Since the city dug out the ditch between our fence and the street, it has been hard to mow. We decided to plant some flowers there so we wouldn't have to mow between the fence and the ditch. We bought bags of garden soil at WalMart to get us started. Then we started planting. Mostly seeds, but a few plants. Here are some pictures when we first started.
This picture was taken after the it was a little established. We put landscape fabric down (big mistake) and put the garden soil on top of it.
These pictures were taken 2 weeks ago. As you can see everything grew very fast. It has taken a LOT of water during this drought. We went and bought a 300 gallon water container so we can haul water to water this flower bed and our garden. It only cost 25 cents for 75 gallons of water and the place we get the water is only 3 blocks away. Can't beat that....
The top picture is of one of my favorite flowers, touch me nots. After the blooms fade little pods appear. If you touch them after they "ripen" they will split open and the seeds will fall out.
I noticed this morning while I was out that I have some burgundy cosmos blooming and I'll try to get some pictures of these and post them.
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