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Spruce Up Your Garden with LTD Commodities and Win a $25 Gift Code

cindy — Wed, 06 May 2015 18:00:28 +0000

I received one or more of the products or services mentioned for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.I know it is May, but I have finally worked on my garden. Here in Florida we had about 3 days of spring weather in March and then it got hot. In April we had 28 days of summer weather! Finally, at the end of April/beginning of May, spring has come back for a quick visit before we head back into the 90s next week. First I yanked out the Pentas, which were the only plants from last year to survive. Then I tilled the soil and added some more, fresh garden soil to the mix. Next I planted the Mixed Freesia Bulbs around the back and side edges of my garden box, and prayed they would sprout in the next few weeks. Across the middle of the garden box I placed the Seeds of Hope seed balls. Hopefully in 4-6 weeks something will start happening

To work on the next project I had to use supplies I purchased at a local garden shop. I wasn’t aware of this when I ordered the Petunia Vertical Gardens, the Italian Herb Vertical Gardens, or the Strawberry Vertical Gardens but they all must be started in those little starter boxes before being moved into the vertical gardens. This was more work than I had planned to do, but since they were here I dove into this project as well.

Lastly we hung the Butterfly Iron Rain Chain from the northeast corner of our roof and the Yellow Balloon Solar Planter from the garage eave. I placed a small flowering plant from the garden store in the balloon planter. Now we water and wait. I hope that my late planting will give my garden lots of color from July-November, when the temperatures start to cool off again.

I received all of the items in the links and images above from LTD Commodities. They have a nice selection of items for your garden whether you are looking for seeds or decorative items, they probably offer it.

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I Have a Garden!

cindy — Tue, 13 May 2014 18:00:36 +0000

I have wanted a flower garden for a long time. I don’t have a green thumb and it is a well known fact that I kill anything green, but I love flowers. After this year’s trip to the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, I was determined to add some color to our front yard. I told my husband what I wanted to do and he agreed that we could use one of the Lowe’s gift cards we had been hoarding to get the project started.

Since our yard is mostly sand, I knew I would need to do some type of container garden. On our first trip to Lowe’s we looked through the existing planter boxes but didn’t find what we were looking for. I came home and drew out what I wanted a 6′ x 2′ rectangular garden to fit under our front window. Trip number 2 to Lowe’s was very productive, we got 2 8″ x 2″ boards that were 8′ long. We had them cut down to the size I wanted. We also picked up some brown paint and weed barrier fabric.

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I Have a Garden! {Step 2}

cindy — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:00:56 +0000

Since I really wanted this to be my project, I sent hubby off grocery shopping so I could paint the garden frame.

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I Have a Garden! {Step 4}

cindy — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:00:52 +0000

Now we needed soil. I had seen 40qt bags of nutrient rich potting soil on sale at Sam’s so hubby picked up 3 bags, which filled the garden box about half way full. Next he made a trip to Lowe’s to get 3 bags of topsoil to fill up the box.

It was finally time to get some flowers! My girlfriend and I made one more trip to Lowe’s to choose the flowers. After much discussion we decided to get Techno Heat Lobelia for the back row, Pentas for the middle row and Lantana for the front row.

When we removed the Lobelia from their pot to separate them and replant them, they were very root bound. We weren’t sure they would survive. It took them about 2 weeks to settle in and “look alive” but now they appear to be doing well.

So far, so good, my flowers are growing and doing well. I am enjoying seeing the color in my dull yard and this makes me happy. Do you have a garden? What flowers do you like to grow?

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I Have a Garden! {Step 3}

cindy — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:00:50 +0000

Once the paint was dry I had hubby help me move the garden frame into its position under our front window. Then I measured, cut, and stapled the weed barrier fabric in place.

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I Have a Garden! {Step 1}

cindy — Thu, 01 May 2014 18:00:47 +0000

Hubby quickly had the garden frame assembled, he was so fast I didn’t even get to play with the power tools

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