I love clearance sales.

I love sales. Especially if it involves plants on sale. That's why, after I packaged up the yummy dehydrated strawberries I made over night, I headed out to county line greenhouse. This is a small local business that operates mainly in the spring and closes down June 30th. Everything they had left was on sale. I was hoping to find a few petunias to replace the ones that got destroyed in the storm but none were left. Oh well. I will just cut them back and see if the re grow again. I did buy a dwarf curry herb plant for $1. It's not hardy here but I will try to over winter it inside. It smells like curry! So it's a fun little find. I will have to research it on google to find out more about this plant.

I picked up a completely frivolous tropical vine plant as well. It has no use whatsoever except it's beauty. Also not hardy here at all so it will need to be over wintered. This cost a couple bucks. I used the QR reader on the tag of this plant and it just took me to the breeder of the plant with a picture of the plant with no real information provided on it's care and hardiness. So I googled and found more information on it though it was still pretty general. This one grows slower and shorter then other Mandavilles and is supposed to be more reistant to pests that like to pick on them but it likes heat and sun like the others. It doesn't like to be over watered so google warns not to put it in a pot bigger then it's top growth or it will be unhappy. Since we are getting tons of rain lately, I may have to transplant it into a sandier, faster drying mix.

And here I bought something I never thought I would as I've seen them everywhere and an not really that impressed with them normally. But this one was yellow, my favorite color, and had a scent. Add to that it only cost $4 and I was hooked. I bought a knockout  Sunny rose. 

And because I was in a spending mood now, I hoped into my car and went to big lots where I picked up a can of spray paint (to paint coffee cans to make them into pretty pots) ,which was $3,  more! seeds ($4) and a planner to help me keep track of the garden ($5). So I spent another $19 on garden related purchases today. Not very thrifty I suppose.

Pinks, dahlias, asparagus, and statice.

The handy day planner.. Yes I'm not a mom but I like how it was organized and had places for lists much more then any others I looked at.

The next purchase I want to make when next I can, is an outside digital weather station.