Jason and I each got to keep a small portion of our tax refund to spend on whatever we wanted so I chose to spend mine on a) something that will be revealed soon enough on this blog and b) more landscaping. I've wanted to put a small garden on the north side of the house. The previous owner parked a trailer on the side of the house so there was an open patch of soil with no grass growing. This is my first attempt at making a garden from an area of the yard and it will probably take several attempts but here is what I accomplished today in Jason's raingear. It finally stopped pouring right before I finished and placed these flowers in their soon-to-be homes.
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| I also bought two shepard's hooks and hanging baskets for them. |
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| I love these pretty purple flowers. |
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| These are called a fuchsia hybrid. They look so bright and tropical for Kirksville I had to get them...and they are only part sun so they shouldn't mind the front porch shade. |
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| I ran out of potting soil so hopefully these herbs won't be too mad when I replant them in deeper soil tomorrow. I'm finally going to have flat leaf italian parsley in Kirksville. Awesome! Plus thyme and sage! |
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| Now for the garden plot we have English daisy. |
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| Yellow celosia |
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| Orange celosia |
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| Salvia |
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| More purple salvia |
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| Yellow Asiatic lily |
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Coreopsis - Tickseed |
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| Another Asiatic lily called "Tiny Ghost"...such a beautiful color |
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| Here's my progress so far...wish me luck! |
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| Not sure if this is ending on a happy note but these two appear to be shacking up in the comfort of our hose. They've been almost literally attached at the hip about 1 foot from where they are now all weekend. Sadly, since their current location was the grave site of a cat-eaten bunny we are a little worried about their love shack location... especially if they are sitting on a nest. |
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