Picture-Palooza

So many things I would have to say, so instead I shall simply SHOW you the greatness.  We went, flower shoppping!

The garden:

The Dill. Sadly is getting quite sad but it still managed to show me its little yellow flowers before it took a turn for the worst!  I'm not sure why, but the whole bottom of it is yellowish and then the upper leaves are now turning to a sad sort of brown.  It began so bushy and stayed that way until I tookthe vacation, but the dill never really liked mom I guess.  Maybe we'll revive it yet!

This is a new addition since the last blog but still got planted recently where as the flowers we aquired last night are still in the ground.  Its very cute and is drought resistant.  I believe!!! this is my aunty's favorite kind of plant.  Only stands a mere 2 inches tall right now!

 This picture was just a quick shot toshow off our nicely growing dahlias which aren't saggy yet, and some brand new pots mom got over vacation of begonias! Not my favorite flower, but I like these because their leaves are as red as they are!

The above speak for themselves! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

 

The shopping spree!!!!

No idea what they are called but I like these they are very purple and very nice.  We have been searching for something purple with some height that wasn't too derpy looking for some time.  Hopefully this is the match we've been looking for!!!

Mom's echinacea

below: MORE echinacea w/ a spiky celosia, a plant called sparklers, and a HUGE pot of petunias!

 Yes so many plants so little time. Not even pictured here is a new oregano, jade (nifty cactus thing), a second enormous petunia pot of purples, and red puffy plants like the yellow ones above. I just couldn't help myself and neither could mom. We love out plants! There's also five coleus not shown yet.  Can't wait to give more sneak peeks!!! Keep your eyes peeled.

My Garden!

Its grown so beautifully people! There is just something so great about having gone over there last night to see my people and the product of hard labor. The plants look gorgeous! I'm overwhelmed.

The whole thing turned out great! Look at how it thrived! Before and after!


Just look at the marigolds and how lush they are!


And the spikey plants!



Everything is so beautiful, and all the potted plants lived, but just look at my sunflowers!!!!! Following the sun and the kept safe from todays storm by the fence. There are so many blooms I can't wait to see them again!

Planning!

Hellooooo!!!

So today is the day of plan. I didn't update on Saturday, but I have news!

Spent a few hours at Kelly and Chris' house on Saturday with mi madre and Emma. It was great. The kids running around squealing and enjoying themselves, but the best was the fact that little Jonathan was 'help weed!' Hehehe. He had the hand trowel and was turning the soil to get out the weeds. He's a very helpful little man. Where baby Sarah was far more interested in putting the leaves in the brown bag. They were both so amazingly helpful and cute. So as of Saturday, the garden area has been turned and weeded, ready for seeds!

Anyway, with mom's help I have decided the next stage in the works. Sunflowers. We've decided we need far more of them as well as different varieties. This time there will be autumn beauties, but these being planted directly into the dirt. The Dahlias are going around the bench and something purple or blue. Yes that's right this is quite an endeavor and I hope its all worth it in the end. I definitely am still feeling Saturday's shoveling.

SUNDAY! Mom bought us some more seeds. I got another packet of chive seeds to fill in the edges of my pot. Hopefully this all works out because yes I believe I am vaguely jealous of the fact that Nicky's chives are already so huge. I planted those this morning and I will be potting the sunflowers we already have, attempting to give them more space to make it through the next week.


BUT! These are all the beginning stages so I am just riding the wave.

On the other end of the spectrum, I have decided between the most difficult and messy things and those which would yield the most stuff. SO! After mass reading online I have discovered that I can make essential oils WITHOUT a distiller. Perfectly grand. So this year I am making candles. I am going to make basil candles with chive flower accents in them because the flowers have no smell once doused in wax. I'm also going to make some spice candles using the cumin. (which is great because another cumin plant came up the other day)These of course are suppose to have an effect on mood which each different smell.

Candles, sounds fun right? I know I'm looking forward to it!

Making an Appearance is...

That's right, the basil!

I'm so proud of them. Of the six seed pellets so far, 4 have peeked forth from the dirt. I'm so happy to see them. They are so tiny! I had not a clue that they'd be this much smaller than the other kinds of basil I have grown, but they are miniatures. The Poor Man's Weather Glasses are somewhat poking from the dirt as well, but I can't yet focus the camera on them since they are so wee as well. But on the other hand, look at THIS! This fellow has reared his ugly head and said HELLO!!!! Lovely sunflowers, I just can't wait until they are strong enough and I've tended their space enough to plant them. Very, VERY exciting.

Speaking of the planting place ^^ I purchased some garden gloves finally so yanking up the defiant beast of a thorny bush can be removed. As well as buying some bulbs! I though about it a bit and decided that I'm gonna use the large rocks in the garden as separators! Kind of? Its a theory. But I got dahlias for the spot and we'll see how they turn out. Very exciting people, this week looks great!