Thursday, May 31, 2012

A much delayed mother's day post

I remember growing up my mom gave both me and my sister a little section in the side yard that could be our own garden. From what I recall, my sister enthusiastically grew plants and flowers in hers, and I left mine completely barren. At least I've finally come around, and I've started to realize that she has influenced me in the garden:

1. Newly planted anything are "babies," most often as in "I need to water my babies."
2. We like flowers! I see a lot of yards here with mostly bushes, but my mom has always had flowers and I like to have some too.
3. We do not like squirrels, and all dogs that live in our house are expected to go outside and bark when told "Go get that squirrel"

Happy (very late) Mother's Day Mom! 

Friday, May 4, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Flowers

I couldn't wait for my flowers in the back to bloom, so I added some annuals today. 

Zinnias: 




My marigolds died a sad, dried up death in the baskets so I switched them out for sweet potato vines, given how well it's doing up front. 


I moved my squash because they hadn't sprouted yet. Since the area was cleared, I added some verbena.


The front yard still looks great


I added some of the annuals up font also. Hopefully they get a little bigger!