Yay Canada! You guys have some sense up there!
Popping back in for a quick post. Since coming home the grass and weeds seem to have grown like, well, weeds. So mowing, trimming, etc has been on our to-do list. But yesterday I copped out and instead went to visit a greenhouse just over the river in Ohio.
While driving through Richwood on the way home Sunday, we stopped at a store that had lots of nice-looking plants. I was surprised though, when I looked at the label. Those plants had come from Norris Greenhouses in Racine, Ohio, just 30 minutes or so from home!
So Lainie (granddaughter Sarah's visiting friend) and I toodled on across the river and came home with my van full of plants and my wallet significantly lighter.
We bought about 8 kinds of tomatoes, 3 kinds of peppers, a dozen different herbs, and who knows how many annuals and perennials. We ended the day with dinner and firepit time, listening to whippoorwills and watching the dogs play. Perfect.
This morning Larry and I weedeated the garden and began planting the tomatoes; we are about halfway done. Then I worked on the flowers and herbs. I am nowhere near half done, but I've made a dent.
Right now I am just taking a break and working on painting a little cabinet--this time a pretty yellow. Not a color that sells well, but I really like how it will look on this piece.
Lainie flew out this morning, back home to Colorado. Sarah is working on plumbing during her last 2 days here before she starts the long drive home. We sure will miss her. There is something about having young energy about that just lives this place (and these two old people) up.
There's nothing like that first visit to the nursery, bringing home a load of plants.
ReplyDeleteYes, and then looking at them when you get home and thinking, what have I done!
DeleteWhat fun to have the hopes for all those little new plants!
ReplyDeleteI just replied to Michelle that it's like planting hope.
Delete...it's a bit too early to plant, but I need too visit some greenhouses to check things out.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tom, I was just about buying soil! I´ll wait! I have strawberries on the run, though... @ Sue - so beautiful!
DeleteI have been doing the same :) Always great to get things started in the spring.
ReplyDeleteYrs, like planting hope.
DeleteOh, there’s nothing better than a good nursery! Looking forward to seeing all of your new plants.
ReplyDeleteFlowers! Lovely! I got the White Flower farm catalog in the mail yesterday and I'm using it as a resource for ideas. No way am I ordering plants from south of here when I can buy local. They have some lovely pot arrangements and list the plants. I'll go find what I can to replicate them.
ReplyDeleteAll I've been able to plant is pansies, peas and lettuce. Too cold for anything else still.
I haven't ordered anything from a catalog this year, but may get spring bulbs. My pots usually feature geraniums because they are so sturdy and trustworthy.
DeleteYes, the election result was good. I just now finally remembered to post what I wrote earlier in the day. Nothing wrong with my memory, eh.
ReplyDeleteI was so relieved to know our stupidity wasn't catching! As for memory, well, I am right there with you.
DeleteBuying flowers and little veg & herbs is such fun. It's still a bit too chilly here for the more tender ones but May will hopefully bring warmer nights. I miss Whipporwills. We don't have them here but I grew up hearing them.
ReplyDeleteWe went from being 2 weeks behind our normal season to being 2 weeks ahead. The oaks are leafing out, the sign that frost is past...usually.
DeleteYou are going to have a busy spring again!
ReplyDeleteYes! This is the fun, hopeful part. Later comes the hard work.
DeleteYour flowers are stunning! We have been focusing a lot on natives in the last few years, and now they seem to self-seed.
ReplyDeleteI hope your garden grows beautifully all summer!
ReplyDeleteYour pots are looking lovely and I like those green chairs on your patio. A little chilly here yet but soon...
ReplyDeleteIndeed they do! If only we could have that much sense!
ReplyDeleteYes, I am pleased with our election results although I could wish the west of the country was a little more varied. And I am covetous of your geranium pot.
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