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Garden Update, May 8th 2017

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 — Katy Flint4 Comments

Can you believe two weeks have flown by since the first garden update?! How does time fly faster each week? Thanks to Iowa weather, we had almost a week straight of rain and cold temps, so I was wondering if I was ever going to get to dig in the dirt! Praise the good Lord, the sun came out last week and the rain stopped, so dirt has dried up and I went shopping for my flowers with my mom!

I’m so excited to give you a tour of my gardens this week because I finally got my annual flowers planted and even snagged a couple new perennials as well! So, let’s just get to showing you all the goodness!

If you followed along last year, you’ll know that I have flower boxes and a plantar by my front door, a raised bed around our flag pole and a couple pots that all get annuals. I also have a spot that I call the North bed which is all perennials and thanks to my friends at Natural Plus Nursery, it seems to get something new each year!

North Perennial Bed

So, we’ll start with the North bed! This year I added a Firewitch that will bloom pink! I’m so excited about this as the leaves are a completely different shade green as the other items in this bed and the pink will be a fun color! It will also be a shorter plant so, it’ll offset all the phlox I have in this bed! I’m looking forward to seeing how it grows and spreads throughout the year!

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2017 Garden Update, 4/24/2017

April 24, 2017 — Katy Flint4 Comments

Can you believe it?! Gardening season is finally here! Well, according to the weather forecast, it’s gardening season for a day or two then it’ll be cold and wet again! Geesh! But, I couldn’t wait any longer, so it’s officially the first Garden Update post! Last year, I waited until the end of May and well…that is just too long! So, here it is!

So, is there a lot to update you on with the gardens? Have I actually done a lot in the gardens yet? No, not really, but I am so stinking excited this year to share it all with you, that I figured we might as well start from the very beginning, right?!

Vegetable Garden

I basically badgered T this weekend to till our vegetable garden until he gave in! It seemed dry on the top…well, maybe he was right and it was too wet. However, he’s as stubborn as I am, so by the time he had tilled half of it, he told me I was planting it, so planting we did! We put in cucumbers, green onions, radishes, tomatoes, and a row of green beans! I’m hoping the sun and warm temps today will give those little seeds a jump start otherwise, I’ll never live this down! (I think you can see from the picture how wet it actually was..you can see where we packed it down in between rows!) There is still the other half of the garden to till and plant (when and if it ever dries up) along with 2 other sections that are adjoining!

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Garden Update, 6/14/16

June 14, 2016June 12, 2016 — Katy Flint4 Comments

Can you believe it’s already been two weeks since you got a tour of my flower gardens?! Where does the time go?? I know mine has been full of baseball games, camping, and trying to get things done here at home! I hope your enjoying summer as much as we are! Now…let’s get to the important stuff, let’s see how things are growing!!

The Dragon-Leaf Begonias are slowing growing and filling in the boxes! I still think I need to get a few fillers, but haven’t found just the right thing yet, so I’ll keep waiting!

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