Slightly Disenchanted

A glorious sunny morning with that wonderful coolness still in the air is a great way to start this day. I have plans to work on the beds around the front edge and side edge of my back garden today.

Since my experience yesterday of planting out my first WS seedlings, I have been slightly disenchanted by the fact that the seedlings seemed so fragile and spindly. I am used to adding plants to my beds that are huge, healthy and blooming already...... quite a change and I have to keep telling myself these WS seedlings will look wonderful in a couple of months. I will be sadly disappointed if they don't. From the photos I have seen on the WS forum, such as Token's WS plants, I think I have made a mistake by not putting the seedlings into the ground when they were very young and small. I will sow earlier next year and plant out lots of stuff in late Feb. and early March. What does not make it can easily be resown and planted out. I knew my first attempt at WS would be a learning experience, and it has proven to be a true fact.

Late this afternoon, UPS delivered my walk in greenhouse from Ashley and Jason for my Mother's Day gift. I was delighted (lots of my disenchantment slipped right away with this new toy)! Ashley also got one of these. We're both excited to use this in our WS plans for next season............also for annuals we don't have sown yet and for a jump on perennials this fall and winter. How exciting this is!