Gardening

This post has been sponsored by Spectracide Brand. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Hands down, outside of getting my garden together, my favorite part of feeling spring in the air is the anticipation of my Hostas making their first appearance of the season.

Who knew nearly six years ago when I planted those eight tiny Hosta plants that I grabbed from a neighborhood store that they would year-after-year continue to blossom into the monstrous plants that they are now.

Growing up my dad was obsessed with his yard…he still is, so my beaming pride for my Hostas that basically grow themselves comes naturally!

The weather is getting warm and I’m starting to see the buds pop up so I needed to get outside and prepare for their arrival. They have earned the right to rise from their winter slumber into a neat and tidy bed!

Headed out to Lowe’s to get a little reinforcement. If you’ve ever tried pulling large, out-of-control weeds by hand, you will truly understand why heading to Lowe’s to pick up Spectracide Weed and Grass Killer² with Accushot was at the top of my list. Leave it to Lowe’s to take home improvement to the next level. I went there for Spectracide Weed and Grass Killer² with Accushot and left with that, and a few other things, along with lots of inspiration for my vegetable garden. Shop Now!

Came home and got to work. I especially love that this Spectracide Weed and Grass Killer has something called Accushot, that in a nut shell allowed me to spray the weeds while standing in an upright position. 

Pulling weeds can be hard on the back and knees, so I was very thankful for this. I actually had fun. The nozzle also had a slider that allows it to spray the product further and dictate where it goes. This came in handy as I worked to spray around my Gardenia bushes. 

Shop now! If you are looking for an easy to way to get rid of weeds in your bed this spring, Spectracide Weed and Grass Killer with Accushot is it!

Once I finished the main bed, I moved on to the others that flank the front of the house.

We have a lot of work to do, the weeds are slowly taking over, but not for long! I am so excited to see everything bloom, and now the flowers and not the weeds will be the star of the show, thanks to Lowes and Spectracide Weed and Grass Killer with Accushot!

My gardening journey has gone from a few pots on my deck in 2014 to a few beds in a small square space, to a permanent structure that I look forward to growing in the years to come.

I credit my passion for gardening to the very first gardening community I joined, We Sow We Grow, run by Natasha. I asked so many questions and got so many answers, and over the years I have just built on that great foundation of knowledge and connected with so many other awesome gardeners online. So thankful for my big sis MJ at What MJ Loves for all the text conversations when I’m not sure what I’m doing!

This is the start of a weekly series where I plan to document my 2021 garden. Just like your children grow fast, so does a garden, and there is nothing more fulfilling for those that grow plants than to see how it started, and how it’s going. The cover image of each weekly post will be an authentic photo of where things are. As you can see from this week’s image, it’s a mess out there!

This year, I replaced all of my garden beds with Vego Garden beds. Last year, my knees and back were worse for wear so I made the decision to update my beds, just 2 years after we expanded the garden. Now that I’m over the financial hurdle of replacing the beds, and getting the dirt in, I’m excited to build on this permanent structure. Those beds aren’t going anywhere anytime soon!

Now on to the state of the garden for the week ending March 28th.

Kale and red mustards that overwintered were moved a few weeks ago. I have a few pea, radish, beet, and nasturtium seeds sprouting. I added petunias and snapdragons to the beds and harvested two ripe tomatoes from a plant I rescued from the clearance rack at Lowe’s.

Outside of the garden beds, I gifted myself another garden gift, a Haws watering wand (affiliate). Since we didn’t get around to irrigating the beds, I figured a nice watering wand was in order. I absolutely love it.

That’s all for this week folks. A little history, and the current state of things to kick off this garden series.

Make sure you are following me on Instagram, where I often give daily garden checks. If you are only interested in my garden content, follow my separate garden account, A Glam Garden.

Thanks for reading, see you next week!