

This is what I did about 3am yesterday. Now it's 2am the next day, and I'm blogging about it. :) (I can nearly see my family shaking their heads back and forth and can alllllllllmost read the little bubble above their heads that says "does that girl EVER sleep at NIGHT?) (answer: rarely). I will admit that my thumb is NOT very green. I have to wonder why that is! My mom can sew anything, plant anything (and it even grows!), crochet anything, blah blah...you get the idea! I would love to be more creative, as creativity IS a passion of mine--but I seem to be too....errrrr....lazy, I guess, is the word I was looking for! Well, ok...so it's not the word I was *looking* for, but if I'm going to be honest, it's the word I found! Back to the plants..... I planted two tubs, as you can see, with pots and flowers I bought at Walmart after work on Monday. There is a Mum in the middle of each one, and there are five Begonias around the outside. Now most of you reading this will have known that. I wouldn't have if I didn't have that little plastic label thingy to read (you know, the one they jab down ino the plant), so I thought I would post it for any other plant illiterates like myself! :) I have a few left over because I overestimated the size of my tubs (even though they were sitting right in front of me in the cart at the time), so I will probably make another basket or two and stick them somewhere outside. I love the dusty rose color of these Mums! I haven't ever seen that color before (though I probably wouldn't have noticed anyway...but that's a thought for another day!) and I know they sold out quickly at our store. I feel I've driven the point home now, but just in case.....I'm no gardener (though I'd like to be!), so I hope these poor lil' plants thrive! Any tips from my green-thumbed family would be appropriate and welcomed...... :)

4 comments:
They look nice, Michelle! My only tips: take them OUT of the living room & put them outside. THEN, water them! See, you knew knew all that! I haven't planted much of anything yet...
One other thing. You could keep your Mums from year-to-year if you plant them in your yard. Maybe transplant them in the fall?
Very pretty! Looks great. I'd fertilize them too with Miracle Grow. I'll have to take a picture of my deck planters tomorrow-I have pink asters which look very similar to your mums.
LOL!!!! Julie...hehe. Was all I could do to move them a couple feet from the porch to the LR to take a couple pics...Craig brought them out for me the next morning...
Good idea on the Miracle Grow, Stac..will get some within the week or so... :) M.
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