Mike & I went flower shopping, and oh what fun we had! It had been too long since I had wandered through a greenhouse! It's so hard picking out just a few of the many pretties on display!
I have managed to create a bit of floral beauty in our back garden, although it’s far from perfect. I’m convinced the slow progress of the flowers is due partly to not having good soil, and partly from the many endless days of rain we’ve had in the past month. (And maybe because of a random rabbit or two that decided to nibble on some leaves, but I try not to think about that too much.)
What I realized when I started planting, is that so many of the flowers we picked out at the greenhouse were ones that I was use to seeing in my grandma's flower pots growing up. It's nice looking out my window now and seeing that little reminder of her every day.
I still hear her in my head as she would shake her finger and yell at the gophers: "You say out of my begonias!" So proudly displayed on my front porch this year: a flower box of begonias. I smile every time I pull in the driveway, and secretly hope the gophers don't discover that it's there.
One project I made time to pull together was a tiered planter for my back patio. I had found the idea here and my idea evolved from there.
I was at Walmart and found teal & red pots in a sturdy plastic for MUCH cheaper than I could have bought the other supplies in the original pattern, so I went that direction instead. I also ended up with two tiers instead of three, but I'm happy with how it turned out.
I put potting soil in the bottom of the large pot, and a couple soda cans in the center to elevate the base of the second pot.
I crushed a few other cans and placed them around the parameter to help with drainage and then filled the rest with dirt before placing the red (smaller) pot on top.
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Voila! The finished product.
Do you have dirt under your nails this spring?
