Wednesday was a gorgeous spring day, made to order for working on my container garden. Accordingly, Steven and I drove down Route 5 in Schuyler to Tripple’s Produce.
Two big greenhouses and two wagons held all kinds of plants and flowers. The very nice dog we had met on previous visits was lounging under one of the wagons. This is a very mellow dog, who will not bother you, but if you like to pet a dog — which of course we do — will graciously allow you to do so.
We chose some marigolds, trailing petunias, red spiky things (if this was a real gardening blog I would know what they are called), a six pack of herbs, and one hanging plant. The lady who rang us out gave us some good advice on maintaining the hanging plant. I told her my method of making salad dressing in the blender with fresh herbs.
When we got home, I proceeded to re-pot the flowers, eventually finding that as usual I had bought more flowers than I had places to put them. I’ll probably have to re-re-pot the dill and the Italian parsley, but for now they’ll do.
When we’d finished potting and arranging the pots, Steve and I sat on our deck and enjoyed our handiwork and the beautiful day. This spring the weather in the Mohawk Valley has left something to be desired with all the rain and cold. Oh, I know what you’re about to say and believe me I am very grateful I have not had to deal with the flooding and tornadoes that have devastated other parts of the country. And I was grateful for the lovely day I enjoyed on Wednesday.
Mohawk Valley Girl 
Oh, oh! What was the hanging plant advice? 🙂 Sounds like a lovely sort of day. Dave and I will be doing our planting this weekend – lots to do!
Just about cutting it back as the individual blooms die, so it stays full and bushy. I have a bunch more planting to. Now that the deck looks good, I must turn my attention to the lawn, which is a little bigger.