Spring Fling

Wow. So much has happened. First, the flowers.
We went to Lambert Floral and bought some new flowers. I love each one.

I've always wanted Lambs Ear, and now I have one! So excited. If you have never felt lamb's ear, come on over. It's so soft!

 These will (hopefully) be really tall black-eyed susans. They aren't growing much yet, but they haven't died either.

 This is a chrysanthemum that my 4-year-old picked out. It was only after I bought it that I realized we had two of the exact same colored flowers already.

 This is a chrysanthemum plant that is a different color than the others. I'm so excited. It's actually blooming now! I'll post a photo.

A Gaura Passionate Blush. I bought it because it looked interesting and would add something different. But I just googled it and apparently this is going to be a rather large bush. So, it will be moving locations, although probably not this season.








There were some peonies growing in  the strawberries, although they've never bloomed. So, I've moved them to the front with my other peonies.











Here are two hollyhocks that were left over from last year. I moved them and I'm so excited to have them!!

 As for a chicken update, this hawk tried to get our baby chicks twice. It was really neat to see it swoop down for the attack. Luckily, the baby chicks were locked safely in a cage and remained unharmed.

 Speaking of, they're not so little anymore. I for one am ready for them to be grown and with the other chickens. Life will be so much easier.

 I stared my Solanums a few weeks back: tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. This is how I grow them--there are holes near the bottom of the Red Solo Cups and I fill the bottom inch of the tub with water. That way the plants get what they need without getting too much.

Last but not least, this was my project over the LDS Conference weekend. I worked on it a little more today. The strawberries and onions all have water now. I ran out of figure eights but I have two more beds ready to go once I get more. That just leaves three more garden beds and I'm done! Hopefully I won't hate my garden by August because now I won't have to water by hand!

As a demonstration, the last photo shows the strawberry patch from 3 weeks ago. There is a rhubarb plant in there and a rose bush. I'm debating removing the rose bush even though it produces the best roses of any of my bushes.