This year I'm going to do better than last year at documenting the garden (fingers crossed). So, here's to a new start.
I went to home depot with my two youngest, and it turns out my 4-year-old boy LOVES flowers. So, instead of just getting the garden stakes I meant to get, I got rather a lot of flowers as well. I closed my eyes as I paid the bill.
A Bleeding Heart. This used to be the favorite flower of one of my good friends in high school. I don't know if it still is, but my grandma has one that is blooming and it reminded me that I've wanted one for some time. So, ta-dah!
Lily. I've always wanted a lily. Now I have two!
The first flowers my son brought me. These are all perennials--they're the only kind I like to buy. I feel like I'm getting my monies worth that way.
English Daisy. I'm excited to watch this one and see how big it gets.
The only annual in the group--a poppy (not really, but I bought it cause I like poppies. They remind me of Italy).
The new columbine plant. I had two already, both a deep beautiful purple-blue, but one of them didn't make it through the winter.
Today I staked out the garden and tilled (with a
broadfork, not a tiller) the bed for onions so I can plant them. They've been ready for weeks.
I went on vacation last weekend to Zion National Park and when I came back, my peas had come up. Hooray! Something is growing! Well, peas aren't the only things growing. My raspberries are leafing out and, we have four new chicks! (We're raising five, but one is for a friend). Today the chicks enjoyed their first romp through the garden and decided they enjoyed the raspberries the most. I don't blame them one bit!
