I've been off from work for spring break and it has been so cold and windy. I was looking forward to working in my flower beds. They are so pitiful. I live in an area with lots of pine trees and we just can't get much to grow. I've tried so many different plants and they all end up dying. The plants that have survived are the ones that were already here when we moved in. One being the azaleas. They are so beautiful. The problem is the blooms don't last and will die too. I also have forsythia, gardenias, roses, jasmine, and hostas. I have the farthest thing from a green thumb and it is so sad because I really do enjoy trying to be a gardener. My neighbor down the road is a wonderful gardener. She'll ride by on her bike and stop to give me tips and offer up what she calls "God's Gifts"......any of her plants that have reproduced. She must see how much help I need! I've killed most of those gifts. I just don't have much of a green thumb, as much as I try.My husband made me a small garden bed a couple years back and I have had success with growing tomatoes so this year I plan to plant some more. All winter I've been throwing veggie scraps and such to help fertilize the soil. We also threw our pumpkin out there in the fall just to see what would happen. I went out a couple of weeks ago and turned the soil under getting ready for planting this week. Yesterday I happened to notice over 30 pumpkins plants!!! I'm going to have to thin them out but we've decided to see if we produce any pumpkins. I guess my hubby will have to build me another bed to plant those tomatoes.
Here is one side of the bed. It is uneven because my dog decided to use it as her digging grounds. I'm going to have to put something up around the bed because she'll dig up the poor plants!
The pumpkin seed is still on the leaf.