Fertilizer Friday 7.29.11

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Only the Strong Survive

The last time my garden saw any rain was around Memorial Day, which would be 36 days! 36 days without rain....we desperately need some! I have been watering 2 or 3 times a week, some plants are doing fine, others are not. You win some, and you lose some.

I have decided to start another collection. This week I have gotten 3 plaques, so I thought I would start picking them up, and then hang them on the fence.

Ya'll remember this one from my friend

My mom brought me this one yesterday

And my Aunt gave me this one....so there are the first 3. I think they would be neat hanging on the fence

This is the wall that divides mine and my neighbor's driveways. It has a small gap that I plant flowers in. I have been testing which plants work the best. I planted 3 small petunias on the one end, and they are doing great. I think next year I am going to take that other plant out, and only plant petunias.

This is a Prairie Coneflower, it is very heat/drought tolerant. I got it from one of the ladies in the Garden Club. It gets extremely tall....like 10ft +. It is just now beginning to bloom. The flowers gets pretty large once the plant matures.

I have quite a few zinnia's that are beginning to come around. As a mentioned earlier in the week, this time last year I had LOADS of zinnias. I had tons of cut flowers, but that isn't the case this year due to the lack of rain.

this zinnia lost it petals!

Gerbera Daisy ...the backside

same Gerbera Daisy plant, it has 4 blooms on it!

Zinnia and buds

more zinnia buds

back yard zinnia

zinnia bud

another petal-less zinnia

and another bud (I am excited about all these little buds)

This one is doing great! This is one of the zinnias that re-seeded itself!

Back yard zinnia, another view

The phlox is now 2 different shades...purple & pink. I think this is from the lack of rain. But it is still pretty

another baby zinnia getting ready to show off!

Hopefully if I water good all weekend all those zinnia buds will be in bloom and I can show them off Monday!

Onto more exciting news....I FINALLY hit 100 followers! Whoo hoo! I still can't believe that ya'll even read my blog, so I am truly honored to have 100 of you!!!! My 100th follower is Stephanie @ Steph's Green Space! Stephanie lives in Malaysia! How cool is that, my 100th follower is from Malaysia! So I have a special give-a-way for Stephanie for being the 100th! This is my first give-a-way! I need to do more of them. Steph I will be working on your surprise and will send it your way as soon as I am done with it! I am glad to have you here, and glad to have all 99 of the rest of ya'll!!!! Ya'll are great!