to try it just so we can say we did. :) Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thanks for the wonderful video! What do you do with your pond fish over winter? Have you done a previous video on that?? Susan
Each spring we add several dozen feeder goldfish in our two little ponds solely to keep the mosquito population down. We try to catch as many goldfish as possible before the ponds freeze. Sometimes we give them away to neighborhood children, keep some in an aquarium, and even sell them back for credit towards next year's batch. It's nearly impossible to catch them all, especially when they hide in the folds of the rubber liner or the roots of the plants. Then they are on their own to survive the winter. We did have several who survived last year's winter and were happy to see us in spring. We do find egrets and ducks feeding here as well and I'm sure some of the bull frogs find their share as well. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Lynn - do you have any pictures of the land and home when you first started your gardens? Can you post them if you do? Would love to see them if you do, will give us some hope for our bare backyard!!! xoxo
Unfortunately RUclips doesn't offer image sharing and I don't think we really began documenting our garden until recently. All we can say is that our property, along with our neighbors used to be a horse farm up to the 1930's. All that existed was lawn and several trees around the entire house. The waterfall is actually built on top of a 5' diameter 60+ foot Sycamore tree that Richard cut down to the ground concerned if a big branch ever fell it would crush the children's bedrooms. Thanks again Barbara for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thanks for the reply - I had no idea about the RUclips rules, sorry and take care
Fabulous garden. Love to watch your videos. You are both a joy to watch. I planted zinnias this year they started of wonderfully then I experienced a problem with pests eating the leaves and some powdery m older issues. Do you have any tips or suggestions as to what you do to keep them so healthy? I was loving the flowers until the problem set in. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Happy Gardening😀
Much of the powdery mildew can also be attributed to our very muggy and hot summer and it affects both flowers and vegetable plants. Part of the problem for our Zinnias is that we always sow a heavy layer of seeds which eventually cuts down on air circulation which adds to the problem of mildew whose spore spread by air. While it doesn't seem to phase the flower, or the pollinators, it doesn't make them look as inviting as one would like. We often cut and bag the most unsightly leaves and deadhead after a bloom is spent as this allows a bit more circulation and even second growth. This is the first summer here in Wisconsin that our air conditioner was running constantly since the end of June, most of July, and August and even into September with the exception of a couple of days here and there. While our garden proved to be highly productive we also had very little rain. Even after having several rain storm we are still far behind our normal rainfall totals. Enjoy the rest of the summer and keep us posted. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thank you for tour reply. I did just as you said. I will most definitely try them again next year as the flowers were amazing. Happy gardening 😀🌻
I see the hoops for the strawberries you must cover for the winter? Do you mulch with straw or anything. I cannot get them to overwinter here in northern Illinois. We are on a slight hill, highest lot in the subdivision, maybe that is why.
Good morning Diane. In the past we did cover our strawberry beds with straw mulch and eventually leaf mulch. Neither really made a difference and we stopped introducing new plants. We actually used our hoops with netting to divert all the maple seeds that caused a major yearly problem. Without the hoop netting we ended up removing thousands of seedlings from all the strawberry beds every year. Our strawberry beds were only productive for about 4 years and became a constant weeding problem.
Earlier this summer we decided to remove all weeds and ground cover that surrounded and invading all of our old strawberry beds. We ended up covering 4 raised beds with weed barrier fabric and added 4-6" of mulch around that entire area. We will eventually repurpose our old strawberry bed areas for other plants. Not sure we will bring strawberries back to this area of our gardens.
Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Happy Fall - "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
10:30 Is that the worm condo by the maple tree? Did the condo get bugs again? ~Scott
No, I just decided to put it outside while I clean it out and revitalize the new sections. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Oh by the way they will destroy your pond
What you see has been there for around 30 years already. A couple more won't really matter. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard.