Sunday, May 29, 2011

gardening!

Gardening has never been a love of mine. I've always TRIED to like it and get into it, but i think having been forced to help in my moms when i was younger is what kills it for me.

Anywho, so here's what i've accomplished while trying to enjoy gardening..

The front garden has always been 'ok', so i added 5 more perennials to it today:

This little side garden has always been a pain in my arse, i love it, and it gets great sun, but it's full of nasty ants(i believe due to the peony), oh and i try to avoid gardening in it because i don't want to scare 'Chippy' from his home(a chipmunk lives under our porch)..here's the before shot:

And now for the AFTER shot..it took about 1/2 hr and now all it needs is some pretty mulch! (and Chippy doesn't seem to be scared off, so yay!) :)

And now just because, i'm going to share a close-up from my Fuschia hanging basket. Fuschia's are absolutely my FAVOURITE plant for hanging baskets, and when i went out to buy one this morning, i found this uniquue one! (the flowers normally emerg from a 'ball', but this one is a weird longer shape..love it!)

What do you think? Any advice?

14 comments:

TerinAleah said...

I think it looks great! :) I hate gardening, lol! Once we get in our house, I'm going to have my mom come and do my garden, she loves it! :)


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LJ said...

I don't enjoy gardening either. Too much effort for little gain! And then you go away for a long weekend and half your seedlings have died off. Not that that's ever happened to me. ;) Your after shot looks good!

mombo880 said...

Good luck on the garden! I still have not had a very successful one and this will be my 3rd year of trying. It's a shame, really. :(
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Mariah said...

My mom does the gardening around here and I enjoy it! Today we got some solar path lights for $2 each at Target and put them in a bed she made lining the fence and it is amazing!

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Shawna said...

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Cyn said...

Lovely Garden!!!

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Shairbearg said...

Beautiful garden!!

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Annie (Lady M) x said...

I was just partaking in the ‘Relax and Surf’ blog hop that is being hosted by Rylie and Bryce Too. I noticed your blog and thought I would stop by.

Your garden looks absolutely amazing, it has put mine to shame! The before and after pics are particularly cool... great blog chick!

Anyway, I am now following you – it would be cool if you could come and visit me at my place too!

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Momma Teri said...

Visiting from GFJC!
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Russo said...

Oh, these are beautiful pics. I especially love the flower at the bottom. You have a knack for the garden thats for sure. ~Russo @ www.threegnomes.blogspot.com

GuitarTrump said...

Honestly, gardening is not my *favorite* thing to do in the world. I'm not a big fan of labor :P But your garden looks beautiful! About 3 months and part of my garden has already died off (lol) Now following you!

I really like your blog - I'm trying to get mine off the ground and was wondering if you could come check it out and consider following.

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Hope you have an *amazing* day! :)

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Nancy StylenDecorDeals said...

The garden looks lovely! The flowers seem to be doing very well. I can't keep anything alive!

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Shelly said...

The garden looks good. I make my hubby take care of ours...still my strawberries need replanting this year... :( We shall see how they turn out this time around....

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