Last year, as an end of the year gift from a student, I received a beautiful planter filled with colorful flowers. I found the perfect place for it on our back deck and enjoyed looking at them until they died…about 4 weeks later. Apparently flowers do well when watered, something I only remembered to do every couple days or so.
This year I am determined to prove that I can keep plants alive, not only because I want something pretty to look at on our deck, but because I want to prove that I can be trusted with the plants I’m hoping to plant in the front of our house this summer.
So I headed to Meijer for some potting soil, then grabbed a shovel, the empty planter, and some flowers given to me by a couple students this year and started planting!
Here is the final product.
I realized once I finished that I should have added more soil before I put the plants in because they look pretty low in the pot, but I didn’t think pulling the plants out and trying again would help my chances of keeping them alive.
I watered the flowers yesterday after planting and again today, but only after Tony came home from work and reminded me. The potting soil I bought says Miracle Grow on the bag. I’m thinking that’s what it might take for these flowers to make it to the end of the summer!
16/06/2009 at 10:33 am Permalink
It’s ok that they’re low. They’ll take water better that way. You can always stick a little more dirt on top.
Just try to water them once every night before you go to bed. That’s the best time! You can do it! :)
24/06/2009 at 9:03 am Permalink
you go, girl!! looks nice! :-)
06/07/2009 at 11:33 am Permalink
HA! Oh I can totally relate to how you feel. I can’t keep plants alive either…. I tried to grow mint in pots on our back deck because “it’s a weed, anyone can grow it…”. Um, yeah. It’s dying.
For smaller plants etc, I totally recommend the “Aqua Globes”… they are keeping my kitchen herb garden alive!!