Last week I got some flower bulbs from a friend and yesterday they were planted around the front yard. I never planted flowers before I met this friend - I was too practical for that. If you couldn't eat it, I didn't plant it! One day, five or six years ago, she called me up, invited us (her kids and mine are great friends) over and while we were there, offered me some plants out of her perenial bed, which she was thinning out. I was about to decline - I didn't even have a flower garden and had no idea where (or why) I would plant any flowers. But looking at my friend's flower beds made me wonder if I were missing out, being so darned practical. She loaded me up with three *big* bags of perenial flowers, telling me what they were, what they looked like, and where to plant them. In a week I had my very first flower bed, which didn't look like much that year, but the following year when things really started blooming, I was hooked! I miss my first flower bed - it was left behind when we moved, but I was sure to bring some divisions from the same plants my friend gave me over to the new house, where they should be in full bloom this year. This is the same friend who gave me some bulbs last week - iris, lilies, and daffodils. Whenever I look at flowers in my yard, I think of our friendship.
This year I went a step further and last night while me and the kids were out grocery shopping I picked up a bag of gladiola bulbs from walmart to plant outside our front porch. I can't wait to see them blooming - I've never had gladiolas before - hope I don't kill them!
I'm trying to decide what the homestead project is going to be this week - fixing up the barn or setting up the hoophouse we bought last year. There are some doors in the barn that are in real need of repair and need attention soon, but on the other hand, I sure want that hoophouse up asap so I can get some early lettuces and stuff in them and see how they do. So many projects, so little time! |
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April 2, 2006 - Flowers!