On Saturday I baked a cherry "crostata" -- a free form tart with some leftover frozen sour cherries I ordered from Michigan last year. Yumm.
On Saturday I also potted up the Johnny Jump Ups and Bellis Perennis. Cleaned up and fed the Hydrangeas. Planted the mail order plants and some plants picked up at garden centers (Quince Toyo-Nishiki, Helenium something or other, Party Girl miniature hollyhock, Hellebore). The Hellebore were probably planted in a spot that is too sunny. Forgot that I had intended to use them in a shadier spot to replace Tricyrtis that are out of place due to height. So, sigh, will have to move them. But the good news is we have a fairly sunny bed that we had underappreciated as such. Room for more perennials!
Tues: Ordered seeds for Delphinium (Annual Larkspur) Sydney Blue Picotee (plants from Parks were a total bust, should've known, will get refund); Dahlias (Lauren Michelle and a 2008 introduction, Rawhide). Friday (4/25) received shipment from Brent & Becky's. Nice plants and bulbs, but bulbs packed in box on top of plants and crushed the leaves.
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Wow. Did not realize gardening is so much work. The lady who lived in this house before we moved in planted a beautiful butterfly garden that, thanks to my non-existent gardening skills, is now a jungle. We have a rat snake, a raccoon, many types of birds including finches, cardinals, blue jays, hummingbirds, mourning doves, and several varieties of lizards living in there, but no butterflies...Do you think that crostata ships well? Love your blog!
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