Beautiful morning, but clouds have come in quickly & we’re supposed to get showers the rest of the day & into the evening.
I need to go pick peonies before the rain “droops” them over & messes up the blooms.
I’ve not been to the shop today (where I have my jalapenos), but I’ll make note of what I bought & share. I need to look them up online & get the ‘scoop’. I also need to get Mr. Clean hooked back up to the battery minder - too lazy to do it yesterday.
Hummer update: the 2nd feeder I put out in front of the house is almost ‘drained’ - maybe an inch of nectar left! The one in the back is still about 3/4 full. Today I’ll clean the feeders & put in fresh nectar. I really enjoy seeing the hummers fairly close by from the large window over the kitchen sink.
Haven’t been to the market yet to see what flowers came in yesterday - I need to get a ‘foot in the path’ before the weather hits.
Diana, as you are fond of saying: “SCORE!!”
I made it to the Country Corner Market yesterday just as it was starting to sprinkle. It was obvious they had new plants .... lots of them.
First stop: veggies, looking for jalapenos. No luck, but that’s ok since I have 3 plants from the Farm Bureau.
Second stop: herbs, just to see what they had. What I found, tucked in the back of some other plants, were the cutest, sweetest, healthiest little lavender plants. They are English Lavender (lavandula angustifolia), 2” pots, $2.99 each. I grabbed 2 to replace the really expensive ($20/pot) Hidcote lavender that died last year/over the winter.
Next was looking for lantana & they had lots! Not only that, but the 4” pots were 3 for $10! I got 3 and these are the colors:
Bloomify Mango
https://www.ballfloraplant.com/Products/Details/?phid=036908083003120
Little Lucky Red
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/lantana-little-lucky-red
Little Lucky Hot Pink (might be the one I had last year)
https://www.ballfloraplant.com/Products/Details/?phid=036906551004112
When I checked out, the young guy at the cash register came around to carry my plants, which was very nice of him. As we walked to the car, he exclaimed “Wow, does this lavender smell GOOD! I may have to get some of these myself and they’re so bushy & healthy looking!” As small as they are, they really do smell great.
Last stop: Walmart to see if they had any new jalapenos & pick up some asparagus. There were only the same ‘ratty’ jalapenos; however, I noticed 3 Shishito pepper plants. After hearing all about them on the garden thread (before last year, I was clueless on shishitos, believe it or not), I decided to buy one & give it a try. I picked the best of the 3 and it looks pretty good.
Today, I need to get some big bags of potting soil. The pots where the lantanas will go are filled with regular ‘dirt’ mom scraped together years ago. I’ll probably have to chisel it out of the pots. I put some potting soil in the hole I made for my one plant last year, but I want to do it “right” this year. The hummers & butterflies should be very happy (me too!) with all of this lantana.
I still have to research the jalapenos I bought the other day & see exactly what I have.