whats going on?

Hello all, here it is the week of Easter and it is already hot. The last few days here has managed to kill most of my seedlings. It has been in the upper 80's this week, but it has felt much hotter than normal. I am still working on my garden bed's. Things that I thought dead at the end of last year are making a gradual return. Zinnia's and periwinkle's have reseeded without problem. I have relocated my large lantana from by the mailbox. I guess it's Will be a lot safer for the mail delivery. It's so nice also to see other neighbors out planting also. Well have a good one. Happy gardening.

look at my onions and aloe growing amongst the mums and angelonia. They're leftover from Christmas vacation. I planted them in the ground and they are doing great. Haha

Here it is the first full week of spring. I have started reworking one of the front beds. I brought several plants home with me from my mom's house in Louisiana. I had to get most of the plants into the ground. In this bed I have yellow daylilies, lemon miniature zinnia's, dianthes and a large mullin. I also planted purple iris by the arbor. Still have more plants to put in the ground over the next few days. This is always so exciting. Happy gardening.

mom's yard

Hi everyone I am in the beautiful state of Louisiana, visiting my parents. I arrived to see this exquisite sight. A large purple iris. It is my plan to take a piece of this back to florida as well as a smaller Burgundy variety. There is nothing like coming home. See you later.

This photo does not do this flower justice. It is a must see to appreciate.

Hello All, just gettin ready for the new gardening year. This fall's attempt was less than stellar, collards bolted, cabbage stunted and cauliflower just gave up. I spent last Saturday at the duval county extention "Day of Gardening" event. Had an awesome time. Got some new herbs and tomato's for this years garden. I am so excited to get started. I have several bulbs to get into the ground for the summer blooms and have built 2 new garden boxes. Hope this year we get a little more rain. Found a dead mole in the front yard. Hope this means they are gettin old and no more food for them. Hope I won't have as much trouble with cats this year too. I have purchased and absolutely beautiful weeping youpon holly. Can't wait to get it into the ground. Well happy gardening, will keep you posted about the new front yard.

What a weekend this has been. I spent some time outside in the garden and played a little badminton with my daughter. I also went to the county extension office to register for a gardening class next month. While there I spotted this plant in their garden. I would really like to know what it is. It has red blooms on it that resemble the Mimosa flower. Let me know what you think it is. Keep on gardening.

after the freeze

Well ya'll the freeze has come and several plants did not fair well. My Tropicana is crumpled and sad, I sure hope it comes back this spring. Some of my vegetables didn't fair well either. Well if it can't take the cold it's not hardly to north Florida. Still working on the spring garden menu, I have so many wants that I don't know where to start and that's part of the fun. Back to the books. Happy gardening. Sorry about the photo I couldn't get it rotated upright.

Happy New Year

I just love January, it is the time for planning my spring gardens. December was a very busy month for me, so not much time to blog. Here in north Florida the weather has been mild. Still have plenty of flowers in bloom and butterflies and bees are still visiting the gardens. I found a surprise in the front garden on New Years Eve, a Mullen that I planted two years ago left a seedling. I am so excited about this plant, it has the most beautiful yellow flowers in summer. Of course it does not like our hot summers here, but it was beautiful. Still enjoying fresh grown tomato's from a pot I have in the garage. This year is going to be outstanding, got to get my seed packs together. Well happy gardening yall, will keep you posted.