In the spring this year we started a garden. Good thing we did because it inspired all our neighbors to smarten up their little patch beside the front door. Just now it is looking its best ever. DH has taken a series of photos of it as it has matured. We challenged ourselves to do it as cheaply as possible - we did have a budget but I am sure we exceeded it and, anyway, I don't remember what it was. The roses were $3.50 from K Mart. They didn't like the heat but are thriving now it is cooler. The large leaves are 'Elephant's Ears' and were a $3 bulb put in in the spring. The irises at the back we were given, but had to go and dig up the corms ourselves. All the geraniums were at WalMart marked down to $1.50 - with a lot of watering and some feeding they quickly came back to life. All our friends now find our house in the road as the one with the 'English style' front garden. We have daytime temps in the 70s now but colder weather is coming soon and frost is predicted for next week. It can't last much longer so I am putting up some photos for you to see - just to prove we did it. Oh ! - and we have some magnificent sunflowers in the back garden with some pretty cosmos and a really spreading yellow squash below them.
