–Benjamin Disraeli
So on Sunday, Barb had to stop by the grocery store after church so she could pick up some mushrooms for lunch, and somehow I ended up walking out with a pot of tulips.
In and of itself, that’s not so weird. I love tulips. (They’re not my favorite flower, that would be tiger lilies, but a close second.)
It was proposed to me that I could save the bulbs, plant them in the fall, and see if they came up again next spring. I have never gardened, but they sound easy enough. So what better than more tulips? I knew I had to go to Home Depot this week and they had pots of them for $5, so why not get one more?
And so I did. But while waiting for my mom to write a check for new carpet, I started browsing the seed display. I now have seeds for tall sunflowers, small sunflowers, four o’clocks, and a variety of wildflowers. Of course, it’s a good month probably until I can plant them, so perhaps I’ll have time to read Gardening for Dummies or something.
Or perhaps this is just a temporary insanity and it’ll be gone by then.
I also picked up a hanging planter of violas for the front porch, some plant fertilizer, and a kneeler thingy. Yikes.
Rachel
impressive. i need to buy a hanging basket for my deck, and i’m debating buying some small planter boxes to put on my deck too.
E
You should plant the seeds in small pots around February or March (little late for that now, I know) and then transplant them outside in May/June.
Kristie
Rach, as it happens there are two hooks on the front porch, so I’ll be getting a second hanging plant one of these days. It’ll be impressive if I manage to do it all, and then I’ll have pictures.
E, I was actually trying to get ones that would allow me to plant them later without having to start them indoors…according to the packets anyway. If I actually get into this stuff, I’ll probably do some of those next year, if I can find a place where my cats won’t get into them. Blazer especially likes dirt, silly thing with white paws.
Carly-Ann
I used to have an impulsive run like that every year, but now I don’t have a balcony or any space to garden anything. Sometimes to compensate, I buy a houseplant which may or may not survive.
Good luck with the tulips.