No sweet peas this year!

 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!

Garden update January 2021

 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~