Gardening and Gerbera Daisies

Catie and I went to the Spring Show at our Farmer's Market and had a great time. She also bought some of these and sadly her's have died.

Only time will tell how long I can keep these in my new deck boxes living.

I thought I would play around with the watercolor edit

It was fun and I like how this turned out.

Catie gave me two hen flower pots

Isn't this adorable?

It makes the cutest display!

See how bad the blooms and leaves can look just overnight?

Still pretty and I won't give up on them!

Steve Bender aka the Grumpy Gardener of Southern Living

Gerbera Daisy Here Today Gone Tomorrow. He is funny, but a great gardener.

TIP: These are a little finicky and you will need to while growing clip the old blooms and drying dead leaves. That will keep them pretty during the growing season.

The vibrant colors are what make these beautiful!

These are actually a work of art in their natural state

no photo editing was really necessary on any 

I didn't edit this at all

See the beauty?

This lettuce along with three more boxes are on the porch railings too.

You do know about the Romaine Lettuce Recall don't you? Be aware there is one now! I never buy prepackaged salad mixes. They have the most recalls because of ecoli etc. There is no way for them to track down the source because there are too many sources for those. * Remember the Savings Post anyway buy whole make your own...Just right now stay away from Romaine unless you know the source and it isn't in the state of origin now! Do not order salad from a restaurant. (I say this, but crazy me ordered a salad the other Sunday. I had temporary amnesia! Didn't eat it which was hard because I love salads!)

Early morning overlooking the white rose garden

You can see I have lots of work to do in them 

I'm waiting on these beauties to finish blooming for clean up to begin

We have several new shrubs and plants to set out too as you can see

Guess I'd better get up from here and get to work!

I love the deck boxes and hen flower pot My porch is in full bloom and I love it!

Check the boxes below as to what to do and it is very easy to garden for anyone! Step by Step Instructions.

BEFORE

You can see the porch needed some life so I chose flowers, lettuce and strawberries. This is before all of the deck boxes and potted plants!

STEP 1: Think about what you would like to put on your porch. The plants, colors, pots, soil etc.

STEP 2: Purchase your plants and decide how many you will be placing and into what type containers.

I bought those gorgeous daisies, some strawberry plants, and planted lettuce seeds in some of them. I covered the porch railings with planters and put some pots on the table.

I searched and found the deck boxes of my choice and these pictured look to be similar to mine which are sold out. They can be found at Amazon here https://amzn.to/2Tf3XE2

STEP 3: Take your flowers from the little pots and lightly loosen the roots if they have hardened to the shape of container. This will help the get off to a running start growing in their new home!

If your roots are soft and the soil around it soft there is no need to do this step.

STEP 4: You will need soil/potting medium to place in the containers of your choice. *A reminder please wear gloves and a face mask as of late it has been hazardous to handle these soils. People have gotten sick and one has died from it.*

STEP 5: Water, feed/fertilize your plants as required on the tags and the fertilizer package.

ENJOY THE BEAUTY!