Some gardening

This spring I planted 55 gladiolus bulbs in a corner of the front yard. I like to plant them fairly close together so they have a better chance of not falling over when they're fully grown. You can see a few of them are up. I think I counted 15 or so. I put the 2 big pots around the patch so people would quit stepping in it. Someone even stepped in them when it was obvious there were things sprouting! The nerve.


In the back yard next to the porch, we have a bed of irises and lilies. I never saw the irises last year, but this year they're gorgeous. All white and with tons of blooms!


Here's the north half of the yard. In the far left corner, I plan to do some elephant ears and some shade plants under them once they're established. You can barely make out the ground cover plants near the garden boxes. Speaking of garden boxes, lettuce and carrots have begun to make an appearance! I'm hoping to see potatos any day now. I also got some small watermelon plants at the nursery and added them in one of the boxes. We'll see how they do. Under the big tree in the back, I'm planting a bunch of impatiens. It's too shadowy to see them right now. I'll try to get a better photo this evening.


I've spent most of my time on this part of the yard. It houses all the fruit stuff: blueberry, raspberry and blackberry bushes, and a pot of strawberry plants. I've filled in with a bunch of other plants too. I really like these leaf-only annuals with red, white, and pink leaves. They're quite colorful. I also put my hens and chicks in this area. I do so love them (and have since I was a kid).