I know I sound like a newb, but I genuinely think they are growing that way, not trimmed.
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Itās possible! Though they are a tree that is usually rimmed into weird shapes.
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Also amazing to think someone is creatively trimming them into fire emojis. How cool!
You are planting purslane? Meanwhile, Iām taking a hoe to it on a daily basisā¦.
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Planting and intend to eat. I am not sure I have any here, and definitely not sure of my ID, so I ordered a few seeds. I donāt anticipate ever having to do that againā¦
Meanwhile, today I finally finished planting out eight pepper plants in 5-gallon buckets. I needed two of each sort at the feed and seed, but a 6-pack of each was cheaper than a single plant. Go figure. So I got eight more plants than Iād intended and scavenged up eight buckets from around the homestead. Bucket plants donāt do as well as plants in the ground, but they can go in the greenhouse in the fall. This way, we have both.
By the way, itās really hard to mix sand into soil in a bucket with a shovel. Just in case you need to know. But buckets need to drain well, soā¦
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I have 15 dahlias planted together. Most look great but one has splotchy leaves and another has wilty leaves. Does anyone know what it might be?
Looks like a Dracaena! Also called a corn plant.
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Yep, a dracaena! GG would know!
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Iām coming out of retirement and have been employed by a company to grow fruit and vegetables for them to use in their products.
A couple of weeks ago I went out to the site and checked out where the sun was at midday during our Winter Solstice.
Not great.
Today I was out there marking out the garden beds.
Thereās going to be five blocks of ten annual beds, measuring 75cm wide by 10m long per bed, with 30cm paths between each bed. And seperating each block of ten beds is a 2m wide X 10m long bed for perennials.
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Wow, thatās quite a bit! Awesome!
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Any chance they would do some judicious tree pruning? Thatās a lot of shade!
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Boy, thatās definitely coming out of retirement! And yes, itās a lot of shade.
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Unfortunately no, native bush canāt be removed.
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My sympathies. I have a similar situation. City owned mature trees around me I canāt cut.
Middle of summer itās not so much of an issue 
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Today, I spent some time renovating my garden. Iām actually rebuilding it from scratch, and itās been quite the project.
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That sounds like an exciting project! Are you growing vegetables or ornamentals?
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My garden so far this yearā¦
The bare spots in the second bed are failed beet and turnip crops. Iām about to plant a bean crop in there to see how it does. Something is eating the mint and the basil. I suspect earwigs on the basil. Not sure about the mint.
Right now I harvest a lot of herbs, flowers, bunching onions (green onions) and fresh baby greens (kale and lettuce).
Spent this morning in the front yard, dead heading some spent blooms and rotten blooms. Itās been so wet here the peony buds rotted before they bloomed! I hope to get out there this evening to do more work. Itās too hot this afternoon. Itās supposed to cloud over this evening. That will bring the temperature down.
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Guys, itās almost the end of August and Iāve only had 2 ripe full-size tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes galore, but my big ones (Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple, and Pineapple) are still green.
Is there anything I can do to speed up this process? Tomorrow Iām going to prune a bunch of foliage per internet advice. Send help, I must make salsa.
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