I was able finished both this past weekend which was next to amazing with a 7 month old. I was able to till and prep the soil in the vegetable garden and plant carrots, beets, onions, and sweet peas. I may be a little late with the carrots.
The old perennial garden was a bit of a job due to the hostile day lily take over. They multiplied everywhere, I know I will be pulling new sprouts out all summer. I decided to checked out the Beaver Lake nature center plant sale and I was able buy some really nice plants and receive a lot of help and information from their experts.
Being the new gardener I am, I started seeds in little grow pots this year. My husband thought I was crazy and told me I should buy my vegetable/herb plant more mature. But no.....I had to start seedlings from scratch. I planted the seedlings about a month ago they were doing so well I was so proud of their progress. I decided to put them outside to acclimate them and to give them some fresh air, my unfortunate mistake was I set them in the sun instead of the shade. I fried my little seedling. The Lupines were a few of the survivors pictures below. I guess I will be buying plants this year. I think that gardening is going to be a learning experience for me.
On Mother's day weekend we had an outing to a private garden http://.sycamorehillgardens.com/ near us. I had been dieing to see this house and grounds every time I pass it I had no idea that they opened it up to the public a few times a year. The grounds were an amazing 25 aces of beautiful and different gardens with all sorts of interesting species of plants, swan ponds, stone towers and statues. They had a variety of evergreen trees large and dwarfed that looked like they belonged in a Dr. Seuss book.

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