Went to KMart and bought a shovel (my trowel is too small for some of the work I want to do). I also got several packets of seeds and some potting soil. I am planning to plant seeds in the pots on the porch. I will enumerate what I got when I plant them.
The Hibiscus was beautiful this morning--the flowers were bright and vibrant.
Yesterday I bought a Goji Berry bush, but I haven't planted it yet because I want it to go in the bed under the stairs but I have to finish clearing the roots and junk in the dirt.
Later I cleared some more of the undesirable material under the porch until I was bent over and stiff. I will do more tomorrow.
I prepped the soil in a new pot I bought at Goodwill yesterday. I will plant the seeds when the water has drained a bit. I want to see if the holes I poked in the pot are sufficient.
Later: the pot seems to drain well, so I planted Marigolds and Morning Glories. I also put three marigolds in the stair bed next to the Tulip and one in the wall bed.
I planted poppy seeds in the wall bed.
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This afternoon while I was working on the stairway bed I overturned a large chunk of rock that was sitting at the far end under the stairs. A bunch of bugs came scurrying out, including a small roach that up-ended itself and lay on its back, legs wiggling. Suddenly a lizard appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the roach, gobbling it up with gusto. The lizard moved over to a piece of rubber that was waiting to be thrown away and watched me work for about 25 minutes. He showed me his throat a bit at first, but soon calmed down and just observed my activities. It was really strange because I dug, and tugged at weeds, and went about my business within inches of him and he sat and watched without fear. Maybe the residents of the garden are getting to know me.
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