What a wonderfully fun day!!

We had so much fun today and we had to leave before the party began! We were the first ones there and they wouldn't let us in till a few minutes after 9!... Not even to peek, but we did anyway, peek that is. They were busy getting ready for the party, prettying every thing up and doing last minute deadheading just for us. The flower beds were beautiful as usual and we were so excited. We had only 2 hours and we were on a mission!!

Well, we proved we could do it!! I came home with 60 plants, Cathy had 30 and Jen had at least as many! We are true plant-aholics!

Tomorrow we start digging and planting. Thank heavens it is going to be cooler for the next few days!

Looking forward to tomorrow!

The Side Flowerbed in August, 2010.

I have the side flowerbed about 1/3 turned with manure. I thought I would be done by now but the heat really slowed the progress down.

Years ago we started some "4 o'clocks" from an old seed packet. They took forever to grow and it became a joke between my hubby and I. Then they got going, bloomed beautifully and then started reseeding like crazy! (They are the yellow flowers.) And over time they just did their thing. Well, after getting a little tired of pulling them out of the bricks in the path and lately all over the place, even the neighbor's yard, we got tired of them. So, when I started digging up the bed I was shocked to see that they have a tuber like thing for a root. Some of the are as big as a huge sweet potato! So it has really slowed me down with this area picking all those tubers out. And here I was just pulling up the stem for all this time!

A 4 O'Clock tuber:

So.....I won't be done with the flowerbed when I get home from Annie's Annuals big "planting party" and sale tomorrow. But, now that it has cooled off a lot I should be ready to plant by Monday!

The Side Flowerbed before starting to turn in manure in renewal of this bed. the white on the ground are manure bags:

My Garden Room

Last May, my daughter, Jen, took me to a wonderful garden nursery called Annie's Annuals as part of her Mother's Day gift to me. That place is like heaven to a gardener.

I must say, I have been neglecting my garden for several years in a quest to put lots of time into my painting. I have several other projects including being in charge of my 96 year old aunt's well being so I haven't had much time left to actually start garden projects. My gardening has been consisting of just keeping up with the weeds and general care.

BUT now I am INSPIRED!!!

So I am planning on documenting my renewal of my garden beds and how things are turning out as I go. Also, I plan on keeping a record of plants that I have and those that I add to my garden over time.

First of all, my yard, aka "My Garden Room" is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the east end of the Dumbarton Bridge. I will be adding more information on zones, etc. as I go. If you would like to follow the progress join me as a "follower" and we will see where it leads us! My first goal is to redo one flowerbed before spring 2010 and it will look beautiful by June!

So off to take some pictures so we will have some "Before" photos to see how well I accomplish my goals!