mighty mouse

Last Sunday we headed back to Atwater market with a clear-cut goal: buy some flowers for the planter box. We walked on the way there and it was a lovely day. We brought the camera and I finally took a picture of the mighty mouse graffiti on the corner of Notre Dame and Atwater. I’m sure just about everyone with a camera has done it, but I’ve always enjoyed that painting and wanted a picture of my own. I think someone must touch it up every year since it looks as good as when I first saw it.

So anyway, we were off to the visit the greenhouses by the market. We wandered around a bit and decided on some plants that we liked. I went and asked some of the people working at the largest greenhouse (with the nicest plants) if they thought plants in a planter box that is right beside a south facing window that’s open all the time would survive. They were very unhelpful and told me to go to the houseplant store nearby. I wasn’t satisfied with this answer since 1) they were 20 year old girls who knew nothing about gardening and 2) I wanted to try anyway, darnit! So we went to another smaller one at the end and there was a older fellow there who looked like he actually got his hands dirty with soil. So I asked him and he said that yes it was possible and that he could help me put together a planter or sell me one he had already done. There was only one problem – I hated all the plants he had! Geraniums … ugh. Marigolds … no way. He really tried to give us the push and was asking “Ok, so do you like this one, and how about this one beside it?”. Eventually we got away and went back to the silly girls and bought some plants there. I can’t believe how inexpensive it was! Eash plant was $2-3 so we were able to buy enough to fill the planter for $20. So here is a picture of it …

After a week of adjusting to their new surroundings some of the flowers have died but they’re still doing quite well. I think they might actually be getting too much sun!