Hedge pictures (using plants I sell) taken from the Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletter; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December I change my web pages frequently so you should reload each page if you think its possible that your computer has it cached. Last edited Sunday September 5, 2010

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September 26; Planting a hedge of lilacs in 2009 up in Watervliet (00009plantinglilachedge092609.jpg). If you click this picture you see the trench around 3/4 the depth of the lilac root balls. If the trench was too deep we could reduce the depth by filling part way under each root ball with gravel. If the trench didn't drain properly we could dig trenches toward the sidewalk from the main trench ending in a french drain (which is a large hole several feet deep, filled with gravel). In this case the lilacs are seperated by almost 3 feet and the area between each plant is filled with compost, then topped with a couple inches of top soil. As the soil sinks it will be filled with successive layers of compost and top soil. Each year a mulch of compost will be applied in spring.

January 3; The snow covered flagstone path behind the belgian fence (00103belgianfence015_010310.jpg). In summer the belgian fence provides a tight hedge that has flowers in spring, fruit in fall, and this tight two dimensional architecture in winter. I train Flowering crabapples, Apple trees and Pear trees as starter Belgian Fence plants every couple years.

About the ALL-PICTURE-NEWSLETTER by andyvancleve

At the beginning of each month I start an issue in one of several hundred past newsletter pages and send a link to my subscribers.

Every several days I'll add more pictures, comments and links to other pages.

At the end of the month I save the page as the crop page for that month.

So I might create the newsletter in Crop 315 but at the end of the month save it as the January Newsletter Crop 263.

So if you subscribe you get to see the pictures the day they were taken and if you dont you get to see them up to 30 days later.

Flowering Shrub Farm Monthly All Picture Newsletters; January February March April May 1 to 15 May 16 to 31 June 1 to 7 June 8 to 14 June 15 to 21 June 22 to 30 July August September October November December

Pictures of flowers are often of the inventory type with the date the picture was taken within the picture.

Each inventory picture is saved using a file name that starts with the inventory number of the actual plant either for sale or in the garden for propagation, ending with the date.

Simply by saving the picture without the date I can overwrite the picture in a crop page for that variety alone.

Most of the plants have more than one season of interest.

So I try to take pictures of the plants we grow when they are blooming but also in fall with decorative foliage or fruit and in winter when covered with ice and snow.

Potential Customers subscribe and I send a link to them from the latest picture-newsletter.

When they see something they like they come buy it in bloom.

I like to hear your comments so please email me and subscribe if you haven't already.

Those who dont subscribe will have to wait for this months pictures until the beginning of next month but can still enjoy last year at this time.

IN WINTER I AT LEAST TRY TO SHOW LILACS IN THE FIELD (lilacrow), the BELGIAN FENCE next door (belgianfence), ROSES IN STORAGE (storage), PLANTS IN 45 GALLON POTS OUTDOORS AND THE INSIDE OF THE COLD FRAME (coldframe) WHERE I OVERWINTER BABY OWN ROOT PLANTS AND NEW ROOTED CUTTINGS.

January and February are usually pictures of dormant plants and the affects of weather. March and April I start to add pictures of us planting and transplanting and new growth. May, June and July most plants will bloom showing subscribers what could be for sale during the plant sale, also shown are pictures of crops in the field, mail order and lots more. July through December I am taking cuttings to make new plants. August we have lots of pictures of fruit on roses etc. October fall foliage.

We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.