Running Errands for the Weekend

This weekend was very productive.  On Saturday I went to Lowes and bought a beautiful calla lily and a jasmine vine for my trellis.  I also went to Ace hardware and talked to the horticulturist there about which plants I should use to landscape my mailbox.  I also asked him for advise for my gerber daisies, which haven’t been growing as well as I thought they would.  For the mailbox project I have decided to use the calla lily or canna, agave and succulents along with decorative rocks.  Never really worked with succulents, but they seem to be pretty cool, drought resistant and I have been seeing them in the latest gardening magazines.  I would like to start this project next week.  His suggestion for my gerber daisies, manure and loosening the soil around it by mixing it with potting soil. Georgia has a lot of red clay and it is apparently hard for plant roots to permeate the hard soil.  So this week, of course I spent too much money.  I bought mushroom compost, a glazed pot, a decorative dragonfly (I seem to be building a collection), A coleus plant, a jasmine vine for my trellis, 2 succulents, white marigolds for my moon garden, and some really pretty sunflower seeds.

Saturday afternoon I sowed some new seeds, pulled my collards which were flowering, pulled weeds, added mushroom compost (since I don’t put manure in my herb garden.  I have issues with mixing cow poop in plants that I plan to eat later so I use mushroom compost instead), added peat moss and watered my vegetables, flowers and herbs thoroughly.  Sunday it called for rain so I cleaned my front porch and put compost around the rest of my yard flowers.  I also cut and dried some of my sage, thyme, and parsley.  Had a great weekend in my yard!