Happy Easter everyone. Hope you all had a great day.
I splurged recently and purchased several larger urns. I am in love with all of these!
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Spring Bulb Update
This is a follow up to my post about planting 2,083 spring bulbs last Fall. You can check that post out here.
I just want to show you how the bulbs look in bloom. I am totally loving them. They sure brightened up my yard with color. I don’t know why I didn’t do this years ago.
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What’s In the Boxes?!
If you saw my Facebook and Instagram posts a couple of weeks ago about some assembly required packages that I had received, you may be wondering what were inside. So here goes.
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New Bed and Summer Bulbs
Spring bulbs, Summer bulbs, Fall bulbs – how confusing can it be? It’s really not that confusing. The season the flower grows and blooms, is the season of the bulb. Spring bulbs, although planted in the Fall, come out of the ground and bloom in the Spring. Hence Spring bulbs. Summer bulbs are planted in the Spring and bloom in the Summer. Hence Summer bulbs. Fall bulbs? Well there really isn’t a Fall bulb. Some people call Spring bulbs Fall bulbs because they plant them in the Fall but that’s not accurate.
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Seed Starting My Way
I like to get a jump start on my seed starting but don’t always get that accomplished. Some things just take sooo long to sprout and grow in order to have a decent sized plant before planting time, that if I don’t start things in January, they just don’t have time to get as big as I would like before they go out in the yard. Living in a relatively short growing season area, the more growth I can get out of plant before it goes outside, the better.
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Spring is in the Air
We had a burst of sunshine and warmer temperatures for about a week. The temps are dropping a little with a bit of rain on and off for the next week or so. I spent some time getting started on garden clean up. Lots of pine needles got raked up, rose bushes trimmed, and other general Spring garden maintenance.
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Winter Finally Showed Up
The white Christmas didn’t materialize. The storms since then only brought snow to the higher elevations. When were we going to get some?
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Gutter Berries
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Greenhouse Cleanup
I wandered into the greenhouse the other day. I’ve been trying to stay out of it to keep the warmth in since it’s been so cold lately. But it was calling me. I went in and checked on the plants. Made sure they got some water if they needed it.
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First Time Growing an Amaryllis
I have seen them in seed and plant catalogs for years. I have watched others show them off in various posts. But I have never grown one. This year was the year. Hmm, a lot of firsts this year in my gardening. Amaryllis are beautiful flowers. They come in all colors and are huge and spectacular. Amaryllis is a flowering bulb that is typically forced to bloom during the holiday season.
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