Little By Little

Get used to seeing photo after photo of this container, I have a feeling it's going to be a favorite subject:

 

As will the raised veggie bed.  Six out of seven cucumbers seeds have joined the party:

 

The Purple Gem rhododendrons are putting out new leaves, the creeping jenny is growing quickly, and the freshly planted impatiens will fill out the container nicely:

Since the steps aren't straight I'm not really concerned about getting the lights straight:

 

I also planted up four hanging baskets of impatiens and put two on these hooks on the shady side of the house:

And the other two on top of the huge stump because it was so bare.  And honestly I really didn't feel like getting out the drill and putting the plant hangers up again (every time I attach them to a tree the landlord has it cut down):

I was a really lazy gardener too, I just threw the whole 6-pack in the center of the basket.  I usually break them up and plant them spaced further apart:

I split the two containers of Husky Cherry tomatoes into four separate plants as planned.  Two went in hanging baskets on the large shepard hooks on the gravel patio, one in a pot on the metal bar on the patio, and the last one in a black plastic pot which made me think to place it in the blue/black grouping in the driveway.  Since things always look better in odd numbered groups, I threw the decorative frog thing holding a purple calibrachoa into the mix, but staring at this photo I think I may switch it with the phlox container for better balance:

 

Then I started pulling/cutting down the bulb border and will finish the other half tomorrow:

 

Now that the lupine is standing tall front and center, I could see that it has flower stalks!  I'm beyond excited since I've been waiting two years to see this flower in my garden:

  

I wanted to see how the new containers looked from the grill area...nice:

My mom requested a "before" picture of the hillside where the wildflowers are slowly growing.  We've tried getting those weeds out of there, but we're not having much luck.  However this shot also shows just how high that stump is on the hill and that the guy who's been doing work upstairs took out some of my little wildflower seedlings and left some nice big tire tracks for us:

The herb seedlings are doing really well and I'm starting to think of what will go where.  You saw that I saved some space in the hanging herb basket, the herb barrel practically has acreage available, and I have six empty pots here: 

  

My to do list for tomorrow:

·     Cut down rest of patio bulb border

·     Plant moonflowers

·     Plant zinnia

·     Plant zucchini

·     Plant more nasturtium by trellis

What's on yours?  

Comments

[mummer]

How awfull that your seedlings were murdered! That might be a great location for some large jagged-edged boulders. Or, is that where you are planning to use your bricks as a deliniating border for your wildflower bed?
The hillside is full of potential - I love planters on stumps, especially filled with trailing ivy.
And, if I remember correctly from my NC nursery days - creeping jenny is part of the family lysimachia. "Creepy" a Freudian slip? Creepy or not not, I used it constantly in my storefront planters - it withstood NC heat beautifully.

[Heather's Garden]

Mom -- You're right, I love creeping jenny and I'm not mad at anyone named Jen right now, so not a Freudian slip, just a typo which I have now fixed. And you're going to have to stay tuned for the brick project reveal.