English Emma Blooms

 Good morning, Indianapolis!

This is the first Monday of my summer break. Today, I was planning to go swimming, but it's cold and wet. I think I will set my threshold for swimming at 70°F for later today. Instead, I’ll go this afternoon and try to hit adult swim. I’ll bring a book and do some reading.

Yesterday was productive and enjoyable. I planted some delphiniums, foxglove, sunflowers, and moved some daylilies to make room for seeds. Today, I need to do the same in the front garden, moving the daylilies along the fence by the neighbors. The soil is poor there, making it the best place for them. I also plan to fill the garden under the tree with daylilies. By the end of the growing season, I intend to move all the lilies to the front windows. I’ve been experimenting with plants at the dentist's office, and it looks great! I may even take some from there to my house.

Looking forward to catching up with my gardening today!

 For my gardening challenge, which is for the month of May, I watered the plants and mowed the front yard. I bought some dirt to use to plant new flowers. I also bought a whole bunch of seeds. I am thinking of starting my new flowers in pots and then moving them to flower beds when they get bigger. I got poppies, cosmos, delphiniums, etc. It will be exciting to plant them! I will start next weekend because Mother's Day is the day when the risk of frost is over. Actually, I might plant them before that. I am going to use sticks for the bottom of the pots, then leaf meal, and then, on top, the soil.