It's the end of November and the weather has been great! The daytime temperatures have been averaging in the 50s and 60s. Amazing.
We cleaned up the vegetable beds in October. Ken dug a lot of mulched leaves in to the tomato bed so that it should be ready to plant in May or June. Next year, I want to put in less tomato plants so that there is more room between them. I would like to plant three 4th of Julys, two Sungolds, two Celebrities and four Golden Tangerines. Also, we definitely need to construct sturdy wire cages to put around the tomatoes.
Ken didn't put any mulched leaves into the other vegetable garden beds but he plans to add them in the spring. He has also decided to plant less hot pepper plants. The Cherry Bomb peppers did not work out this year but that may have been due to the fact that the weather was cooler than normal. Even so, he has decided that he won't plant them again. He did get a great crop of Serrano peppers though.
I ended up planting 80 Darwin hybrid Golden Oxford tulips in the front brick bed. I didn't have a chance to purchase the bulbs until the end of October so the selection wasn't the best. However, they are a beautiful bright yellow color with a tinge of red around the edges. They grow to a height of 20 to 24 inches and flower in midspring. I bought them at Home Depot and they were 25% off of the list price of $9.98 for a pack of 40. I did look at some other nurserys before I purchased these but there were few packs of tulips left and they were not the colors that I was interested in.
We had a arborist come out in October and evaluate the trees in our back yard. He hired the arborist to trim one of the maple trees and to insert a metal bar in the pine tree to prevent further splitting of the trunk. However, Ken decided to cut down one of the maple trees that was in very poor health. With the help a neighbor, he was able to cut it down to a stump. I have plans to use the stump as the base of a bird bath.
We cleaned up the vegetable beds in October. Ken dug a lot of mulched leaves in to the tomato bed so that it should be ready to plant in May or June. Next year, I want to put in less tomato plants so that there is more room between them. I would like to plant three 4th of Julys, two Sungolds, two Celebrities and four Golden Tangerines. Also, we definitely need to construct sturdy wire cages to put around the tomatoes.
Ken didn't put any mulched leaves into the other vegetable garden beds but he plans to add them in the spring. He has also decided to plant less hot pepper plants. The Cherry Bomb peppers did not work out this year but that may have been due to the fact that the weather was cooler than normal. Even so, he has decided that he won't plant them again. He did get a great crop of Serrano peppers though.
I ended up planting 80 Darwin hybrid Golden Oxford tulips in the front brick bed. I didn't have a chance to purchase the bulbs until the end of October so the selection wasn't the best. However, they are a beautiful bright yellow color with a tinge of red around the edges. They grow to a height of 20 to 24 inches and flower in midspring. I bought them at Home Depot and they were 25% off of the list price of $9.98 for a pack of 40. I did look at some other nurserys before I purchased these but there were few packs of tulips left and they were not the colors that I was interested in.
We had a arborist come out in October and evaluate the trees in our back yard. He hired the arborist to trim one of the maple trees and to insert a metal bar in the pine tree to prevent further splitting of the trunk. However, Ken decided to cut down one of the maple trees that was in very poor health. With the help a neighbor, he was able to cut it down to a stump. I have plans to use the stump as the base of a bird bath.
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