Gardening and such

Yesterday, two of these popped up in the back yard....

And this weekend I took various plants from the backyard and filled this hanging planter (its original vegetation all died while we were home for Ruthie's wedding)...

I took some elephant ears, some ivy, some fern, and the purple things. :) They all seem to be propagating quite well around the yard, so hopefully they'll make it and fill in my hanging basket, too!

Then I planted some things in the corner we cleared out. We decided the chain link isn't our favorite look now that we removed all the overgrowth. We're devising a plan.... but in the meantime, here's what we have in this little spot (we're taking it one spot at a time).

I'm not sure I have the greenest thumb ever. In fact, this sign I found on clearance at JoAnn's just about sums it up for me (and so it is hanging on the lanai now).

If I can't get anything to grow/stay alive, I guess I'll just stick to flowers like this (another JoAnn's clearance find).


:) But let's hope I can get some real things to stay perky!