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May 17th Photos

I spent a long glorious (child free) Saturday morning at a nearby nursery and got lots of good stuff! I left my cart and wandered off just for the sake of it. Yip.

We have an old pipe that sticks out of the ground near our fence and it is way too deep to dig out, so I came up with a creative plan to cover it up. A big hole in the bottom of a planter and plants on top. It came out great and you'd never know there is a big ole pole inside of it. Crafty McNasty.

Pansies with a spike and a trailing licorice plant.




Gerbera Daisies.




My herb garden. I planted it in an old metal bucket and really like how it came out.
Basil, Garlic Chives, Ordinary Chives, Rosemary, Purple Basil, Italian Parsley.






Morning Glory - Heavenly Blue.


Fuchsia Bleeding Heart.




Sweet Baby Girl Tomato.


Tomatillo.


Strawberries.


Crape Myrtle is making a lot of progress. In the wrong direction. It's clearly not even a little bit alive anymore. It's so dead it's crunchy.


Lily of the Valley.




Now for something very very exciting...try to contain yourself. Badum-bum...

CARROTS!




Beans beans they're good for your heart...




Cutes MaGoo.

The "final" countdown.

A lot of ideas and things live in my head, so Nick has rules. I have to give him 3 options of whatever it is I am trying to decide. Shirts, paint colors, rugs, dinner items, etc - otherwise I would offer endless possibilities and we would get nothing done. This is kinda the norm around here. Erin gives three options (two good ones and one I know he won't pick - hee) and Nick makes the "final" choice and Erin is so relieved that she can finally move on (really, really slowly and not before second guessing said choice several times).

Our Christmas Card was no exception. I had a few ideas in mind so I designed mock ups for Nick to choose from. I named them Option1, Option2 and Option3. He chose option 3. I agreed. It was a nice choice. Over the course of the next several days I worked on the "final" version of the card. I tweaked and tweaked until I came up with FinalChristmasCard2008.pdf - YEAH ME! I went to bed that night thrilled that I was done. Heh. Before I actually ordered the card I did the following modifications:
FinalChristmasCard2008-1.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-2.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-3.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-4.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-5.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-6.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-7.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-8.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-9.pdf
FinalChristmasCard2008-10.pdf
and lastly FINAL-FinalChristmasCard2008.pdf

You can see how this is a problem right? This is how crazy people act and I realize this. All for something that someone is going to glance at, MAYBE put up on a shelf for a month and then throw directly into the garbage.

Can you imagine how long this has taken me? The FinalFinalGardenLayout.pdf that is going to occupy my garden(fingers crossed)for the next 5 years? Imagine it. Just try to imagine the amount of crazy that went into this! Wait, on second though...don't. Your head might explode.

Talk Dirt to Me.

There is a mound of leftover dirt in the garage that I'm going to use to fill in the garden when I plant. I'm CLEARLY procrastinating putting things in the ground since I'm afraid they will die. I can't let my babies go yet. The dirt is pissed. It started growing things of its own. Many many many sprouts have emerged. oops.

Maybe it's time. If things go bad, I can always say the dirt made me do it!

Like watching paint dry, only slower.

May 4th Photos.

Here is my Crape Myrtle from Tennessee. My Auntie Tracy packed it up for me. She has so many and they are beautiful. I hope mine looks like hers someday. I transplanted it with native soil and a native worm too!



I planted her with some whimsy so her pot wasn't so depressing.




Someday?


Around these hosta I dug up lots and lots of weeds and planted some Sweet Alyssum seed. I also found the perfect spot for Trudy's garden stone. The Alyssum is supposed to be easy to grow and is a creeper.







Alyssum in bloom.


We also planted carrots, yellow wax beans & bush green beans in containers. I'm hoping for some good eats.







And not to be outdone, Trudy planted the smallest garden in the world.

Things that other people planted V2.0

So many things are in bloom!





The tulips are on their last days and wilting away.



We didn't even know our tree would flower.







A long long row of hostas.