Day 2, More Dirt in my Garden

Houston Garden Center I-45 S

The next day was my day off, so back I went to the garden center for more dirt.  We felt that 6 more bags should do the trick.  By the time I got my errands ran and back home I had convinced myself that somehow I had gotten the wrong dirt, and was a little concerned because our garden center doesn't take returns, but when hubby got home he assured me it was the right dirt! Whew, that would have been a costly mistake.  We dragged the wheelbarrow out and began mixing our dirt and filling in the rest of our raised bed!

Finally, we get to start planting.  I chose 2 different types of tomatoes, a chocolate bell pepper, an orange bell pepper, a green bean plant, a cucumber plant and garlic chives.  I also had some red and green onion on hand which I planted in between the vegetables.  

We decided that we still had plenty of space left, so the following weekend we headed to our local Walmart and got cilantro, basil, sage, a mild jalepeno plant and a cherry tomato plant.  We were able to get every think planted and place a small circular sprinkler that will reach corner to corner.  As of now we do not have that on a timer, but we have timer we just need to install it.  

 This is my back deck and my old vegetable garden.  I may see what I can do to turn it into small flower garden eventually.  I love sitting on the back deck in the evenings and enjoying the beautiful Texas sun sets.


                    Spring has sprung on the bay.  Here are some of our beautiful wild flowers that grow every spring.

                                             Thanks Linda Wollam for the pictures.

Texas Blue Bonnet
State Flower