Little Lupines!

Late last summer I put in a new garden bed. I put some annuals in it, as well as a few perennials. I decided to throw some seeds in, too, just to see what they'd do. It appears most of them did nothing. Except for the lupine - while weeding the bed on Sunday, I found four little lupine plants. They're still very tiny, but they have their first set of true leaves, which is how I knew they're lupines. I'm so excited - success!

I have some other mystery seedlings. I have to let them grow to see if they're friend or foe.

Water water...nowhere

Well, so far we've had a whopping 0.01" of rain for the month. Which means I spent at least an hour on Sunday watering my lovely plants. The beds close to the house are no trouble - my biggest worry is not smooshing any plants with the hose. The woodland garden, however, is another story. The hose won't reach, so I have to lug watering cans of water across the yard. Not a big deal, but I always end up sloshing a little water down my leg. This causes my pants to get wet, and makes my flip-flops dangerously slippery. No broken ankles - this time.

Some of my bulbs are perplexing me. The tete-a-tete daffodil and Thalia narcissus are being very tempermental. Their performance is very spotty, and I'm pretty disappointed! The tulips are growing like mad, but the supposed "easily naturalized" bulbs are punking out, it seems. Teaches me for planting 75 of them!

Finally, I managed to get some seeds started. It's a little late in the season, but I'm hoping the beautiful weather we're having will make up for it. Besides, my raised beds are still a pipe dream, so even if I had seedlings, I have nowhere to grow them! The F.E. exam really put a cramp in my gardening plans!

Planty goodness

The weather was wonderful all weekend - sunny and 70's. Did I garden? Nope.

I did manage to empty out some of the deck pots - pulled last year's dried plants out to get them ready for this year's crop. I also planted some peas. If they go according to plan, they'll grow up the tomato cage, and we'll have a small crop of sugar snap peas.

Meanwhile, the plans for the raised beds are still that - plans. This spring is just flying by - I need a button to press to stop time so I can feel like I'm accomplishing something...anything!

Spring!

Well, the snow has melted.

The crocus are coming up gangbusters in the back and in the lawn. The damn rabbits have eaten all the crocus and grape hyacinth in the driveway bed. Even after I covered the leaves in a garlic and cayenne pepper spray. Have I mentioned I hate the rabbits?

My first daffodils are in bloom! Now, if only I can keep the dogs out of the flower bed, they'll be safe!

Out of 173 bulbs planted last fall, 10 are blooming. 163 more to go!