In the Soil Again

Didn't have to go back to the nursery for bird seed but found it in my neighborhood. Although I didn't buy only black oil sunflower seeds but a wild bird mix. Who will get to the seeds first the cardinals or unwelcome squirrels? I'll be looking to see.

Shade watch.

Drug mulch from the car to the house, to the yard. Three bags went a long way. I'll get more on the weekend. The ground in the yard had already started cracking and getting dry. Will this help the soil? Time will tell.

Planted the bibb lettuce and bright lights chard.

And the wild ginger.

Will plant the hellebores when the bulbs finish.

Deciding where to plant geranium and foam flower on another day. They can sit until then. Maybe we'll get some rain. They should enjoy that.

Me and kitty now on the porch to pull spent bulbs from pots. She got busy eating parsley and chives. I made her leave the chives alone because I think onions aren't good for animals. You would think she wouldn't like the scent but the chives and thyme didn't deter her.

A whole box of bulbs pulled in the box by the door. I'll clean up the porch when I finish planting my container.

Removed the finished tulips to plant some of my purchases from last weekend.

Tulips had a lot of roots. Larges clumps removed and the soil smoothed light and fluffy.

Dahlia added first.

Added angolenia, pansies, licorice plant, nemesia, and asylum.

All pulled.

Will plant the herbs another day in one planter.

Sold out from where I wanted to order them but found them on Saturday at the nursery. They'll go in my planter on the steps.

Impatiens planting in the yard another day. I'm done for today.

She's beautiful!  Tiarella  will spend the spring blooming and hopefully will return next spring to bloom with spring bulbs. Spent the morning at Primex Garden Center along with everyone else who had the same idea. Got the last parking spot which has never happened before. Sunday is not a good day to go.

I consider them early Mother's Day presents.

Pansies, salvia, and alyssum.

Looks like my parsley seedlings last spring. I had no success with them this year. The hazards of too many seedlings and little space. So, the next best thing is to buy some herbs. To be planted with other herbs and kept on the porch.

Finally geranium cranesbill for the yard.

Angolenia. Why did I pick a nice full pot and then this single one? Could of gotten more if I took my time.

Love silver foliage plants. Sorry forgot to turn the tag around with it's name.

Impatiens for the yard.

My Swiss chard has a long way to go to get to this size.

Bibb Lettuce

Wild ginger native to the United States. Hope it does well in my yard.

Bought a new bird house. The wood one I had fell apart. But, didn't get the bird seed they had. Instead I went to Home Depot to get black oil sunflower seeds and bumped into this. They don't sale bird houses or seed anymore. I'll go back to Primex another day and take my daughter to keep me in control.

Tried to pick out the healthiest looking one.

Finally a reasonable priced oxalis triangularis from the produce market for $3.00's.

Couldn't leave the dahlia.

For the birds.

When the plant shelf is empty, going to start these for fall to bloom next spring.

Salvia

Had to have some orange pansies before their season is over.

Tulips finished blooming and remove. Will replant with some of the plants from Primex when there's time.

Didn't order white tulips. They were a surprise.

There was a lot of this type of sedum in this bed. Maybe it'll fill in again.

I think this succulent is in the kolanche family. It looks like this may be it's last season. I've had it for several years but it's never been this small.

Montauk daisies are beautiful but they're starting to take over a tiny flower bed like the last time I had some and removed them for the same reason.

Poppy looks small in the picture but it's huge. Not something I could plant more of in this bead.

Planted my foxglove seedlings today some of them. I'm a proud mother even if I have to wait until next spring to see them bloom.

Lilies from last year did return.

This is why I don't normally pay a lot of money for plants. Look at my broom bush, dead. Thinking of what evergreen shrub to replace it with for the least amount of money.

Hopefully the broom bush in this container will bloom. Creeping Jenny returned. I'll get more of this for my planters it was pretty last season.

Lets see what's blooming in the yard.

Fern