Milkweed

This mysterious plant is growing in the shady part of the back of our yard. My folks ID'd it as a milk weed. Cool. I'm going to leave them there and add other shade plants to form a nice respite from the sun in this shady part of our lot.

Vegetable Garden Path

Seems I've gone a little path crazy. I put these rocks around and through the vegetable garden this morning. I would eventually like to have paths through the garden, but for now, this will deter the boy from walking through, and give me a nice path to plant and to the compost. I also planted some tomato plants, herbs and marigolds today.

Front Walk

We worked on moving the rocks that were next to our driveway, we assume to park a car, and made them into a path for us and the mail carrier. I like how it turned out! Now what to do with the holes from where we got the rocks, underneath the sod and rocks is a sheet of plastic, hmmmm.

Foundation Planting start

I put those plants from the Farmer's market to start my foundation planting. I can't wait to see how they do. I still need to remove those boxwoods... but where to put them?

Farmers Market Score

This morning, walking to work through Federal Plaza, I was pleased to see the farmers markets have started in Chicago.

One of the stands had oodles of native perennials! I was so excited. I bought Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) and Nodding Wild Onion (Allium Cernuum). For a very decent price from a couple from Niles, Michigan. I also got some mint, cilantro and basil for my herb garden.

I may head back there on my lunch break for some more.

Note: I did head back there after lunch for some more Joe Pye Weed, Nodding Wild Onion and Bee Balm.