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Howdy everyone! I was hoping after my last post that we would have finished one of our larger projects by now but unfortunately, it has not come to pass. I've mentioned before that my husband and I take care of my mother and that we moved her bed to the window where she can look out and see some of the yard. The back corner of the yard is in a straight line of sight from her window and part of it was quite an eye sore. So this past weekend decided we to give it a little facelift. I haven't given it a great deal of effort as the soil is absolute dreck and we eventually want this to be tiered, hopefully.
We cleared out some of the area we cleared last year, laid down garden/weed cover, gravel and a couple pavers. Besides, it was time to move some of the pots from the other corner and patio. One of the many benefits of containers - when one space starts getting full it's easy to rearrange and add focus to another area.
So, here we are last year in May:
And when we finished Sunday:
The red canna is struggling in the ground. It was planted last year, and the cannas in the pot are transplants from last year's mother in the front corner. The bananas are only doing better because we're on a more intensive fertilizing program. I hope if we up the fertilizer with them we'll see some change.
For Mothers Day we gave her this awesome bird feeder by Drea Firewalker, purchased at the Inman Park Festival in Atlanta.
I received a gorgeous planter for being such a great stepmom/fur mom. ;) We transplanted one of our rescue Jades into the pot, per mom's request. I'm on the fence whether it will stay there or if we'll wait until it gets larger. I shouldn't complain as it's done very well since we found it last year.
Our 'new' air plant hanger. We've added a few more plants since this photo was taken earlier in the month.
I purchased these from Southeast Succulents, also at the Inman Park Festival.
Carnivorous Plants
This is our order from California Carnivores that arrived at the end of March:
This photo was taken in early May:
Nepenthes. I've had moderate luck with them in the past but I'm in hopes I've hit my groove with them. I would love to get several more varieties.
The plant to the left of the Nepenthes is a Walking Iris.
Cobra Plant/Lily
Veggies
We're having to hand pollinate much of the plants. Bees just aren't in our neighborhood. We've seen a honeybee on a couple of occasions and a bumble bee here and there. We hope to remedy that situation next year.
A while back I professed on my blog that I had a black thumb in regards to succulents. I think I'm doing a little better now:
I'll finish the post with a little (hopefully) eye candy.
Taken the next morning. :) The Rosemary and Jasmine really took off in a year!
And lastly, our Blood Lily yesterday:
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy!
We cleared out some of the area we cleared last year, laid down garden/weed cover, gravel and a couple pavers. Besides, it was time to move some of the pots from the other corner and patio. One of the many benefits of containers - when one space starts getting full it's easy to rearrange and add focus to another area.
So, here we are last year in May:
And when we finished Sunday:
The red canna is struggling in the ground. It was planted last year, and the cannas in the pot are transplants from last year's mother in the front corner. The bananas are only doing better because we're on a more intensive fertilizing program. I hope if we up the fertilizer with them we'll see some change.
For Mothers Day we gave her this awesome bird feeder by Drea Firewalker, purchased at the Inman Park Festival in Atlanta.
I received a gorgeous planter for being such a great stepmom/fur mom. ;) We transplanted one of our rescue Jades into the pot, per mom's request. I'm on the fence whether it will stay there or if we'll wait until it gets larger. I shouldn't complain as it's done very well since we found it last year.
Our 'new' air plant hanger. We've added a few more plants since this photo was taken earlier in the month.
I purchased these from Southeast Succulents, also at the Inman Park Festival.
Carnivorous Plants
This is our order from California Carnivores that arrived at the end of March:
This photo was taken in early May:
Nepenthes. I've had moderate luck with them in the past but I'm in hopes I've hit my groove with them. I would love to get several more varieties.
The plant to the left of the Nepenthes is a Walking Iris.
Cobra Plant/Lily
Veggies
We're having to hand pollinate much of the plants. Bees just aren't in our neighborhood. We've seen a honeybee on a couple of occasions and a bumble bee here and there. We hope to remedy that situation next year.
A while back I professed on my blog that I had a black thumb in regards to succulents. I think I'm doing a little better now:
I'll finish the post with a little (hopefully) eye candy.
Taken the next morning. :) The Rosemary and Jasmine really took off in a year!
And lastly, our Blood Lily yesterday:
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy!