Transplanting and Weeding in my garden
I mentioned in a recent blog about how rainy and dreary it's been. It just seems to go on and on and on. It's not the best weather for gardening, but my crew at the farm is doing their very best to keep things in order. There's always so much to be planted in the spring and Shaun has been working tirelessly. Between raindrops, he also moved some large ligularia plants. Ligularia is a bold perennial that sends up spires of yellow or orange flowers during summer. I wasn't happy where they had been planted because they were taking up too much space and didn't look good with the other plantings. And that's a great thing about gardening - if you're not happy with something, change it!
Hi Martha! Thanks for the post it is very informative.
God bless
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | May 11th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Again, post full of great gardening tips. Thanks!!
Posted by: French Furniture | May 11th, 2009 at 9:46 am
You know, the roots are just as stunning as the actual plants! It's amazing what's happening beneath the ground to keep the world above it so beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Liv @ One Year of Beauty | May 11th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Hi Martha! How I long to have a 'green' thumb! every plant I buy dies - I have always wanted to do gardening - I moved from New York to Indiana 3 yrs ago and my backyard is sorely in need of some beautiful living foliage! I also wish I knew the basics of planting vegetables...you are so interesting - thank you for this page! kathie lomonaco
Posted by: KathieBella | May 11th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Thanks for the inspiration. I transplanted four carefully nurtured Mr. Stripey tomato plants yesterday only to have the wind pick up hella fierce and snap two of them. So depressing.
Posted by: lee | May 11th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Please post a blog (with pictures) when you start cleaning up the spent daffodils and jonquils. I never quite know what to do after the flowers are done while you let the foilage soak up the energy for the bulbs - before the foilage goes brown. With all of your plantings I am sure that you've got a good plan for dealing with this interim time so that it doesn't look so messy.
Posted by: Mary Beth neumeister | May 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Wow, I'm so not good with gardens. I love to try though! I can't wait until the nights are just a little bit warmer to start planting here in Alaska.
Posted by: Nicky Hurt | May 11th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Martha do you know what I like about liking the things you do? I'm never for the lost of words because you never care about getting your hands dirty! Cheers to that, and to the process! I have to mulch this week, Any hints?
Posted by: kristin svens | May 11th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Hi Martha,
Glad to hear you enjoyed your Mother's Day meal prepared by Alexis. No doubt it was delicious since I've seen some of the dishes she prepares and posts on her blog!
Ligularia reminds me of Dan Hinckley. It seems I recall him talking about that plant so I looked up Heronswood Nursery but it isn't there anymore. I found Heronswood but I don't think it’s the same. Anyway, your ligularia looks like 'The Rocket' variety with heart shaped leaves which I would love to see when it blooms. I like those spiraling type plants and we happen to have a green variety of something similar in south Florida that I'm going to look into. Thanks for letting us see another part of your garden. Trish
Posted by: Trish | May 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hi martha!
I'm 18 and I love u so much. I love every single thing u say. I watch your show but have no idea how to plant a papaya tree or a mango tree. I live in yemen by the way(:
Posted by: LOVE ECHO | May 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
It is comforting to know that even Martha Stewart has weeds. I could use a few Sherpas right now!
Posted by: sixty-five | May 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Enjoy seeing what your up to in your gardens... A few years ago we visited 'Keukenhoff' in Lisse Netherlands.
Seeing your massed daffodil borders reminded me of that. So Gorgeous!
Your home and surroundings are always interesting to me. Something about the way you pull it all together I get! Love love love your postings!
Posted by: Kandace | May 11th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Beautiful gardens - so much work but a labor of love. Is that the dreaded Garlic Mustard I see in some of the pictures where the guys are weeding? We have an awful problem with it here in our Wisconsin woodland.
Posted by: Meredith | May 11th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
My husband does most of the weeding here on Long Island. I even hate to watch him do it, poor thing! Back-breaking work!
