March flowers
Graham's been gone for two weeks, and I've been trying to keep myself busy with the stuff he's not really into. Last night, for example, I made a lovely salmon baked with dill and olive oil, since he doesn't really eat seafood.
Mainly, though, I've been spending as much time outside as possible. It's been a lovely two weeks, weather wise, and my garden has beckoned. I've pulled weeds and dug up plants and hacked at limbs and coaxed seedlings. I trained vines up new and created trellises. I'm terribly excited that the carrot seeds I planted a few weeks ago are starting to show themselves. And the dogs love that I generally leave the door open for them to spend as much time as possible outside while I'm there.
On Sunday, I bought bedding plants. Petunias, begonias and impatietns are now in my front beds. I have some asparagus and hosta roots to plant in another bed I recently cleared out, and I have celosias and coleus plants that need to go in.
I also bought two rose bushes because they were on sale. I intend on tearing out a couple of boxwoods in my front yard and turning that area into a rose garden, and the roses at Home Depot were so beautiful and so inexpensive. I think they'll be ok in the pot for a few days, but I have to get that bed prepared sooner rather than later because I ordered ten more rose bushes out of a catalog and they're scheduled for delivery in two weeks.
My garden is making me really happy right now, especially since it's as orderly as it's been in years. The weeds are under control, and I genuinely like most of the plants that are in. I think that it's going to be a lovely, lovely spring, and we're getting much needed rain both last week and this week.
When Graham comes home, he may not recognize the outside. But I hope he likes it.
Mainly, though, I've been spending as much time outside as possible. It's been a lovely two weeks, weather wise, and my garden has beckoned. I've pulled weeds and dug up plants and hacked at limbs and coaxed seedlings. I trained vines up new and created trellises. I'm terribly excited that the carrot seeds I planted a few weeks ago are starting to show themselves. And the dogs love that I generally leave the door open for them to spend as much time as possible outside while I'm there.
On Sunday, I bought bedding plants. Petunias, begonias and impatietns are now in my front beds. I have some asparagus and hosta roots to plant in another bed I recently cleared out, and I have celosias and coleus plants that need to go in.
I also bought two rose bushes because they were on sale. I intend on tearing out a couple of boxwoods in my front yard and turning that area into a rose garden, and the roses at Home Depot were so beautiful and so inexpensive. I think they'll be ok in the pot for a few days, but I have to get that bed prepared sooner rather than later because I ordered ten more rose bushes out of a catalog and they're scheduled for delivery in two weeks.
My garden is making me really happy right now, especially since it's as orderly as it's been in years. The weeds are under control, and I genuinely like most of the plants that are in. I think that it's going to be a lovely, lovely spring, and we're getting much needed rain both last week and this week.
When Graham comes home, he may not recognize the outside. But I hope he likes it.