Gotta Dig

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown

I got to dig yesterday!

Warm temperatures brought me outside to work on some landscaping. Fixing edging, rocks, blocks (you get the idea). What I realized was how much I missed being outdoors. Still not warm enough for planting but on a positive spin this gives us gardening lovers time to fix, plan and most importantly not work ourselves to the bone trying to get everything done. You can ease back into it and out of hibernation from winter.

I almost thought I was going to have a cabin fever breakdown. Luckily I think I'll make it through.

I noticed signs of spring with crocus, tulips and even some lilly's poking their way out of the dirt towards the sun. I wish I had some pictures, my camera isn't working right now, but I am working on that and will post some later, I just had to post today and share my excitement. In the meantime, here are some pictures from last year's garden.

Bring on SPRING

Sunflower I planted last summer **** sigh****

February in Indiana is most un-predictable that it's predictable (if that makes sense). It's predictable in the way as to one day it's 50 degrees and the next it is 20 degrees. In my previous post I mentioned planning my garden, so that's what I have been up to this past month as I patiently (sarcasm) wait for warm weather maybe if I'm ambitious I'll add some new landscaping. I keep going over it in my mind and drawing it on paper, and of course keep changing it.

I have already started some sweet peas, morning glories and I'd have more flowers started if I could make up my mind on which plants I want where. Of course I will have some more sunflowers but I sow those directly outdoors in late spring or early
summer.

I ordered daylilly ’Stella de Oro’ for the border in front of my rose garden the other day from "Classy Groundcovers" I have never purchased anything from them, but they were highly recommended on Dave's Garden website. If you ever buy from catalogs or online stores for gardening supplies or plants, I would recommend checking out Dave's site. Recommendations come from real gardeners whom have purchased from these companies.

Tonight we are expecting more snow AND ice! I guess I will be stuck indoors for the weekend. But, there are always plant and gardening catalogs to thumb through. Maybe I'll find something unique to add to my garden this year.

Brrrrrrrrr It's cold

I am ready for spring and summer! Of course I've been ready since November. Last month we had record high temperatures and now we are below zero temperatures.

Maybe I should start planning my gardening projects for this summer. I have been browsing the web for new roses for 2008. A rose garden is one project I wish to tackle this spring. I just can't make up my mind there are so many to choose from.

A beautiful climbing rose for the corner of the house facing east would be nice. I love english roses so maybe I might try Abraham Darby, or Crown Princess Margareta as pictured below.

Pinks, peaches, yellows I can't decide. I guess I'll keep browsing there's plenty of time with the way the weather is here in Indiana. Pictures courtesy of David Austin Roses, my #1 recommendation for English roses.

<----Click on these to go browsing

I have had a lot of friends and family ask me about the plants, flowers, shrubs and yes trees, that I have planted and where I purchased them. I do a lot of online nursery shopping along with local nurseries. So I have decided to show some pictures and give my opinions on the MANY different places that I purchase from. Last spring and fall I did a lot of planting, so this spring and summer will be very interesting. I will take pictures to share and also along with where I purchased the plant, where I planted it, and so forth. I have several online nurseries in my mind right now that I am very impressed with , but for now I will wait for this spring so as I may show the proof as well.