Gardening Saturday
One great thing about our house is that it came with 3 seasons of perennial gardens throughout the front, side, and back yards. Daffodils bloom in the spring, followed by tons of other stuff in the summer, and even more stuff in the fall. You can probably tell that we have no idea what we are talking about or what we should do with it. Since we moved into our house late last June, we really didn't have to address the gardening issue until this year. As if having 3 small children is not enough, we also have to learn how to take care of thousands of dollars worth of plants so we aren't known as "those neighbors that killed their beautiful yard". Jon has been working very hard researching, edging, and fertilizing and we've been holding our breath this spring as our inherited new "kids" start to bloom. Our dialogue sounds something like this:
"Didn't we have more of these flowers last year?"
"I don't remember. Maybe"
"I think they're dying, what do you think?"
"I don't know, maybe."
"Is this a weed or a plant?"
"I don't know."
"Should I pull it out?"
"I don't know, maybe"
3 guesses as to which one is Jon is the above conversation :)
So if anyone identifies any of the plants in the above pictures and knows what to do with them, feel free to leave a comment for us. You could help save a life today.
3 comments:
Your yard is gorgeous!
I agree- it's beautiful. Good luck with all that. We did house hunting here on Saturday and felt fortunate to find a place with dirt at all (most places are just surrounded with concrete or tile and then a security wall). At least I hear that it doesn't take long for a yard to fill in once you plant grass :-) Welcome to the world of blogging!
Oh Katie we have the same problem!! Our yard had so much stuff planted in it when we moved in and now I think there is about 1/2 of everything left. My neighbor gave me good advice - if you don't like it pull it :) Chris doesn't garden and I would love to, but have zero time right now. I was blessed (haha) with two non-sleepers!!! Good luck. Maybe I could stop by sometime and visit! Matthew would love to meet Jacob :)
~Denise
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