2026 OneThing #20 - Plant freesia at the lake

I originally had set a different One Thing, but this one made more sense.

 

I had bought myself a pack of freesia bulbs in March when I saw them at Costco. Then my sister Ann gave me a pack for my birthday! (I love love love the smell of freesia.) I gave her some of each color (red, yellow, "blue" that looks violet) because 160 bulbs is a lot!

 

I planted some on the hillside to the west of our house in Jordan, but wanted most of them at the lake. 

 

I freshened up three pots with soil and put some bulbs in. A critter (my money's on the cute little chipmunk) dug them up TWICE. It didn't eat them, but after I planted them in the soil for the third time, I brushed out our German Shepherd and put a layer of his fur on top of the soil held down by some thin twigs. So far, so good.

 

I chose an area toward the north of our property by the bird feeders and planted more bulbs there. Louie said he likes to mow there and wants to open up more of the yard, but until he takes down some more trees, the little bit I planted isn't going to make a difference.

 

 

 

Then the last piece just makes me so happy! Out by the road, Louie used his chainsaw to cut some of the pieces of tree that Alex took down for me last fall. I've shaved bark off the trunk in preparation for my barn quilt sign . . . and we made a "bridge" over the gully and a "planter" out of the pieces of wood. 

 

Louie suggested putting down a layer of leaves first, then dirt. Done! 

 

I planted the rest of the bulbs there and I'm very eager to see plants grow and bloom. 

 

I'm not much of a green thumb person, so this was a lot for me! I feel really good about getting this done. We had two days of steady rain, so that was nice.