Happy Hope Grows Day!
Today I'm combining my Hope Grows post with PlantPostings new quarterly meme, Garden Lessons Learned. I'm a day late for hers, but please go and check it out!
1. Lesson Learned: Water your containers every single day. I'm hoping next year my containers won't end up looking as bedraggled as this. (And bedraggled is using a considerate term).
2. Lesson Learned: Plant wayyyy more vegetables than you think you will need. My vegetable garden is 22x40, and I didn't plant nearly enough to use up the space. Granted, I have a huge yard, so I don't need to conserve space, but I felt I didn't maximize the space that I had. And since I mastered the art of canning learned how to can this year, I don't mind having loads of extras.
3. Lesson Learned: The flower garden will still be lovely even if you don't have the time to weed it. Ok, so that's not so much of a lesson as something I had to let go of this summer. I spent most of my garden time working in the vegetable garden, and with the two sweet beans, I didn't have time left over to work with the flowers. Pretty much at all. That was just something I had to let go of for this season.
And my hopes for September??? That the month won't go by too fast! I love September, because the weather cools off and my compulsive transplanting disorder kicks in again. And you can plant flower bulbs!
The mums are getting ready to show off this month...the butterfly bush has gone berserk and overshadowed several of my mums, so I'm going to have to chop it back so I can enjoy them.
And this mysterious Clematis stans plant that I received in a seed swap a few years ago is getting ready to bloom. I am not familiar with this plant at all, so I am pretty pumped to see what the blooms are like!
And what are YOU hoping for in September?
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Oh Hanni you make me laugh...I agree with #3 especially since I cannot get to weeding much...and I have that same syndrome that comes in Sept. lots of plants sitting on the patio waiting to be planted, more on the way and many more needing to be moved...here's hoping for a warm, long Sept :)
ReplyDeleteThat clematis looks pretty interesting! Please post a pic when it blooms. Sometimes I get tired of constantly watering my pots and feel as if I'm running a botanical daycare. But they're so pretty when they're happy, that it motivates me to keep after it. Having teens instead of little ones helps, too!! I keep a cute pot with a bottle of Alaska liquid Fish fertilizer (Lowe's) next to my watering can and rain barrel to remind me to fertilize or I'll forget completely. Those roses are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI spy a Gaura. What a lovely flower. Good to know that we can both grow them so far apart.Everything is turning autumnal here...
ReplyDeleteI spend a lot of my time in the veggie garden as well. I want to take good care of my food. Your veggie harvest photos are always so creative...and sometimes funny. I really enjoy them. I think it is great you are hooking up with PlantPostings...it works so well to combine the two. And thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI would never have dreamed that you have ignored your flowers even slightly - they are beautiful! And vegetable gardens do take a lot of time and work. But isn't the canning fun!?
ReplyDeleteSeptember is a good time to see our mistakes in the garden... mine are much like yours and September is a good time to plan for the future. Hope Springs Eternal!!! However, your flowers are beautiful and so are you garden veggies.
ReplyDeleteYou mean you are suppose to weed the flower gardens? ;)I spend way more time in the veg garden too! My mums are close too, and I cannot wait. I am with you on September taking its time!
ReplyDeleteHanni: You have some sweet flower photos there! Never too late for "Garden Lessons Learned"! I'll be writing a post about participants' responses on Sept. 22--end of the summer solstice. Thanks for participating! And thanks for hosting "Hope Grows"!
ReplyDeleteI love your rose close up... the petals look so soft! I bet that Clematis will be great!
ReplyDeleteHi Hanni - I’m really late getting my September Hope Grows Day post up - but its up and I'm off to read all the other "Hope Grows in September" posts now xxx
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