A Visit to the Nursery

After spending the last four days housebound, due to very bad allergies, I had the worst case of cabin fever! I HAD to go and do something today, if only for a little while! So when Dusty got home from work, the three of us headed up to the hills to a nursery that we like, to buy the plants for our summer garden. We usually try to plant our garden around Memorial Day weekend, thinking that we are now safe from anymore freezes.

Dusty's decided to "tone down" our garden this season, and since he does the majority of the work, I step back and let him do his thing!! Every year he puts so much work into it, and it tends to end up very crowded and overgrown. We'll see if it's any different this year! We've decided not to grow as much this year and concentrate on just a couple of things, namely tomatos and peppers. Today we bought three varieties of tomatos and two varieties of peppers. We also bought zucchini, dill and rosemary. We still want to buy cucumber, tomatillo and cilantro plants (gotta have my homemade salsa verde!!), but I think that'll be it! For years now, we've grown broccoli, cauliflower, summer squash, pumpkins, artichokes, etc....but now think that there are some things better just bought at the store or farm stand. We just don't have a lot of room and things get too crowded.

Here are some pictures I took on our field trip to the nursery today. I love taking my camera there.....they do so much better with the flowers than we'll ever do and it's just a feast for the eyes!! The colors are amazing and so enjoyable, and so is the aroma! This year I wasn't able to enjoy that, as I'm still all congested with my allergies, but I loved the visual part!!

Here is a view of their big greenhouse. LOVE all that color and texture!!!

Hanging fushias....amazingly beautiful and delicate!!!

James with some of the goodies we'd picked out to bring home with us.

The different hues and tones of Pansies....ahhhhh!!


Now the work will begin!! We will spend the next few evenings and part of our holiday weekend working in our garden and yard. Stay tuned for more pictures!! Hope everyone is having a great week!!!