Yeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwww!!!

Tink · 05-18-2007, 12:13 PM

I went to a garage sale today and ended up filling my trunk with perennials for only $32!

I got 8 ever-bearing raspberries, 12 hostas, 6 lilly of the valley, and 3 butterfly bushes. I lucked out big time! I ended up paying just over a dollar a piece for plants that normally sell at about $6 each.

Now I have to get my butt outside and get them planted! I just had to share my excitement!

Janet · 05-18-2007, 01:11 PM

Way to go Tink. I hope I can find some bargain....any kind of bargain...LOL

AngieDoogles · 05-18-2007, 05:32 PM

That's awesome Tink! I'm sure they'll be beautiful!

Tink · 05-18-2007, 05:51 PM

We got all the hastas, lilly of the valley, and the butterfly bushes planted tonight.
Just the raspberries left to get in the ground.

I finally took the covers off my seedlings so they have a few days to toughen up before I plant them in the ground too. The sunflowers and cosmos were so tall they'd been straining at the covers. I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but once it's all planted I know I'll be very glad I did it.

Forgivenmom5 · 05-18-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tink

We got all the hastas, lilly of the valley, and the butterfly bushes planted tonight.
Just the raspberries left to get in the ground.

I finally took the covers off my seedlings so they have a few days to toughen up before I plant them in the ground too. The sunflowers and cosmos were so tall they'd been straining at the covers. I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but once it's all planted I know I'll be very glad I did it.

I'm sure all your work will be worth it Tink. It will look beautiful. I would love to work on my yard but I can't get the energy to get my house done inside.

Mandy · 05-19-2007, 12:51 AM

WOW that is awesome!! That is going to look so beautiful

Enjoy!!

DianaB · 05-19-2007, 10:44 AM

Wow, Tink. You got some really good buys!!! They're going to look really nice in a year or two!!! I've thought about getting a butterfly bush. They are so pretty!

Tink · 05-19-2007, 01:57 PM

Lucky for me, Greg is just as nuts as I am.

On the way home from our granddaughters birthday party today, we had to drive past the place I got all the plants from yesterday. I pointed it out, so Greg swung in and we bought 30 deep purple and white iris rhizomes. Another beautiful plant that will come back and multiply year after year!

Our goal is to start beds of perennials that will grow on their own now so that when we get older and don't feel up to planting a lot of things each year, we'll still be able to enjoy a lawn filled with flowers. Because the lady selling the plants was so taken with Gregs willingness to help me put flowers in the yard, I got a nice bargain paying about 50 cents each. She said he reminded her of her deceased husband who she said was a "Real Gem" too. LOL

I think I'd better put a stop to my plant buying for this year though, 'cause once I get all my seedlings planted, there will be 500- 600 flowering plants growing.

Jlynn · 05-19-2007, 02:35 PM

Wow! That's really cool! You'll have to post pics after you get everything planted:rolleyes

Janet · 05-19-2007, 03:13 PM

Yes, Jlynn is right!! The pictures you posted before were beautiful. Maybe put Moses in a couple of them.....???? I bet they are going to be beautiful.

05-18-2007, 12:13 PM	#1
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Yeeeeeeeehawwwwwwwww!!! I went to a garage sale today and ended up filling my trunk with perennials for only $32! I got 8 ever-bearing raspberries, 12 hostas, 6 lilly of the valley, and 3 butterfly bushes. I lucked out big time! I ended up paying just over a dollar a piece for plants that normally sell at about $6 each. Now I have to get my butt outside and get them planted! I just had to share my excitement! __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-18-2007, 01:11 PM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Way to go Tink. I hope I can find some bargain....any kind of bargain...LOL __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

05-18-2007, 05:32 PM	#3
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	That's awesome Tink! I'm sure they'll be beautiful! __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

05-18-2007, 05:51 PM	#4
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	We got all the hastas, lilly of the valley, and the butterfly bushes planted tonight. Just the raspberries left to get in the ground. I finally took the covers off my seedlings so they have a few days to toughen up before I plant them in the ground too. The sunflowers and cosmos were so tall they'd been straining at the covers. I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but once it's all planted I know I'll be very glad I did it. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-19-2007, 12:51 AM	#6
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	WOW that is awesome!! That is going to look so beautiful Enjoy!! __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

05-19-2007, 10:44 AM	#7
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Wow, Tink. You got some really good buys!!! They're going to look really nice in a year or two!!! I've thought about getting a butterfly bush. They are so pretty! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

05-19-2007, 01:57 PM	#8
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Lucky for me, Greg is just as nuts as I am. On the way home from our granddaughters birthday party today, we had to drive past the place I got all the plants from yesterday. I pointed it out, so Greg swung in and we bought 30 deep purple and white iris rhizomes. Another beautiful plant that will come back and multiply year after year! Our goal is to start beds of perennials that will grow on their own now so that when we get older and don't feel up to planting a lot of things each year, we'll still be able to enjoy a lawn filled with flowers. Because the lady selling the plants was so taken with Gregs willingness to help me put flowers in the yard, I got a nice bargain paying about 50 cents each. She said he reminded her of her deceased husband who she said was a "Real Gem" too. LOL I think I'd better put a stop to my plant buying for this year though, 'cause once I get all my seedlings planted, there will be 500- 600 flowering plants growing. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-19-2007, 02:35 PM	#9
Jlynn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: East Coast Posts: 380	Wow! That's really cool! You'll have to post pics after you get everything planted:rolleyes

05-19-2007, 03:13 PM	#10
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Yes, Jlynn is right!! The pictures you posted before were beautiful. Maybe put Moses in a couple of them.....???? I bet they are going to be beautiful. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

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