My Thumb is GREEN!

I have proof that my "vision" for this year has produced a green thumb in me! I have recently come to realize that  my lack of vision could be, and most likely is, the reason for my serial plant kills. But, this year I have VISION!

I love Plumbago's but the deer love them even more than that because they eat them as quickly as I plant them. So, I finally had a good idea and planted one in a huge pot and it worked until one day I walked out and the plant was, well dead. Let me recap- one day it was alive, the very next day it was dead. That's really how it happened. So, I had one of my consulting gardeners take a look at it and she was also baffled. I cut it to the ground and the other day I noticed it's sporting bright green leaves. WOOT!

Here's a picture for proof:

Now, if I could just bring my Banana Tree back from the dead, I would be very happy. I cut it to the ground, as instructed, and was told that it would come back 10 times as strong..well, the fucker looks pretty fucking dead to me. I flooded it with water last week because they love water and they thrive in the rain forest. That seemed like a good idea, right? Well, maybe not so smart because the next day the base was shredded like it was rotten and falling apart. I think there's a reason they're not so native here. lol. 

2011 Garden Ideas

So, you know how I have been trying to have a garden for over four years now? I've decided to stop planting sun loving plants in the shade, which is where my garden is. I've also realized that trying to plant something that I find beautiful isn't a good idea either because those are what the deer find to be deliciously tasteful. I've also come up with a MASTER plan, which, if you ask me, is the best plan of all plans! Okay, here it goes. I'm going to have potted plants all over our patio that will house the flowers that the deer like to eat. I will then have Cowboy Bubba sitting on the deck with a rifle. In my north side garden I'm going to have a Cross Vine (that has already been planted), a shrub of some sort and then I'm going to add a truck load of ferns. They love shade, deer hate them and they don't die, even when I try to kill them. That's a damn good sign for me and my garden. Over in front of the pump house I'm going to plant moon flower vines that Randy (the windmill maker) sent to me. This area has an hour of morning sun and then a couple hours of late afternoon sun. 


Here's what I would like from you...what do you have in your garden that you think mine is lacking? I will have an awesome garden by the fall, damn it, if it's the last thing I do! I've resorted to reading a text book on gardening, that's how much I really want a garden. So, please post your ideas...please!

Member Stopped By...

I have been very lucky to have some great guys join my site over the years. I've been even luckier that some have emailed me and we've struck up a friendship. One of my guys, Cowboy Bubba, was so sweet to plant Caladiums and Elephant ears in a pot, from bulbs, for my birthday. Even sweeter than that was when he delivered them to my house. So, I the plant needed to be moved into a bigger pot. I thought, hmm, easy enough. I pick out the biggest pot I could find and place it on the deck, next to our front door. Perfect to showcase my gift, right? Getting it out of the fucking pot was anything but easy! The fucker wouldn't budge! I tried to loosen up the dirt with a small shovel, that didn't work. I gently tapped the ceramic pot on the deck, from side to side, that didn't work. I turned it upside down and furiously wiggled the shit out of it. After a good 10-15 minutes I was baffled, sweating and a little irritated that I can't even transplant a fucking plant without issues! So, after a minute of thought, I go and grab the sharp shooter and with my foot I shoved it down into the soil, when it wouldn't go further, I jumped on it! You would have thought it would have popped right out but it didn't! I had to do this three more times!!! OMG, I was getting very irked! But, after that, it did pop out, kind of. So, I was immediately ecstatic. There for a minute I thought I was going to have to deliver it back to Bubba and ask him to fix it, or something. So, it's in my new pot and I just need to have filler dirt now so I use the dirt from the original pot and to my dismay, it's all roots! There has to be thousands of them! HOLY HELL! I've never seen so many roots like that. Bubba says it'll be okay but he might just be telling me that so I don't feel bad, just yet. LOL.

I'll post a picture later to show you how it's doing. The Caladiums are not looking to well but the Elephant ears are looking great!

Bubba, thank you for such a thoughtful gift and for all of your gardening assistance. Somehow, this plant will be the only survivor of my garden, I promise! Hell, with you and SxyMomma as my gardeners, how could I not have at least one plant survive my black thumb?