Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow!

This time of year is so nice, when its warming up and we can start spending more time outside.  I've always wanted to have my own flower garden, and now that I finally have a place of my own I can actually work on planning one.  My dream is to have lots of big, gorgeous flower beds eventually, but that takes time and money so I'm starting small.

A couple of weeks ago we went to the nursery/greenhouse on the edge of town and picked up some perennials, not much just a few, but enough to get me started.  Then last week we bought some seeds at Walmart along with a couple great little "greenhouse" flower/plant starter.  I love using these things out here because its still snowing through April, so we can start our gardens inside and then move them out in May or June when the weather finally stays warmer.  Of course thats a bit of a shock to their system as they go from inside temps to broiling outside in the summer.

So this year in addition to our vegi garden, I finally decided to get some flowers going.  I am clueless when it comes to growing and raising flowers but I've always wanted to learn because I love flower gardens!  My Aunt Charlotte's is amazing if you  know who I'm talking about and have been to see it!  Maybe one day I'll have one that gorgeous.  In the mean time I have a lot of reading & research to do.  

At the greenhouse, I picked up:

• Snapdragons - a Rocket Mix and a Red Bicolour
• Apple Blossom New Guinea Impatiens
• Pansies in Matrix Amethyst Mix
• Hydrangea
• and a couple starts of Baby Tears

The Baby's Tears are quite small right now but they grow into this gorgeous green bushing ball, full of teeny tiny little green leaves.  Here is one I saw at the nursery that the lady told me has been growing for 3 years.  I hope I can grow mine this big!

The seeds I bought at Walmart and planted in my little minature greenhouse containers today all look gorgeous, so hopefully I can manage to get a few of them to grow.  I've never heard of half of these lol, but they looked beautiful  They are:

• Alyssum
• Forget-Me-Not
• Impatiens (white ones)
• Convolvulus
• Sweat Pea
• Canterbury Bells
• Larkspur

And to satisfy my need for lots of herb flavors I also planted some Cilantro (my favorite!) and Rosemary.  So!  I have lots of growing ahead of me, not to mention the vegi garden my hubby was tilling up for us today.  Can't wait to get growing!