I‘m happy to make an update on my gardening efforts and state that I haven’t killed anything yet! This is incredible news - seeing as how I have a reputation that is hard to live down within my immediate family. Sheesh! A girl gets lazy with her garden for ONE SEASON - - things croak off - - and the family will never let me forget it (read: last year I was too busy to tend to my garden and started it off with really good intentions - - but sadly most things died).
This year, even with the crappy weather we’re having, I’m happy to report that so far:
My Hydrangeas are doing well:
The Clemetis that I planted at the base of one of the trees is climbing and happy:
My various different roses are doing wonderfully:
And even….EVEN… my Rhododendron is beginning to bloom (YAY!):
This is all very good and encourging news and I am WELL on my way to losing the reputation of “Garden Slayer”.
9:03 pm on May 14th, 2006
Oooohhh aaaahh, all this crappy gloomy rainy weather really makes things beautiful, huh? Here’s hoping for a relatively wet year, maybe Mother Nature won’t kill your pretties with another drought. (see, I don’t blame you, who could spend THAT much time outside with a hose last year? Things got parched, things died, droughts happen.)
Lookin’ lovely - and great pics!
Hey - Happy Mother’s Day!
9:33 pm on May 14th, 2006
How pretty! I’m green with envy…haven’t gotten a thing in the ground this year so it’s going to be very drab around my house *chuckle* Happy Mother’s Day btw
3:17 am on May 15th, 2006
Thank you, Leanne - - Happy Mother’s Day to you too!
It WAS really dry last year, wasn’t it????
Hmm… that MUST be why everything died!
I’m not a garden slayer - - I’m not!
3:19 am on May 15th, 2006
Thank you, Bug! If ya happen to get things planted - - let’s see some pictures!
1:34 pm on May 15th, 2006
Your flowers are gorgeous!! Love the hydrangeas the most. Great shots!!
7:01 pm on May 15th, 2006
Thank you, Laura - I’m so thrilled to be keeping them living!