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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Odds and Ends

Yesterday was a busy day. This is the bed of hubby's truck. These are part of the flowers that we planted yesterday. Lots and lots of petunias.

The other couple of flats are called lobelia. I love them and we planted them along the edge of the flowerbeds. Today hubby will go get truck loads of topping for the flowerbeds. That part will be finished.
We have a local nursery and they only grow flowers for our kind of weather. We are in zone 8 so things have to be able to take the heat and as we will be in a drought because of no rain this year, they are going to have to be hardy.

Today is Em's wedding shower. Before I go though I have to get one more flat of flowers planted before the mulch goes in. I think next week I will be able to start washing windows and screens.

Last nights count of hatched chicks was at four. The moms are doing great and the chicks are really cute and scared to death of me. I am sure the hens have given the chicks bad reports of this giant that comes in and picks them up.





Well off to get this day started.

~Kim~

17 comments:

TexWisGirl said...

oh, happy planting! and happy shower!!!

Willow said...

Enjoy your shower ... oh an have fun Em's celebration too ;)

Meg said...

Yay more chickies! Those flowers are beautiful. It is going to be such a pretty wedding!

Jacque. said...

oh, what fun...a break from all your hard work...and showers are so much fun! Have a great day, Kim.

Pom Pom said...

Hi Kim!
What a scrumptious load of petunias! I can't wait to plant many, many, many petunias in my new garden. I love lobelia, too. It's so delicate.
I hope the shower is super fun!
Oh baby chicks! They'll be loving YOU, soon!

WhiteWhispers2u said...

Have a blessed filled day! Looks like wonderful work~K.Marie

Nellie said...

Yes, I can just hear those mother hens telling their little chickies to be wary of you!:-) Funny!

Your place sounds like it is so lovely!

Enjoy today's shower. It should be lots of fun for you.

xo Nellie

From Beyond My Kitchen Window said...

What an exciting day for your daughter and you of course. I can't wait to hear all about it.

Beth said...

I love petunias. Your flower beds will be gorgeous. Have fun at the shower.

Primitive Stars said...

Oh I want to plant flowers, yours are so so pretty.......enjoy the shower, Francine.

Anonymous said...

Someday we may get flowers up here...I have hope!

Kessie said...

Have fun at the shower! I spent the morning chopping weeds. Yay.

Julia said...

That is quite a lot of petunias. I used to start my own seeds of petunias and lobelia except for this year. Just too much to do.

Yey! more home grown chickens. Good luck with these little one. I hope that they are all girls.
Hugs,
JB


Kathy ... aka Nana said...

I laughed out loud at the line about the reports of the giant! ;-)

Hope the shower went well ... hope you got some pictures and stories to share.

I LOVE lobelia!

Rugs and Pugs said...

That's a lot of flowers!
Hope the wedding shower went off without a hitch.
Hugs :)
Lauren

Gumbo Lily said...

There's a whole lotta posies in that pick-up! It's going to look beautiful. Have fun showering Em. My DD threw a bridal shower yesterday for my DIL-to-be. Fun days.

Lynn said...

Oh I do love lobelia. Your flowers are lovely.