Day 12: Lifestyle!

My Patio is slowly but surely coming to life...

     I never did get any lattice. I had no idea how expensive some pieces of uniformly placed compacted wood could be. I guess when you're just starting out some things will just have to be done without... But I did however find a solution to this... I decided that as a much cheaper alternative I would use durable nylon string as opposed to the wood and it seems to be holding up very well! I went to our local Ace Hardware last week with Josh and procured a roll of nylon string and using the string, a staple gun, some scissors and some patience I formed a square grid across the front and right side of my patio!

     I'm not going to take a picture of the whole grid yet, I want it to be a surprise. I want to wait until my newly transplanted morning glories have grown impressively upon the grid before a reveal the full affect. I'm going to have to get something to protect the small plantlings from our apartment's landscapers which consist of a group of teenage boys wielding weed whackers that will have no sympathy for the baby plants... So there's that.

     I have also trip splitting a very attractive plant that we have growing in the front of our apartment, which species is unknown to me... Maybe if if I can get it to successfully take root one of you will know what it is? Assuming I have viewers... Anyway though, the Morning Glories are doing fine with the transplant. I was very careful not to disturb the root ball as well as not to over water. However, I do have one little plant that is not doing so hot. A few weeks ago a strong wind knocked the main vine over and caused it to be damaged... I'm not sure if it will make it, but I have hope.

     When I went to Ace, I also got this wonderful gadget in hopes of attracting some hovering little beauties. I love hummingbirds... I have seen them outside, so I know they are there, I just hope they like the homemade sugar water that I have placed for them. I also got a much needed watering bucket so that I don't have to keep watering my plants with a plastic tupperware bowl... Talk about rigged.