tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post1181749602542183952..comments2024-03-18T14:51:45.007-04:00Comments on Michelle Palmer: Perennial Cleaning...Michelle Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871116809457375964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post-29708518496686864822008-09-30T20:15:00.000-04:002008-09-30T20:15:00.000-04:00Hi Michelle!What nice pictures-isn't gardening a g...Hi Michelle!<BR/>What nice pictures-isn't gardening a great way to take a break?<BR/> We have too many flower beds, and they are a bit haphazard looking right now-<BR/>I guess I had very grand ideas when I started out with this property when we bought it 17 years ago. I didn't figure on getting older and not being able to keep up with it! I'll be 54 soon-and I just love being the age I am-and I have no complaints really. I'm very blessed with good health. But many flower beds make much work!!<BR/>Love, DebraDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982370018359352543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post-64213604001133325612008-09-30T19:30:00.000-04:002008-09-30T19:30:00.000-04:00She gets all mud.She stiffs out chipmunks.She gets...She gets all mud.<BR/>She stiffs out chipmunks.<BR/>She gets even more muddy~<BR/>But every now & again she comes nearby and snuggles, says hi, and then finds more mud.<BR/>:)Michelle Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871116809457375964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post-56885868249256842162008-09-30T18:22:00.000-04:002008-09-30T18:22:00.000-04:00We had some mums years ago that came back for abou...We had some mums years ago that came back for about 2 years and rather pitifully at that. Then gone! I gave up trying to plant them.<BR/><BR/>Michelle, what does your lil lab do to help with the gardening? Besides bring muddy lil paws in the house! Love those pets of ours! :-) Muddy paws and all!<BR/><BR/>DianeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post-37500555172573558292008-09-30T12:28:00.000-04:002008-09-30T12:28:00.000-04:00Everyone up here has a different opinion on that.....Everyone up here has a different opinion on that...<BR/>Last year I pinched the tops off in late spring...come fall~ it didn't have any more blossoms than the one right next to it that I didn't pinch. I think I actually had less on the one I "pinched." I do cut them down every fall after flowering...the are typically under snow from late Nov. early Dec. through Feb./March thaws. <BR/>Mine come back for 3-4 years...by then the soil is so poor from our maple trees I have to turn the beds out...add compost, peat & manure...replant & mulch well.<BR/>:) <BR/>I hope yours are fabulous!Michelle Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871116809457375964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1708424526501124414.post-23634699036569757682008-09-30T09:59:00.000-04:002008-09-30T09:59:00.000-04:00Do you cut your mums back? I had some for years, ...Do you cut your mums back? I had some for years, and I would keep cutting them back, rather severely, until mid July, then let them grow and they always bloomed beautifully! Just the other day, I bough mums for my new beds here; I hope they make it from year to year, too.Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233644555327847881noreply@blogger.com