It's March! Hooray!

Sure couldn't tell it yesterday, but March is finally here. I am so glad. That means a few more weeks and Spring will officially arrive. Well, at least on the calendar. But although we had snow yesterday, we'll have warm, sunny 70+degree weather later this week and the weekend. Hooray! And yes, the snow is all gone. It snowed steady for several hours. The pic on the right was taken early. Before it quit snowing, all the plants were pretty much covered. Once the sun came out, it was gone within an hour.

Hard to imagine these bare little beds having pretty flowers in them, but they will soon.

I know. You folks up north are laughing at our little dusting of snow. But for Alabama, this is a big deal! We broke out everything and anything we could find to slide down the hills. I watched college students sliding on trash can lids, cookie sheets, shower curtains, boxes, clothes baskets, and plastic storage bins. It was hilarious!

I planted some seeds indoors a few weeks ago. They came up pretty well, but I have very poor lighting in my house, so they are long and scragly. If I try that again, I MUST invest in a light for them. Better to wait on warmer weather and plant outside. I'm learning.

4/30/08

The Backyard

Here's the backyard with lots of changes already made. Should have taken pictures prior, but didn't. We have removed several beds and planted grass in it's place.

My little veggie garden! Small, but it's a start. Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.

5/18/08

The Backyard

Back right corner bed.

Here's the Nandena moved from the left corner. I was able to plant the one, but not the other, so I stuck it in a pot until my son can plant it for me. The ground was hard with layers of shale. Hoping to plant these along the fence to deter the dogs from barking at each other.

All kinds of weird things coming up in the bed.





Left Corner Flower Bed

Things are looking good. Slowly but surely. However, the hydrangeas I think are getting too much sun. They really need some shade. Hmmm.. The Hostas, as well. Maybe I should rearrange again.



Middle Bed


Not much here except the wierd tree. Some garlic came up, but hasn't done much. It doesn't get any sun. I set a few potted plants out just testing the shade/sun combo. The red mulch is pretty! And the new grass is SO pretty!










The Front Yard

Coming up nicely. I have never had Hollyhocs before, so I have much to learn about caring for them. They are my favorites. I just love them. And so do the bees and butterflies!

The Beginning

This is a photo-journal of my garden...well, everything in my yard. This little yard came with a just-the-right-size house where I live with my son, 2 dogs and 1 gecko.

We moved in on February 29, 2008. Other than the usual bushes around a house, it also had a very large square flowerbed in the front yard, and about 8 raised flowerbeds in the backyard. Wish I would have taken some pictures of it BEFORE I took some of them out! We only had a tiny patch of grass. NOT enough for the dogs, so some of the beds had to come out to make room for more grass. Plus, with me working full time, I couldn't possibly take care of so many different gardens.

This bed already had in it: daylillies (1 variety), 3 hollyhocks (each a different color), the little succulent plants that bloom in the sun for only one day (don't know the name), and, as spring progressed, Zinnias. Lots and lots of Zinnias! Oh.. let's not forget the many weeds! But those come with every garden, don't they?

The photo was taken 5/3/08. I had already added 3 yellow Lantana that my sister gave me and some other little yellow flowers from mom's yard. They multiply quickly and will make a nice border in the front. If you look very closely in front of the daylillies, you'll see a small dogwood tree that I brought from Mom and Dad's. Hope it makes it!