I only have sunflowers blooming right now, except for 2 very pathetic looking hollyhocks. This just has NOT been a good year for them. We got virtually NO RAIN all fall and winter. I do go out and hand water, but there's just something about natural water that makes everything sprout and grow and since we haven't had much, NOTHING has sprouted from seed....sigh...it is very frustrating.
However, my sunflowers are doing pretty well:
I currently have 2 spots of sunflowers that are blooming out back and I have several spots where they have just sprouted. I planned out and planted a sunflower circle, but those plants haven't even sprouted yet. I went out in February with my backup camera, my old Nikon D40x and took these photos of the ones I have.
I did NOT plant sweet peas this year. Actually, I didn't plant any last year and I had quite a crop come up on their own! I'm not expecting that this year and, in fact, I have planted hollyhocks in their place. I will miss my sweet peas, but they have been so thin and straggly the last few years, I've frankly just given up. I MAY try to plant some next week...we'll see.
In the meantime, I have plenty of hollyhocks coming up, as well as sunflowers. The hollyhocks are from the seeds I picked all summer long. I have a whole bucket full of them! I have scattered them all around the back yard and there are a few that even survived our summer temperatures. As long as they have water, they seem to do fine.
Another update soon!
Still here. Hubby and I are pretty much just staying at home.
I am, however, working hard on my back yard garden. Edison came and took out 6 trees under their wires because they were coming out twice a year to trim them. So, when they asked if they could just take them out, we said yes. It took them 3 days to do so.
But...
NOW I have about 1/3 of the yard completely bare in which to plant flowers and a vegetable garden! Since they also took out our huge Chinaberry, all that area is clear to plant. So, every morning I go out and do a little digging.
I do have sunflowers coming up from the seeds in my bags of bird seed! And, I see bees out on them.
Until next time.
~Cheryl~
