May 16, 2015. Happy Anniversary!

I put in the petunias and a few more plants today.  I found some bone meal and I am experimenting by putting some of that in the soil, left side of the Pine Tree Garden petunias, also around that Osteo Spermum (what an odd name) plant on the right side. I did some transplanting of Dusty Milller.  I have this one really healthy Thera Succulent over toward the stove. I think it might be getting too tall and might block the sprinkler. I guess I will trim it back in a few weeks.

 As well as I planted some red petunias in the patio garden.

I spent a few hours trying to dig up the grass in my poor rose garden.  I also put some bone meal on the roses.

I talked to Paula and she said to put the tomato plants into a small pot now and transplant in a few weeks. I have three tomato plants. 

Part of me wants to be done with everything but then another part wants more flowers in pots!

I watched two good youtubes on eggshells and also epsom salts.   I am drying out my egg shells. I will put one T of powdered egg shell with 2 T white vinegar and put that in the tomato pots.  Trying to avoid blossom end rot this year.  

But learned that a gallon of water and 1 T Epsom salts is a once a month fertilizer. I did buy some Miracle Grow yesterday. 

May 14, another hour. I think it is 8 hours now in the garden.

So today I planted a few more perennials. In the front, I put in tick weed. Sounds bad but they are supposed to like heat and sun. I also planted two day lilies. Those are also in the picture.

So on the left side is this plant that has an odd name and also a perennial.  And some new Dusty Miller

Here is a delphinum that I got at King Soopers. The prices were low and the plants look good. I think this was $6. I also got some dusty miller, petunias, all those were $1.49.

This is a snap dragon, from KS also.  Also a perennial so more hopefulness here!

I really do not like those blocks. They are ugly but I guess they were cheap hence we have them. I planted an English Daisy behind the Irish Moss.

This is a transplanted Hosta. I used to put impatiens here and I might still do that. The dufus Poppie that has never bloomed is not in the picture. Makes me mad, that plant. I love poppies.  I had one up near the house last year. It never came back which is a big disappointment.

This is where the poppie was supposed to be.  I planted another hosta, a geranium and then a zinna. You can see the big delphinium in the back. Last year I put one in the front and it blocked the sprinklers

Only 3 pots. I would really like to have more pots but I will need more plants.

May 13, 2015

The weather continues to be cool.  I planted a delphinium in the garden by the house. I put it far back near the window well so that it would not block the sprinkler. I planted some daisy and marigold seeds around it.

I planted one of Joan's geraniums there.  I took a hosta and some mytle to the SW garden to transplant and I also planted Irish Grass there.

I put a few dusty millers in the Pine Tree garden.

I created 4 pots: two geraniums and one mum as well as basil

I spent 3 hours today, 4 yesterday.

What is left to do:
Get another basil plant
Petunias
Cherry tomato and grape tomato plants

Planting on May 12, 2015

I decided to try something new.  First of all, I dug up the sick tulip and daffodil bulbs. After so many years, all that comes up are some green leaves.  Just ugly. Ironically, over at the SE side, near the Rowe's, lots of tulips come up. I never planted those, or I don't think I did.
So I planted some summer bulbs.
I planted a dahlia in the big pot next to the pine tree

Then I put another one in a random spot. The bulbs were from Walmart and really not worth the price. I don't know if any will come up. "You get what you pay for."

I planted 3 gladiolas in at the end of each of the side, rectangular pots in that pine tree garden. As well as the rest along the fence to the NE of the yard.

And then this one over in the NE corner garden. The soil is pretty thin there but thought I'd try.

I spent a lot of time clearing the pine tree garden from pine needles from the storm. I dug up soil as well, clearing out roots. Exhausting work. No wonder Fitness Pal has gardening burning a lot of calories.

I worked also in the front, along the walkway. I pulled out those ugly, non-flowery bulbs.  I put in a perennial daisy on the south side and two small lilies on the north side. 

The rose garden is a mess. There is so much grass right in the rose bushes themselves.  And the roses look just sick. Not sure what to do there.

And finally, I planted the seeds.  I "rotated crops" in that the carrots are now on the south side and the green beans near the sugar snaps on the north side. I planted spinach, lettuce and then decided to plant some zucchini seeds right at the front of the garden.

Okay, dream time:

1. get ride of rose garden or something, take it all apart

2. redo railroad ties in veggie garden and get new garden soil

3. NE garden....not sure what to do that.  That crazy non blooming poppy came up again.  need to pull it out. I don't see the poppies in the garden by the house doing anything. Bummer!  what happened there?

What happened last week (May 10, 2015)

Spring 2015: lots of flowers and rain this year

April 24  Tom put mushroom compost and peat in the veggie garden

The week of May 2 it rained so much and hailed as well.