Where To Start

On Sunday I walked in the March For Babies with some girlfriends.  I had to leave the house very early and in my rush out the door (not accustomed to leaving the house before 9am) I neglected to assign Lee chores.  I didn't need to worry.  I arrived home some 6 hours later (we brunched after the walk) to a very tired husband and some weeded beds.  The Mother's Day garden:

 

The hosta/rhododendron garden:

 

And he got every single leaf out of the lawn (he had left a huge pile over the winter and they were a bitch to get up).  Now we just have to mulch the various beds and watch them grow.  Speaking of growing...the first of the Swiss chard seedlings appeared that day in the pots along the driveway:

 

As did the first flowers on the phlox.  Pink on one plant:

 

And purple on the other.  Love the funky shape of the flower buds:

 

I saved the wire trellis from the patio tomato plant that I bought at Walmart last year and luckily it fit the one I bought last week.  Now in its home on the patio:

 

The other plants I bought that day have not found a home yet, but I am playing around with potential pots for them:

 

Tuesday brought the first potato plant poking through the soil.  I think we have plants or signs of plants in every container now:

 

On Wednesday I managed to talk Home Depot into honoring the $2.48/bag price they had over the weekend for 1 cubic foot Miracle Gro Garden Soil for flowers and vegetables (regularly $4.97/bag).  We stopped in on Saturday to get it along with the mulch that we did buy, but they had sold out of the bagged soil.  I think someone made a mistake and posted a lower price than they were supposed to, but regardless, I got all 16 bags for $42.06 or 37% off: 

 

Unfortunately in order to get that bargain price I had to go to Home Depot in the middle of a pouring rainstorm.  And then I carried all 16 bags to the back patio by myself.  I was soaked:

 

And there they sit still.  Life has conspired to keep me out of the garden all week.  Luckily the garden has continued right along without me.  This picture doesn't really show how pretty the strawberries are with their little white flowers or how perky the tall growth is, but boy they're making me happy:

 

I did find some time to stop today and pick up tomato and pepper starts which will be planted over the weekend.  And we have the raised beds to build and fill -- I think SS2 can be counted on to help with that on Sunday as part of the Mother's Day festivities.

Comments

[Mummer]

Home Depot is becoming my choice of materials purchases - they're so agreeable here! My congratulations to Lee! The beds all look great!

[Wendy]

Heather, we should have great weather this weekend (although I heard rain for today) so I'm sure you'll be busy as can be out there. God bless the husband who deleafs a lawn. I agree, leaves latch on to grass and ain't no gettin' 'em unless you get down on your knees and handpick them.

Have a happy mother's day, Heather!

[Heather's Garden]

Mom -- Wait until you see them all mulched. Lee's been a busy boy.

Wendy -- It was great weather and we got a ton accomplished! Hope you had a happy Mother's Day too.