Blogger hates me. I cannot load pictures today & I took lots! Dumb blogger. Stupid blogger. Poopie head blogger. Stupid, poopie head, idiot blogger. (Ok, I still don't understand why my daughter feels the need to say that...)
I have a brown thumb. I can kill most anything. I am finding a few green things that like me well enough not to die immediately. Aloe's love me...don't know why, but they're the only house plant I have...and I have LOTS. They're all shoots off one MIL brought back from Arizona or Texas when Husband was about 11. I can grow Hostas. Lilly of the Valley are multiplying in my flower bed. My peonies are going to bloom this year (it's only taken 4 years...I was loosing faith).
On the other hand, I kill hydrangeas like nobody's business. I've planted at least 5 since we moved here & have had none survive. BabyGirl's Mr. Lincoln Rose has bit the dust...but that I blame on the goats. It still makes me sad. And don't get me started on Clematis...
Busha could grow anything. Although I don't remember G'Ma M&M ever working on her flowers, she always had a beautiful yard...still does. She must garden under cover of night...her peonies are why I can't give up on mine. QM has my problem. I think our issue is not with a lack of skill in the garden as much as it is a lack of time spent in the garden. We both have big ideas, but they never seem to come to fruition. I can't bring myself to weed. I get hot. I get itchy. I sweat. I'm just too lazy to garden. Martha Stewart I am not...but then I'm pretty sure she has a team of landscape designers at her beck and call. I need a team...
I brought home 3 flats of impatients today (my big plans). I get one every year for Mother's Day from church & every year I'm amazed at how big it gets. And every year I think I should plant more. And every year I forget. Not this year. I don't even have my church flower yet & there are 24 of them lining the walk down the front of my house. Now if only they'll grow...Dark pink, light pink, and white. I can't wait. Is that why they're called Impatients?
I got a $25 dollar off any order cupon from Breck's Bulbs a few weeks ago & have ordered 50 discovery Dutch Irises. I love Irises (which you'd know if stupid blogger would load my stupid pictures). Simple, beautiful, easy. That's the plant for me. Add free & we're really cooking with propane! These are free...I didn't even have to pay shipping & handling. That rocks! They'll be here in the fall.
Until then, I'm waiting for my hostas to bloom, my peonies to bloom, my glads to sprout (I'm not holding my breath on that one), and my Hybrid tiger lillies to flower.
Now stupid, poopie head, idoit blogger won't even spell check for me! Argh!
2 comments:
Okay, I am in the same boat. I can grow NOTHING inside. However, outside is a different story. We have lots of plants, but for some reason Holly's do not like our soil. I have 4 or 5. Two look great and the other two... well one has NO leaves???
I once got a piece of a root from a Peonie from Pilot and the next year... huge Peopnie... It just kept getting bigger and bigger until we poured our patio. I moved it to my mom's yard. She kills everything. She watered it for two days and then nothing ???
I told her never fear you cannot kill those things. This year it is beautiful. I am almost afraid that the remaining roots will grow through the patio.
Good luck. We use the liquid feed and have lots of luck.
I think the key is to keep trying, a little at a time. The indoor plants are harder for me. My aloe looks a little weak. I killed the wandering jew. I think I overwater everything inside.
Congrats on the free bulbs! That's a good deal!
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