Missing the flowers just about now.

Missing the flowers just about now even here in the Central Florida garden. These fun pretties were on the back steps last year. The holidays are done and packed away. I am ready to get out and plant. First though I have to take the time to plan out and list what the planting priorities are for the upcoming growing season.


Last year most of the time and energy put into the yard went toward planting perennials such as Rudbeckia, cuphea, coreopsis, and the self seeding hollyhocks.

This year I am determined to perfect my veggies. They just do not do very well in the Central Florida native sandy soil, and even though its had truckloads of mushroom compost and mulched tree trimmings, it still needs more amending. That is at the top of the list before a single seed is planted.

That said, I better get at it!