Planting My Garden

I’ve been waiting to post about my plants because I only have it half done, but it’s not looking too promising that I’ll receive the rest anytime soon.

I received a deceptively small package from Spring Hills Nursery and I couldn’t wait to open it! Unfortunately, the garden for my front yard is backordered and it won’t be in until the end of next week or the week after. That’s a month and a half after I ordered it. I’m not really happy about this, but I did get some in!

My wonderful MIL came over and really planted everything while I dug holes and learned as much as I could. We definitely had some bonding time, and even did a little exploring and found a little spring in the field!

The plants came in either 4” pots or as roots.   The strawberry pot is plastic, which I was not happy about, but next year I’ll buy a clay one. Seriously, I think growing plants in the hot sun in plastic is not good. If plastic leaches BPAs into water, what will it do when plants absorb that water?? My strawberries are looking fabulous though, and I can’t wait to see little strawberries starting soon.

We planted the shade garden in the back. My Daisy’s are sprouting and nothing has died yet. I have 2 plants that haven’t started to come up yet, but the rest are still alive and kicking, so I’m going to give it more time.

My lilacs are looking the best. They haven’t sprouted anything yet, and I honestly don’t know if they will flower this year at all, but they are growing big and strong! The best part is they replaced the ugly prickly bushes that were out there!

The hydrangea is doing well. It looks like it needs some support, but the base is getting thicker. My roses aren’t really growing, but they aren’t dying. One came pretty sickly and it still looks sickly, but hopefully it will start to grow. I don’t think it’s dead yet.

All in all, I got ½ off the price, and 3 plants aren’t growing. I’m pretty happy with it.

I decided to not have a vegetable or herb garden this year. Dan lost his job, and we have several farmers markets around, so this year we will focus on not killing my flowers, and next year we can expand. Maybe get a few trees in the back and another in the front. You can never have too many trees.

BTW, my aloe plant from Megan is still doing great! I re-planted it and it is still alive! It’s been several weeks now and so far it has lasted longer than any of my other inside plants. It really helps that I have a window to sit it in. I re-potted my azalea bush, but the pot started to mold, so it got moved outside. The flowers have all died, but it has new green shoots, so I’m hoping I’ll get more flowers sometime this summer.