Today the calendar indicates a favorable time for planting so that's just what I did!
In the ground, I now have two rows of sweet peas and 4 packets of snap dragon seeds. The sweet peas are planted in the vegetable garden under a trellis so they have a way to climb towards the sun. The snap dragons are in the flower bed that Debbie helped me with a couple years ago. The last time I planted seeds in there, the birds dug them up and ate them. These seeds are so tiny, I'm hoping they don't figure out they're in the dirt!
In containers I have a packet of cilantro seeds and about 40 sunflowers! I planted a variety of kale that says it does well in containers, we'll see!
I'll be transferring the sunflowers once they're about 3 inches tall. A few years back I planted an entire packet of sunflowers only to have the birds get them too. It may not sound like much but when you try to dig in this part of the country, you mostly dig up rocks.
Digging an area big enough to plant a whole packet of sunflowers took the better part of half an hour. I was determined though so all rocks aside, I kept on going! I'm sure the birds just did a little scratching and had themselves a nice meal!
The daffodils are blooming like crazy along the driveway and in the flower beds. The tulips have emerged and I noticed one is about to bloom. I found that four of the hosta's have come up (three more to go!) and one has even unfurled a leaf! To my delight, it's a dark green leaf with a white stripe through the center! Keep 'em coming!!
The rose bush is covered with red leaves and the lilies are up and standing about 6-8 inches tall. The mums have little green sprouts at the bottom so I know it's time to clip the dead foliage from them. However, the weather forecast indicates we may get some temperatures in the 30s next week so I'm going to put that off until we're back in the warmer temperatures.
Spring really has come to west Tennessee!!!
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." ~Margaret Atwood
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