Saturday, April 23, 2011

Garden update - Part 2

The raised-bed garden is finally ready! We now have 4 tomato plants of different varieties - a couple of big boy hybrid tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and grape tomatoes:And Graham of course was supervising all the way!The roses are starting to bud. I can't wait to see them in full bloom!
And can you believe it, the blueberries are flowering as well. They sure looked dead all winter long and it was just last month when I started seeing leaves on those scrawny branches!
And by the way, the irises are blooming now too. I confused them with the hyacinths the last time. It's pretty neat seeing those veins up close in the light:
And oh! In conjunction with Earth Day, the local improvement store (Lowe's) were giving away trees today. And I have one in a million of them! :-)
You can register the plant (this one - a Western Yellow Pine) on their website and once you've done so, you can check out to see who else has done it too... in the entire nation! That's pretty cool! Right now, the plant has to stay in a pot. I can only plant it once the roots are establish, which will take a whole year!
Based on the specs, this pine tree can grow up to 50' by 60'. YIKES! Good things we have a big yard and PLENTY of time to figure out where to plant it!
By the way, I got a little creative the other day and made some topiaries:
It's suppose to look like the shape of a heart at the top. We'll see how long it will take for it to all fill in!

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