After I realized that the Mexicans were making more money than I do by planting a $20 plant for $300, I decided it was time to add another “daddy” activity to play with my son. Believe it or not, little kids are very destructive and I’ve found that I need an outlet for him. So when it’s not washing a car, its working on mommy’s garden. To the left are hydrangea bushes, Katie’s favorite. Unfortunately, they are quite weak and can’t handle the Florida heat so by the end of the day I have to water them to get their sweltered flowers to stand back up.
In the front yard we have a little palm section – This whole thing took me over 2 hours with Timmy. We pulled up the old mulch, ton of weeds, old flowers and put a bunch of annuals. Hybrid Lillies underneath the palm, row of marigolds and some other junk.
Finally, looking forward to finding a spot for the magnolia tree. We had these in Europe and they are absolutely gorgeous but one thing I’m discovering is that pretty much anything but a palm tree requires 300 immigrants with water buckets walking around watering and trimming things.
For now, I’m really happy that I have another activity for Timmy to be able to be destructive in and do something nice for mommy too! One thing I’ve learned is that he definitely didn’t get it for me, I am not meant for manual labor. Also, beware of red mulch – yeah it looks pretty but it stains like crazy.
So far, I’ve spent about $400 on the garden, between 6 rose shrubs in the back, random ficus, annuals, etc. Far cry from what the local landscape monopoly wanted.
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