I planted some jalapeño peppers seeds inside to get them started. I will move them outside once the weather warms up. I got fewer seedling than I wanted so I planted some more seeds on Sunday.
It is raining this morning so I can't work in the yard. That means I have some time to post pictures of the work we've done in the past 2 weeks. Last week we worked on getting rid of the grass between the sidewalk and the street. In the small section we planted some native sedum. In the larger section we just put down cardboard and covered it with leaf mulch. We will plant some sedum there in the fall of next spring. We also planted pineapple sage, sunflowers, and marigolds in the some of the raised beds. We also put some marigolds by the tomatoes. My wife had bought the sunflower and marigold seeds for an Earth Day project at school and didn't want them to go to waste. We found a little snake friend in our compost bin. The dogwood tree that we planted last year is just about done blooming. The front hostas are starting to come up as well. On Saturday, I tilled parts of the side yard so that we could plant cucumbers, corn, and beans. This used up mo...
My wife bought some new plants and we had some other plants that need transplanting so that's what we worked on this morning. In the cottage garden, we planted Barbara's Buttons (circled in red) and Closed Gentian (circled in white). We moved one hydrangea from the north side of the house and planted it in the back yard. We also planted a hydrangea that we bought at Schnucks. There was a group of three hydrangeas on the north side of the house where I separated one and planted it it nearby. We also planted some blue bells and celandine poppies.
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