Hopes and Problems

Lately I've been concerned with the well being of my daylilies. I received 3 fans of random daylilies from an ebay seller. I planted them the next day. I thought there was sufficient drainage but now I'm questioning it. I haven't watered in a week and the soil is still moist, even on the surface. I have a post up on gardenweb so hopefully I get some reassurance that the soil is okay. I just thought it would be good I added a ton of perlite and peat so it should have adequate drainage. I did notice today a new leaf on a daylily.

This is the daylily dirt. Why are you so moist?


A New Daylily leaf right out the middle!

My husband got me into playing counter strike with him. Now we can play online together. He's proud that now I want to play. I tried to get him into gardening with me and let him pick out some seeds. He chose pansies and planted them. They sprouted some leaves but only a few. They got a new little set of leaves in the pot that he planted but he still is disapointed in them. I planted some in a small peat pot in hopes they will grow better and we can try again in that container with some different soil. The ones in the peat pot have yet to sprout it's only been a few weeks though. It seems like the mint and pansies I bought that day were duds because neither like to sprout.


Pansy

Today while watering I discovered another possible Candytuft about to flower!

New Sprouts!!

Planting seeds and seeing little sprouts is what got me into gardening. I love the feeling when i see the first sign of a plant growing. It's so fragile at that phase that every watering I feel my heart clench. That's leads to today! I planted some seeds about a week ago in some 2inch peat pots. I potted panseys, mint, godetia, candytuft, sweet william, peony poppy mix, and venus poppy.

So today I saw godetia has a sprout and peony poppy mix had several little ones about to break through. Yesterday the shiba Kasha stayed on the balcony without my supervision and decided to knock over venus poppy's pot and eat some of the dirt. I hope that venus poppy still grows. Today while sweeping the balcony so Kasha doesn't lick up everything on the ground I knocked over Peony Poppy Mix!!! Some of the new sprouts got moved but I hope they find they're strong hold again.


godetia


peony poppy mix

The bougainvillea is still about to bloom. The flower buds are getting bigger everyday. I wish there were more blooms like when I purchased the plants. Apparently I must have done something wrong since the flowers fell off a few days later and only a few are coming back. Maybe I have to trim it down some so it can grow new and make more flowers. I have cutting/pruning anxiety. The thought of it makes me nervous. I don't know how to attack it without killing it.





I believe it's the Candytuft that has started to flower. I planted pampas grass, candytuft, godetia, and sweet william all in the same planter 3 months ago. I never bothered to plant each seed separately like now to know the difference between them. So based on what the flowers are coming out as I believe my candytuft is producing white flowers!



The hyacinth bean vine cutting that I took has opened up some flowers over the past few days. I'm waiting for the vine but one of the apartments to dry it's pods. But while I wait for the seed pods to dry I decided a cutting would be good.



The alamo vine cutting bud is also starting to open. I have seeds for the alamo vine I just need to plant them. A gardener on davesgarden wanted a trade for the alamo vine seeds. So I will be sending some of those out soon and getting verbena as a trade. I need to remind myself to plant the alamo vine seeds. Plant the seeds this is a reminder.



It's gotten dark out and looks like some rain is coming. Poor mower man is out today so he'll probably get rained on. My husband will probably get rained on too if he is watching the mowers on base today but I think that's on wednesdays.


Kasha my Shiba Inu puppy!

Not In My Garen: NIMG

To start off my new gardening blog I'll begin with the ever popular Not in My Garden. This was started by Kim from A study in Contrasts. My list is a little different because I'm including things I don't like in any garden. Originally it's garden things you like but just not in your garden.

1.Gnomes- Sorry I just don't think they are cute. It just looks so out of place to me. If I get little figurines they will be animal nature based just because. So travelocity I don't like your gnome even though I have used you before.

2. Veggie Gardens- Veggie gardens are beautiful but I would be devastated if bugs ate everything. I'm just not enthralled to make a veggie garden of my own and keep with the organic theme. I'm a noob gardener. The veggie world is scary to me. Maybe I'll start some carrots or herbs but not rows of every veggie out there.

3. Cactus- I like cactus as a house plant but I wouldn't want one in my garden. In Arizona I believe it was the only garden option you had. I saw many houses with cactus fences but no thank you. It looks cool but not for me. I live in Texas and I still see cactus's but never in my garden.

4. Tulips- I don't find them attractive. I'm a puffy flower person. Gardens filled with tulips look great but not great enough for me to plant them.

5. Green Gardens- Gardens with no flowers!!!! They look pretty really they do. If I was to live with that garden though I would go nuts. I need color some flowers something besides green.

6. A Rose Garden- I love rose gardens but like other roses are scary. It's alot of work and I'm not up to that. Also after falling in rose bushes when I was younger....well you get it. I'm a clutz I'll probably fall in my rose garden and need to go to the hospital.

7. Sunflowers- In general I hate sunflowers. They look like a weed to me and the flowers don't look all that great. I like to see nice big ones in others yards. My parents had HUGE ones when I was younger in Paris Texas. Just not for me.

8. Rock Gardens- Again BEAUTIFUL but I would get bored. Too much rake maintenance and pebbles going astray. Also doggie likes to put everything into her mouth and run like a cheetah. I would cry with a rock garden and a shiba inu.

9. Statues- I like nature small statues but big ones ewww. They look pretty I guess if they are a fountain. I'm just thinking of the angels and cemetery looking figures.

10. Outdoor Rooms- I would love an outdoor room. But that has to be the worst idea ever. I can't even bother to think of how dirty everything would get and full of stains and bugs. I'm sure when I get an actual garden/backyard I'll make a half attempt of an outdoor room. I'm a sucker for the benches under the fabric style. Let's just see me cry from trying to keep that fabric canopy clean.

And that is my list. Yes I hate but I love alot. It took me forever to make this list.