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Posted by: Kelley @ My Island Wedding | May 11th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Whew! That is a lot of work. But, the results are already so nice.
Posted by: Sherry | May 11th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
That IS alot of weeds for early spring! Schwhew! The plus side is/was that the ground was good and soft for weed-pulling, from the deluge of rain we experienced last week. (Sorry to be redundant to my fellow twitterers but) I had 6 inches of rain in my rain gauge, encompassing Sunday to Thursday of last week...I think another 'schwhew' is in order! [giggle]
Yesterday, I was finally able to tackle the last flowerbed in the backyard that needed cleaning up from the wintertime. I had alot of die-back on lavendar and santolina - from the prolonged cold in the northeast this winter, I guess... I, myself, had a goodly sum that I cleaned off and was rather surprised, actually... (And) gee whiz, it's been so soggy, Martha, that you are really lucky your gardens are even so far along...it's been difficult to even get outside, then only to find the ground isn't even workable.
Patience is a virtue, though, and the proper time will come (and we'll be lamenting about something else...)
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"If you would plant for days, plant flowers. If you would plant for years, plant trees. If you would plant for eternity, plant ideas!"--Early Proverb
Posted by: Cindy Bricker | May 11th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
very informative!!!!!
Posted by: beth | May 11th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
No, that's the joy of being Martha Stewart! If you don't like where its planted, you simply have your garden staff dig it up and transplant it!
Posted by: Mrs.Smith | May 11th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Hi Martha, It's been raining lots here as well. I don't think I can find it in my heart to gripe about it, considering the severe drought we've been suffering the past 3-4 years! I love the Ligularia that's being transplanted to a new home. It looks like it will be quite happy amongst the hosta, ferns and such. Also, enjoyed seeing the dainty mossy saxifrage. It's a new plant to me, also love companula! So pretty. Looks like it will be a "fairy land" garden when it's done. Not that a garden is ever done, is it? I've got several large shrubs that have to be moved, ugh, not sure if I've got the back muscles for the job. Maybe soon. Love your garden. Thanks!
Posted by: Frances Jackson | May 12th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Hi Martha, Your garden crew sure does do a fantastic job of weeding and transplanting. I can only imagine how many weeds they have to deal with. My small property, only 1/3 of an acre, has what seems like tons of weeds. I can only imagine how many you have. I try to be organic and either dig them up or pick the blossoms daily, especially with dandelions. We've had a great deal of rain lately and the grass and weeds are very lush and prolific. I can't wait for the warm weather to come with less rain and wind. We are supposed to get snow in the Cascades again and it is rather chilly down here at sea level, too. Thanks again for sharing. I love your farm! Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | May 12th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Martha,
Was it quite difficult to transport and weed all of these plants. I would love to know!
Thank you so much!
Posted by: JMarsden | May 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
wow!!!
Posted by: Libby | May 13th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Martha,
This might have nothing to do with the subject of your posting, but I would really like to know if you have ever used peat pots to start seedlings? If you have, did you observe slow germination and/or growth compared to seedlings started in plastic pots?
I have just uploaded a posting about this in my blog (you can find it at http://burkegarden.blogspot.com/2009/05/questioning-peat-pots.html). If you have sources about these, I would be grateful if you could advise me.
Thank you and have a great day!
Posted by: Ine Burke | May 14th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Hi Martha
New to twitter, but surprised to hear that other areas are suffering from torrential rain as experienced recently in the UK.
The garden looks beautiful, but again weeds are a menace.
Enjoying your blog.
Posted by: Desmo Boss | May 17th, 2009 at 11:04 am
I'm new to twitter and blogging.I enjoy the many talents you have especially garden advise right now. Please tell me what to do with my Daffodils greens at this time.
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Posted by: Jean | May 20th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Good blog post, I have recently been researching Tree Moving and Transplanting.
Good stuff
Posted by: mike | January 19th, 2010 at 6:21 am