Ill-Gotten Flowers

First it was Peter and his ill-gotten lilacs, and now it is me and my ill-gotten lily of the valley. Last weekend, our next door neighbor mentioned the plants growing between our sidewalk and her sidewalk and all along the side of her house. She said she didn't like them and was going to get rid of them. They were just beginning to come up at the time, and I didn't know what they were. After thinking about it during the week and taking a closer look, I discovered that they were, in fact, lily of the valley.

My mom has a lily of the valley patch in one of her gardens, and I love it. They're such sweet little flowers and they smell so nice. I know a lot of people don't like them because they can tend to take things over a bit. I had actually been planning to acquire some lily of the valley to plant underneath our ginormous tree in the backyard.

How fortuitous! So I dug up some of our neighbor's lily of the valley and have transplanted them to the tree area. She wasn't around and I didn't ask her, but I really don't think she would care. However, it was HARD work to get them. The ones I took were growing between two slabs of concrete. I couldn't really get in there with my spade very well, and their roots were pretty deep. Who would have thought such cute little flowers could be so much work! Anyhow, I got some and we'll see how they do.

I also replanted a hosta. Those little buggers have some roots on them! I am getting a full-sized shovel in the near future! I pulled and I pulled and when it finally came out I fell right on my ass. But victory was mine, and now it is gracing the side of the house. I will not, however, be relocating any further hostas until a real shovel has been acquired.

I stopped and got some weed spray today, so dandelions hanging out in our front yard, beware! I will spray you soon. I can't wait to get more stuff planted outside. I'm just waiting for some of my seedlings to get a little bigger. I think next weekend I might start getting stuff out there, weather permitting. According to Bachman's, the average last frost date is May 10.

I love having a yard and gardens :)