I took a three day weekend to catch up on some home stuff but we also made the most of it and went to the Wildflower Center’s annual plant sale. Love the Wildflower center and love the plant sale.
Our backyard is pretty shaded so we had to look for shade plants but we also want native plants, low water plants and plants that are heat tolerant. Kind of need that in Texas! We left the plant sale with a bunch of new plants for the backyard and we even added two more to our succulent garden. A Nolina Texana (which you can’t really see here) and a Cane Cactus.
My husband spent most of the weekend planting in the garden and we just have a couple of more to go. I can’t wait to see our plants growing and thriving.
The other exciting thing we did over the weekend was attend the Austin Poetry Slam finals. Ten poets were competing to get on the team which is going to represent Austin in the national competition later this year. They really had some great talent. I’m always so impressed by people putting themselves out there. I can’t believe I haven’t gone to a slam in such a long time.
So how about you, what were you up to this weekend?
Enjoy your new plants! We’ve had some losses in our succulents again this year. I’m afraid we may have to rethink some of our yard strategy. Our goal has been water conservation and that has worked well, but some plants just have not survived the cold temperatures.
I love your succulents! I wish our climate was a bit more friendly to them, I would have our very tiny garden covered!
Your garden looks lovely! What fun! Sounds like the poetry slam was a blast too.
The husband and I went a week ago to get some plants for our porch but then came back empty-handed because I wanted to do more research. (Oops, still didn’t get to that research but husband won’t be back until next week, so I have time.) I love plant shopping! I don’t have a green thumb and am lazy about looking after them but I still like having so many of them in my yard. Looks like you got some great ones that will thrive in the Texan weather!
We need heat tolerant and low water here, too. Our water problems are less severe than Austin’s, but still a consideration, and more so each year.
Glad you enjoyed the poetry slam!
Enjoy your new plants! I wish I’ve a backyard for the plantings but then again, I don’t have a green thumb. 😉
Hope you have a great week!
I am getting so excited to plant my garden in the next few weeks. I just love having fresh vegetables at my fingertips. Plus, it is even better to see my kids eating all of those veggies 🙂 Sounds like you had a really great weekend!
Kay – We lost two succulents this year too and we were so bummed out. I think we are finally learning a bit more about plants so hopefully they’ll do better this year.
Claire – So good to hear from you girl! Succulents are such pretty things aren’t they? And, easy to care for – yay.
Stefanie – My husband really worked hard. Poor guy is totally tired now! ha. I found out that there are a lot of poetry slams going on – I need to go for more spoken word fun!
Athira – I don’t have a green thumb either but I help with the research. Ha. We had a list of plants and luckily found the ones that I think will work in our backyard. So far, they look great! 🙂
Jenclair – When we first moved in to our house we didn’t really think about what to plant. We just got “pretty” stuff. But over the years we’ve tried to learn more and of course be mindful of our resources. With that in mind we also installed rain barrels last year and those will definitely come in handy in the Summer.
Melody – There are times when I think it’d be easier not to have a backyard – haha. But I do enjoy seeing the results. Hopefully the plants will make it!
Samantha – Oh, you plant veggies. That’s awesome! I don’t know if we’ll ever venture into that. As another thing we look into is low maintenance plants! ha.
I really want to look into low water and heat tolerant plants for my garden. It’s pretty bare right now. And with the current water restrictions–and more coming–it’s a necessity. Unless I just want dirt and brown grass. :-S
I heard my first and only poetry slam last year about this time at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. I hope we can catch a performance this time around. It was so much fun!
Have a great week, Iliana!