Planting flowers

Posted on April 1, 2019 by hcmorris77

Love getting out and working in my gardens! The fresh air, the sun, the wildlife. Never know what will be found… I have no idea what this flower is, but it’s interesting. At least I think so. I was transplanting strawberries when I found this. Again, laying on the ground to get this.

And then I dug this up…

A little grub. I’m not one to freak out when I find a bug…I’ve had wolf spiders crawl across my hand, picked up a clump of dirt and there’s a snake! Instead of freaking out, I grab a camera. I’m just glad the pics turned out.

After finishing planting bulbs – lily, iris, and something else ( can’t remember the name right now ) I walked around to see if any new flowers were blooming…found these daffodils. (above) I took pics of them earlier, but they weren’t blooming yet. Don’t know why they’re so small just the way they are! Then I found this daffodil…

I’m guessing squirrels – or a squirrel – planted it. I put this rock path in last summer, put some hostas alongside. They’re not growing yet.

This little clump looks like grass, but I assure you it’s not. It gets a little white bloom on top. I know it’s a woodland flower, but that’s about it. I’ll have to look it up. The clump growing behind it, up on the little knoll is border grass.

I know there’s a lot of leaves in my photographs, it’s part of where I live. Plus, they add a little texture to the pictures. Leaves are a natural shield during the winter months and they add nutrients back into the ground as they decompose…kind of like natural composting.

I do rake some leaves away as needed…to help flowers or trees grow better.

Here’s a picture where I have raked leaves away…not all, but most. For whatever reason, leaves always pile up here. More so than most other places…the only other place is beside the heat pump.