Bonus day!

I missed the trip to Haines this weekend as I didn't buy my ferry ticket and they sold out (!). So, I had a bonus day in Juneau to get some things taken care of that needed to happen.

I'm trying to get the house ready for the arrival of Mom and Aunt Karen - they're headed up this way in a few weeks but it's going to be busy here as the school year wraps up. So, today's task: some good "gardening."

Step one: Buying the usual flat o' annuals to put in the flower boxes. I bought the obligatory pansy and viola, some petunia, lobilia, dianthus, and a couple of snapdragons. I continue to have one box that's lettuce - this year there's some rainbow chard added in there, too.

Step two: getting some perennials from my friend Chris. She had some plants she needed to thin out and share with me. So I took a few with me downtown.

Step three: Planting. Well, first, I'll admit - I did some weed whacking of my "yard." Essentially, that's my method of mowing -- I just let the weed grow up - they look actually kind of pretty when they get tall -- but I hear my dad's voice in the back of my head telling me to get rid of them -- so, I take the weed whacker to it every once in a while. Today was the first week whack of the season. Then I could get into the side storage entrance to the crawl space and find the remnants of last year's potting soil and other gardening supplies. I planted several pots and boxes with the flowers and luttuce -- then I tackled transplanting the cuts from Chris. I have a feeling those perennials won't make it unless I get them into some bigger containers or get them right into the ground -- I'm just not really set up yet for actual landscaping... I'm relying on the containers to help make things look better...

I'll give it a few days and then take some pics and report back.