The Crazy Bug Bit Me!

I did something a bit crazy yesterday. I think I've mentioned before that I basically have a black thumb when it comes to houseplants. I've never had one survive so we have no plants in our home. I've only in the past year or so started planting and growing things in my yard- a rose bush that was here when we bought the house has continued to thrive, a lilac bush that I planted gets bigger each year, my blackberry bush is returning for the 3rd year, I had a successful vegetable garden last year. My wonderful husband has a gift for imagining a project and then working it out and doing it all on his own. He built our deck. He tore out a dying bush and built a 2 tiered stone wall that is also a garden space. This year, he built a brick wall to create a defined front flower bed.

Today, I must have had a high fever or something because I decided that all of his hard work would be best showcased with some lovely flowers. I also planted flowers in the tiered wall he built last year.

The blue pot on the porch? Why, that's a strawberry pot! I planted 3 strawberries plants in the side bubbles and gerbera daisies in the top. Isn't it pretty?

I hope to start work on the raised veggie garden (the bed that Jeff built last year) in the next weekend or 2. My mom has started tomatoes that she'll bring up. I picked up a few brussels sprouts plants and some banana pepper plants. Yum! We'll see what else I pick up to plant in there- I'm open to suggestions! I'm thinking 2 or 3 tomato plants will be plenty. And then I'd love to have a variety of other veggies growing! Here's my lilac bush a few weeks ago... And a shot of the lilacs today! They smell divine! Hooray for springtime!!