{"id":2481,"date":"2010-05-20T19:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T23:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2011-04-29T02:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T06:32:00","slug":"where-are-my-gardening-gloves-time-to-get-my-hands-in-some-dirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2010\/05\/20\/where-are-my-gardening-gloves-time-to-get-my-hands-in-some-dirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are my gardening gloves &#8211; time to get my hands in some dirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I&#8217;ve got my work cut out for me this weekend!  Yesterday evening my husband and I went to a new garden center that opened up near us &#8211; it&#8217;s called Reeves Nursery. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d driven past the site a few times in the last couple of weeks and when I took a look at their website I discovered that they have a &#8220;no tax&#8221; Wednesday every week &#8230; so we figured we might save some money if we went shopping for our plants last night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It turned out that they were having a 20% off sale &#8230; so we got that instead of the &#8220;no tax&#8221; as that saved us an extra 7%.  They had a great selection of plants in a variety of sizes and the prices were ok &#8230; I&#8217;d be happy if the prices were the lowest I could find, but the discount and the quality of the plants made me a happy gardener. <\/p>\n<p>We ended up spending more than I thought we would.  You see we have several hanging planters, window planters and 7 balcony boxes (those large low rectangular planters) to fill with annuals. <\/p>\n<p>I did grow some of my own annuals this year, but not nearly as many as I need.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; what did we end up getting?  <\/p>\n<p>A flat of Impatiens, 2 nice double flowering Begonia, 2 small Fuchsia, 6 dwarf Dahlia&#8217;s, 6 Gerber Daisies, a few Coleus, several Lobelia and Petunia plants, dwarf white night scent Nicotina, several Marigolds in vibrant orange and yellow and I&#8217;m sure a few other plants that I can&#8217;t think of right now.  <\/p>\n<p>I also picked up some early Girl tomato plants, Sweet cherry 100, English cucumbers a few types of lettuce and Swiss Chard. <\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>The only plants I couldn&#8217;t find, but ones that I usually use in my garden or planters were annual Geraniums and Cleomes.  When I found the dwarf Dahlia&#8217;s I thought I&#8217;d use them instead of the Geraniums but if I can find some Geraniums this weekend I might use both.  <\/p>\n<p>As for the Cleomes I did find some at Reeves but they were single plants in 4 inch pots at 2.99 each &#8230; and I need about 20 of them to border the back of my garden beds so I&#8217;ll have to find cheaper ones.  Oh and I did take some seeds off the plants last year so I&#8217;ll be planting some of last years seeds in the back of the garden beds this weekend too. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week we&#8217;d been to another garden center. I wanted to find a replacement for one of my roses &#8211; Chicago Peace &#8211; as it didn&#8217;t seem to come back this year.  With the great weather we&#8217;ve had all year I&#8217;d think it would show signs of life by now, especially considering that all the rest of my roses are 3 to 7 feet high, full of leaves and rose buds &#8230; but no luck. <\/p>\n<p>So &#8230; I thought I&#8217;d replace that rose with perhaps a Weigela or another type of flowering hardy shrub since I&#8217;ve now lost two roses in the same spot in the garden.  I did pick out a purple Weigela that I love, but then I found yet another Chicago Peace &#8230; so I guess the Weigela will go in another place in the garden and I&#8217;ll try the rose for the third and final time in my small oval patio garden bed.<\/p>\n<p>All in all I think I picked up 75 or more plants!  You know what I&#8217;m going to be doing this weekend &#8230; planting, planting, planting.  I&#8217;ll also be pulling out all my seeds and get some veggies and a few other annuals started by seed.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Hows the weather in your area?  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