New pansies arrived at the garden center...tiny violas and two toned pansies. They are so beautiful...I picked up several and planted them yesterday, along with a large flat of petunias that are streaky purple colored.
Yesterday, I dug some soil in the covered bed into small rows and planted nine more broccoli plants and some purple hull peas(I'm not sure if purple hulls will survive the winter, but I decided to plant them because I had not yet eaten them, they had been in the frig for a couple of weeks).
The covered garden was repaired by Jerry this week. He took off the greenhouse panels that had broken during the hurricane and replaced them all with shadecloth. My hope is that rain can get in, making plantings more viable. Watering with city water is not nearly the same as nature's water from the sky...
My hubby asked what I wanted for our anniversary, 18 years on the 25th of October, and I told him that I already have it. I have him and the kids, pretty flowers growing in front and gardens to take my mind off of a hard day's work at the end of every stress-filled day. I consider myself to be quite fortunate, truly.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
New stuff in garden
I saw pansies in the garden center for the first time this year...so I had to get a couple. I planted pansies, mums, and some other flowers in the flower beds yesterday. Clearing the beds was much easier than I thought it would be. I put the lantana into the bed between the flowers and the cherry bushes and put some hyacinth bulbs under the flowers(annuals).
I bought some compost and big pots to do potatoes since the potato order from Ronnigers is coming today. I'm going to do the garlic in a pot, too, I think. If I have to sprout the potatoes, this may take a week or so, but we'll see.
Speaking of sprouts, I think I like alfalfa sprouts better than mixes because my current mix is trying to go mold, yuck...the alfalfa did so much better.
The side bed now has snow peas coming up all over, beets and cabbage are all beginning to germinate. The small bed has snap peas, radishes, and turnip greens all coming up. My whiskey barrels boast lettuce that can be cut soon, oregano, basil, and cilantro that are ready for small cuts and some eggplants beginning to form with many purple blooms.
I'm amazed daily by my nice garden. I suppose that this new obsession with gardening has taken the place of some bad habits I seriously needed to be rid of. I always had a knack for gardening, but now my heart feels the need to experience gardening daily, at least in some small way.
I bought some compost and big pots to do potatoes since the potato order from Ronnigers is coming today. I'm going to do the garlic in a pot, too, I think. If I have to sprout the potatoes, this may take a week or so, but we'll see.
Speaking of sprouts, I think I like alfalfa sprouts better than mixes because my current mix is trying to go mold, yuck...the alfalfa did so much better.
The side bed now has snow peas coming up all over, beets and cabbage are all beginning to germinate. The small bed has snap peas, radishes, and turnip greens all coming up. My whiskey barrels boast lettuce that can be cut soon, oregano, basil, and cilantro that are ready for small cuts and some eggplants beginning to form with many purple blooms.
I'm amazed daily by my nice garden. I suppose that this new obsession with gardening has taken the place of some bad habits I seriously needed to be rid of. I always had a knack for gardening, but now my heart feels the need to experience gardening daily, at least in some small way.
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