Garden Fun

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Speaking of dogs, I sent an inquiry about a poodle mix. We'll see what happens. He's a real cutie.

Woke up a little before my alarm at 8 AM. Bella pooped outside again, so I cracked the code.

I’m really not feeling the trip to Allerton for flower arranging. I want to stay home with my dog and cats and plant plants in the garden. Anyway, I need to feed the critters (done) and take a shower. If I’m not going to Allerton, I think that I’ll take a nap.

Put my tomato plants outside for the Buy Nothing person. It sucks that I can’t grow tomatoes, but I don’t trust Bella. Maybe when I have a high raised bed, I could grow some.

Had a nice nap. Overslept a little. Ate lunch.

Now I’m out in the yard. I tried my new weeding tools and one of them, Grandpa’s weeding tool, works. The big weeds need multiple tries though. Bella is having a great time playing with the pots that the plants came in. I’ve planted some herbs, but I think that I’ll need more dirt to plant strawberries. That little snot Bella grabbed one of my basils and tore it apart. I guess that I need a new basil. Sigh. She also dug up a coral bell that I planted. Hmm. Basil online comes in multipacks. I’ll have to go to Walmart or Lowe’s or Home Depot. Well, I had a little problem. My strawberries didn’t fit in the strawberry pot. I planted two in there, four in another pot, and four in a small pot. Now I’m trying to plant some irises, and Bella keeps on stealing them.

Now I need to clean up and water the plants (done, but I forgot to water the tickseed). I have only the tickseed and Japanese Spirea left to plant.

Fed us all. Bella “said” she wanted to go outside afterwards, but so far, she hasn’t done her business.

I'm beat. I made an appointment to bring the Honda in to be looked at. That will be Friday because I'm going to have a busy week.

I'm going to go to bed soon. Oh, I need to send an email to the Italian school because they haven't responded to me.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Like Allerton Park, or somewhere else? I'm in central Illinois too.

>>The big weeds need multiple tries though. <<

I have found that sometimes it helps to dig under to where the roots are and use pruners.

>>I’ve planted some herbs, but I think that I’ll need more dirt to plant strawberries.<<

I've got herbs, and this year I made 2 strawberry towers, each with 6 stacking cloverleaf pots. Dollar Tree had the stackers for $1.25 and I couldn't resist.

>>Now I’m trying to plant some irises,<<

One of the irises I planted last fall bloomed pale yellow. The one I just bought has variegated leaves and looks like it will bloom lavender.

>> Now I need to clean up and water the plants (done, but I forgot to water the tickseed). <<

This spring I found a tickseed that is deep red. Usually they are yellow to light orange.

If you want to see my gardening, there are pictures in the Photo tag.