Hallson Gardens

Hosta so need a certain amount of light, so it may be kinder to switch them out periodically so they have a chance to get some light - like they do in the big office buildings. Have two groups of potted plants...one in the deep shade on your deck and the other group in more light somewhere - and eve...

I have a huge one here that I am fostering for a friend - about 5’ across. Here it gets high bright shade and speckled sun only. We are in the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan, so our sun is far more gentle than in the south (most years). I imagine down there all the hosta need to be in mos...

MaryAnn: But it looks SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I have only had hosta for 7 years, and got poor midway through that time, so am sadly lagging. Have right around 300 varieties (57 of those are hagranger’s)...maybe 500-550 hosta total. And as for space...my original hosta garden is about 25’x35’ - and its size...

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I am so glad to know that I am not the only one that has moments like that!

I didn’t know you had discovered the identity...did the Fairy give in and tell? When you remember, don’t tell...the magic might disappear!

wanda

The Hosta Seed Fairy doesn’t need any address or the like...the HS Fairy is GOOD and knows all! (hehe).

So, Kathleen...still haven’t figured out who it is, eh? Must be driving you crazy...(hehe)

Good going, HS Fairy...keep up the good work!!!

wanda

Jane: Quite all right! Enjoy your visit...there will still be weeds here next week (hehehe)! It is supposed to cool down by the middle of next week - it has been quite hot (into the 80s) the past couple days. Didn’t even go out this afternoon - I just sort of melt in that much heat. Need to water th...

Molly: Yep, a lot of the “bad behavior” can’t be blamed on the dementia, she is just plain mad and wants her own way. We can tell when she is more her former self and when the dementia is in control - it is very obvious. Her facial expression, how she holds her body, her walk, mannerisms and demeano...

We had a real close call with frost last night...might have had a wee bit but no damage, thank goodness! We weren’t in the warning area - but found out at 11 pm there was a slight chance. Too darn tired to even consider dragging out the hoops and plastic at that hour, so just prayed (hehe). Also sup...

“...if you are still on the saner than insaner side! Will I know the difference?” I’m not totally sure if you would be able to tell the difference...I’m not even sure half the time now (hehe). And even before this experience it took me 25 yrs. to get my husband to describe me as unique rather than w...

Jane: If you had come up with this idea to “help me” in early July, before I made MIL start going to the day care center, I would most likely have told you to take them all...just so somebody could take care of them until I could. You could come up and help me weed, if you really wanted to help (heh...

LindaP: Yeah, you might want to rethink your plan... (hehe). Yes, isn’t it fun going through someone else’s stuff? The last time my DH and I went down to pack stuff up, it took us all day and half the night just to pack up MIL’s clothes/shoes/purses!!! And she had already given me all her good suits...

Arlene: Slowly building up your strength and stamina now will really pay off during the move - especially with a whole garden to move! Since we got our woodstove and I haul and split firewood all winter, I am in much better shape come spring to sail right into major gardening chores - without too ma...

Gosh, Arlene...a nap? You gotta get your stamina built up...you have a whole garden to move real soon! (hehe) Won’t it be fun to build a whole new garden? Taking your garden with you will make it “home” right away, especially those big hosta from the lakeside of your present home! Plans are afoot to...

Butch: I would love not having to do all that heavy labor, especially now that I am getting older...but I have seen the loss of vigor, lessening of bloom, lack of growth, fading colors and soil compaction when I don’t a few times over the years (when life interfered with my gardening) and have been ...

Thanks, Butch! I like your picture too! Especially how you repeated the use of rocks on both levels. But how in heavens name do you get the top log to stay in place? I put my log sections in vertically. George: I do it for the same reason folks don’t only fertilize once at planting time...the soil o...

Bonnie: Zeke keeps the deer away - he is my 135 lb. lap puppy (hehe). Looks just like a black Lab aside from the size. His dad was a registered black Lab, but mom was Great Dane and wolf. Before I got him, I have one bed of 27 hosta eaten to the ground - TWICE! Got tired of laying on the deck at dus...

Butch: I just fit the logs together tightly, digging each in a bit for stability (since I walk and sit on them), and use bark chunks and moss where I have to chink them. Being a professional artist and just a bit of a perfectionist (I can hear you all laughing!), I don’t need much chinking. With 26 ...

Kathleen: Its not that I have a lot of energy...its just that I get so few opportunities to use the pent-up energy I have. When I get a chance to get outside, its go, go, go! How is your poor back? Do you think you will ever coax Willie back into a vehicle? Helen: You gotta do what needs to be done....

Spider: Well, only 1/2 ton of work so far (hehe). MIL had a major meltdown this morn, so never even got the second 1/2 ton of composted manure off the truck. My DH did get a bunch of log sections cut/hauled during “his” half a day outside, and I got them placed and the ex-hill leveled out when it wa...

Another 1/2 ton of composted manure is on the truck, waiting for me to wake up enough to unload it for another new bed. And my beef-farmer cousin is standing by, waiting to load me up a few more times today! My sweetie unexpectedly got Friday off, so we are in major yard-rearranging/bed-building mod...