This is what the perennial bed looked like last year on this day.
Pitiful.
Pitiful.
The raised veggie beds were merely a dream, last year.
This is what the perennial bed looks like, today!!!
The tomatoes became too big for their cages and brought them right down!
Even the grass in this year's picture looks better. Jeff re-seeded in the spring with a bluegrass mix that cost us a ton of money. We expect even greater results when the guy aerates the whole thing in September.
I guess you can tell by now that they closed the garden center! It was a great time and I really miss it. I am now back to the drudgery of job hunting. It's quite depressing, although I have gone on fascinating interviews!! I interviewed at the Morton Arboretum for an admin position, but the drive is an hour and a half, and I didn't get it anyways.
I also interviewed with Ball Seed company. You know them, the Wave Petunia people, the Purple Majesty Millet people??? Well, I got the position of breeder technician, which sounds alot more high class than it really is....turns out, it's just a little above minimum wage. And the drive is about 45 minutes. I turned it down.
I will keep looking, though. I won't take any more temp positions. It's too hard when they end...
Hello Sissy,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see you posting again, even if the reason for your blog-reading time is not so hot.
I hope a better offer comes along soon, but in the meantime you can enjoy how super your garden looks in one year. You've made a big splash of color glow on the edge of the prairie.
I'd hoped someone knew about your special variegated iris... if it was a borer they are nasty! Is there anything left of the tuber itself? Sometimes people dig damaged tubers up, cut out any soft parts, dust with sulpher, let a callous form and then replant in a new, very well drained spot. If there's any life in the root it may rebound in a couple of years. Other people go buy a new one!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Everything looks great! What a difference a year makes.
ReplyDeleteI hope the job search isn't too long. Fortunately I love my job and can work just about anywhere. I hope you find a permanent position that you love too.
Sissy: It's good to see you back! And your gardens look lovely - isn't it wonderful to see what a difference a year makes? Good luck on the job hunt.
ReplyDeletegreat to have you back, sissy - your garden looks lovely 12 months on - I'm sure you will find a job very soon.
ReplyDeleteHi Sissy,
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back.
What a difference in that flower border in just one year! Just wait until it starts leaping!
Sorry about the iris death.
I love seeing the difference on that perennial bed, it must make you smile! And good luck with job hunting, I forget that with a job in horticulture, it's seasonal. Speaking of, I just signed up for my first class at the Mort Arb.
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