dirtdobber's Blog

Spring may have Sprung!
Feb 19, 2011 | 5:50 AM PST

Signs of Spring are everywhere! I know the temps are just a tease, but it has been in the high 70's! I have bulbs popping up everywhere. This is my most fun time...seeing all the little babies peeking their heads up from the dirt. Some of them I don't remember. Oh well, I love a surprise. The small piece of miniature gardenia that I rooted from my mom's old house went crazy over the winter. It's twice as big!

And the hydrangea twigs that I rooted in pots...and thought they had not survived... have little buds and sprouts on them! Yaahh! Success!! A friend gave me some cuttings from her Snowball Hydrangea and I just plopped them in water a couple of weeks ago. I do believe I have seen a couple of roots on them. I've never rooted them in water before so I hope it works.

I hope all of you are loving the beginnings of Spring too. At least here in the south, it's going to be a beautiful weekend. So..... Ya'll have a great weekend....and Get in that dirt!! Trish

February Thoughts
Feb 11, 2011 | 5:50 AM PST

Hi GGers!  I've been so busy lately I haven't had much time to check in.  I have had my 2 youngest grandbabies this week while their parents are on a mission trip to Haiti.  Buuutt....my mind is starting to turn toward Spring.  I've been pondering about what to do in the garden this year.  The fall broccoli that I grew was heavenly!!  It makes store bought taste like something plastic and foreign.  I'll probably plant some more.  I rooted some hydrangeas last year.  I so hope they made it through the winter.  Time will tell. I think I want to plant some fruit trees.  I don't want to put much work into them, but I would like to watch them grow.  Is that possible?...the not much work thing? 

And I have decided to do raised beds this year.  I think the plants will do better.  It will be a little less bending for me, and I just like the way they look!  Well I'm excited.  Half the fun is looking forward to Spring and planning. Ya'll have a great day!  And get in that dirt!!! (even if it does have to be inside)   Trish