Published 4:58 pm Monday, June 3, 2024 By Terri Cowart Frazier I had a vision, but now I am almost ready to throw my hands up. At the onset of spring, I spent a bundle of money on plants — mostly seasonal annuals — and planted them in pots around my back patio. I also got a wild hair to dig up the yellow irises in one of my flowerbeds in the backyard.
These perennials had not bloomed well in the last couple of years and they were also spreading like wildfire, crowding out the space and making it impossible for me to plant anything else. These were projects that didn’t seem that daunting, especially since the guy I hired to help in the yard took care of digging up the irises. Hubby helped out too.
He went and picked up my dad’s tiller and together the men had my flowerbed ready for me to plant whatever my heart desired. Well, whatever I thought would make it in the blazing sun. Our backyard is void of any shade.
I was terribly excited about this new project and couldn’t wait to get my hands in the dirt. So for this undertaking, I decided to start out small, but not because I wasn’t ready to see a flowerbed full of colorful plants. Remember, as I said earlier, I had already spent a lot of money on flora, and I thought it better to dial back the spending.
Of course, this past weekend while I was visiting baby girl, I helped her with a yard project and forked out a few bucks to help pretty up her yard. Oh well. Anyway, back to my yard — for my newly tilled flower be.