My Casa Bella

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-Thomas Osbourne Davis



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Friday, April 11, 2014

Spring Gardening

I drive past this garden center for work once a week and I've had to control myself from stopping in because the weather was still chilly, nights were still in the low 30's
BUT finally weather has been steady low 60's nights are in the upper 30's to low 40's and I could plant Spring flowers.
I LOVE LOVE Ranunculus flowers, they look like roses and the colors they come in are amazing.
They just put them out and I had to control how many to buy.
I have two wall hanging planters so I bought the same flowers for both but in different colors.
Here's the Pink planter:
A Ranunculus in the center, Prim Roses on either side
and Pansies front and center.
This one is at the side of our home, at the side deck.
 
Here's the Orange planter:
Same flowers in this planter, this one is at the front of our home.
 
And a box of pansies as well on our deck:
 
We have issues with lots and lots of squirrels here and they love to deconstruct my flower pots, last summer they dug them up and I'd find them on the ground,
needless to say I started to hate squirrels.
So this year I'm trying  this
I added shards of broken ceramic planter, so far it's worked, it sounds cruel though, hubby says to me "I can't believe you'd do that to those poor little furry cute animals what if it slices itself and gets hurt"
I said "well he shouldn't be in there digging in the first place"
So far it's worked, we'll see for how long though.
I've also planted some perennials we'll see how they do. Still have a lot of work to do and more space for more plants.
But it was nice to finally get out after a long, snowy winter and dig into the soil and do some yard clean up.

7 comments:

  1. Yes, it is nice to get outside and plant after the cold of the winter. Everything does look very pretty and ready for spring. Blessings, Catherine

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    1. Thank you Catherine I'm certainly enjoying seeing my plants come to life after a cold snowy winter
      MCB

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  2. I can't believe you're able to plant annuals in flower boxes already! We're not THAT far north of you in Massachusetts (well, maybe a bit)... Anyhow, it's way too early for us to be planting annuals, but your photos give me hope that my time isn't too far off!!

    Have a beautiful week!
    Donna

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    1. Donna I was so nervous as well, I kept asking the Nursery Owner, "Are you sure I can plant these now, what if we have a freeze?" He said these are Spring plants only, they love this cooler weather and will not do well when the temps get much warmer, I will have to replace them with summer annuals then, but they are doing so well now and we are getting a freeze tomorrow night so we shall see.
      MCB

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  3. Oh my! I'm in love with pansies these days! They look lovely! I'm planning on planting some at our new place. Thank you dear for stopping by and for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful day! Love, Vanessa

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  4. Hi I am from England I stumbled upon your blog via Instagram .We are coming to Maryland this summer for an important international event at the Landover stadium x

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    1. Hi, I tried to find you on IG but can't seem to. So you're coming in August? How exciting. We opened our home up for those travelling in and hope we get some friends to stay with us. Go to my profile here or IG and message me.

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