I’m sort of skipping all of the prep work that Jason and I did. It’s boring to write about and so much easier to talk about things going on presently, than to have to go back and try to figure out what happened when, etc. So here’s where we’re at:
About two weeks ago, I planted the seeds in my butterfly garden and they’ve slowly started to sprout up. The thing is, I’m not getting as many sprouts as I’d hoped…and a lot of what’s popping up look like weeds. So, I’m starting to lean towards going to the nursery and buying a few flowers to fill in the many empty spaces that I have in there. I may give it a little more time…but as of right now, I’m not too pleased with the results. The 5 plants that Jennifer gave me are doing GREAT! They are already about 3 or 4 times the size they were one month ago and they look so green and healthy! They are almost the same size as the existing plants I had from last year! Here’s a quick picture:
The vegetable garden is doing really well! The sunflowers, cucumbers, peas, carrots, beans and pumpkins have sprouted many seedlings. The squash and corn are a little on the slow side, but we have to remember that they don’t get as much sun as everything else. Everything is looking very healthy! We did have an incident, where a pepper and bean plant were chomped on by a rabbit. We didn’t know it at first, and thought the birds had gotten to them, prompting us to put up old CD’s to scare away the birds. But a day or two later, I actually saw the rabbit in the yard and he squeezed through a hole in the fence surrounding the garden and started chewing away at some of the plants. I chased him away and we mended the fence and haven’t had any problems since then. (He was so cute and I hated to have to shoo him away…but he was eating my favorite pepper plant!)
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