Presidents Day Weekend Pt 3

Day three of the weekend! Katie and I bought a variety of flower seeds to plant in the front yard planters so we started with that project in the morning. Last year we planted Cosmos and they did great so we added some other flowers this time around.

I mulched and turned the soil in the planters to get them ready for the seeds but Katie also planted some seeds in pots that sit by the front door.

There are a few plants in this planter from last year that are still around or that I think might come back but there are a lot of seeds in there now. This planter was massively dug up in an effort to fix the sprinkler wire to the back yard, it was repaired but the planter has been in pretty bad shape until now. Notice Olive in the window at her usual post.

The other planter has the roses and jasmine plants. Also several of the tulips and daffodils from last year have also come back. I put many seeds in this area as well.

In the afternoon it was time to finish the marmalade, here is the result.

My brother did work in the back yard on the sprinklers, we replaced the existing ones with water conservation ones. They produce larger drops rather than a spray which wastes less water than traditional sprinklers.