Last week we had a couple of really nice days, so on Thursday the garden/dirt bit hard enough that it sent me out to work. I have a problem getting seeds planted. I like to buy them, but then they sit here, and by June, somehow they usually still aren't planted, and the Nurseries call loud & clear. I usually end up satisfying my craving for flowers by buying way too many plants. Even tho I try to buy perennials, they don't always survive, and my *budget* always feels the pain. This year (once again) I swore to do differently. I got one flower bed planted, and spent a good 3 hrs on some yard work exercise...for what? We'll see if it's worth it, two days later it snowed again, and got quite chilly. If this weather doesn't improve, I'll be buying plants again after all!!
What a pretty garden area, Maxine. I hope your seeds grow! I also am too tempted by the nursery plants and they add up to big $$$ fast!
ReplyDeleteI've been meaning to tell you, whoever the water/coffee quote came from is the next great wise man. :)
Good Luck on your flowers! I also "have" to buy nursery flowers because of the cold weather. Maybe someday I will do my own little nursery inside under grow lamps...
ReplyDeleteAnd this year is just plain, how did you say it? Oh yeah... WEIRD! It's freezing here and it's almost May. I need to get my garden tilled. I'm gonna try my hand at wildflowers from seed this year. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteThose seed packets are hard to resist! Your garden spot looks very promising ... I need to get going on mine. =)
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the "buying the seeds and forgetting about them" and having to re-buy flowers. I actually planted seeds this year of zinnia's and I finally got them started! The plants are getting big, but no flowers yet.:( I'm trying to be patient. I'll have to post some pictures soon. Your spot there looks like a great place for a flower bed.:)
ReplyDeleteHi Maxine! Your 'dirt' pix make me want to get out and dig and plant and stuff. Sometimes, we've lived where we could; not this year.
ReplyDeleteAnyway- just wanted to say that I keep up with your blog via an RSS feed- which opens on my feed reader. Not even sure if it registers on 'hit counters' or map locators. It also means I rarely see people's actual home page- which is somewhat of a loss- I love to see what people have done; I just don't really have the time for it, though. I compromise by leaving comments every now and again, which I can only do by going to their actual blog (that's a compromise with myself)- ANYWAY- the point being- I just now saw your sidebar request for comments (your little 6 year old got me over here!) You can just take it for granted that I'm around- just don't leave comments much! I do tend to comment more on the blogs of those I know best.
And, by the way- I'm still drooling over these dirt shots! Take care
And one more thing- I drink coffee AND tea. I like coffee a whole lot more, but can't take much of it; I actually drink way more tea because of that. So, I voted for tea- so it wouldn't feel totally left out.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the *smiles* Anita!!
ReplyDeleteLove the garden pics. Very classic. Will look nice is a scrapbook.
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