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Oh joy! I get to plant something tomorrow!!

16 years ago

My favorite garden center is holding thier annual "Fill-a-Flat" sale this week. The sale is good on annuals only, but I couldn't resist getting three flats worth of flowers for the front garden.

Hmmmm . . . I'm due to give birth next week. Tomorrow shall be an interesting gardening adventure. I'm hoping I can get my two older sons to help thier poor mom out. LOL!

Yippee!!!

Heather

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diginthedirt17
16 years ago
Heather, you must be my long-lost twin...I went into labor as I was planting mums...not that I hope that happens to you, but they always talk about "going to a happy place" while you're in labor, what better place than your garden? :)

Have fun tomorrow! And good luck next week!
SandL
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you! = )

We ended up getting one flat of Salvia 'Fairy Queen' and pink Alyssum (surrounding Fairy Queen) into the ground before having to call it quits. The weather was pretty chilly today and I've suddenly come down with a head cold. Blech!

My four year old son loves to garden, so he helped me plant all the Salvias by popping them out of the six-packs and into the ground. He so desperately wants to get his flowers into his garden, which I'm hoping we can do tomorrow if the weather warms up.

Heather
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molie
16 years ago
How wonderful that your son loves gardening, too. Maybe he will help to care for the plants in his garden. That special garden of his can be something that you all can enjoy together ... cut flowers from it, rest with the baby, read stories near, etc.

I think it's wonderful that you're sharing your love of the outdoors and gardens with your children. Maybe you can post a pic later this summer of the garden and your 3 little "bunnies"... good luck to you!

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SandL
Original Author
16 years ago
Tricia - This will be my third boy. I'm not sure I would know what to do with a girl if I had one. LOL!

Liam, my four year old, has been my gardening buddy since he was a baby. Now that he is four he likes to know names of all the plants, why worms are good for the soil, etc. It amazes me how much he wants to know.

We were able to get his garden planted this morning. It consists of white Cosmos, two varieties of Marigolds, Dusty Miller and a pink flowering succulant - all of which he picked out. I'll take pictures of his garden after it fills in (and provided that devil of a dog we own doesn't dig it up!).

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Cindi_KS
16 years ago
Heather,
All the nurseries around here had the flat sales today, and the weather was perfect. We've had so much bad weather for sooooo long. I hope you are able to get outside and enjoy the weather before the baby arrives!
If you are near Wichita, check out the $10 flats at Nature's Way...they have some beautiful dark purple velvety petunias. I shopped all the local spots because of the flat sales and the 48-plant flats at Nature's Way looked the best of all.
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