No purchase gets me more excited than buying a good bag of dirt. The bag of dirt purchased in March reveals how little has been planted because it’s half full.
A new garden center opened at the opposite end of the same street as Hill Country. You can read here that Hill Country is by far my favorite garden center and where we recently purchased the water bowl, so I felt a need to check out the new one to see if they’re any competition. Stepping into the oversized greenhouse I knew instantly that Hill Country had nothing to worry about. It was a suitable place to purchase plants, but it didn’t offer anywhere near the experience.
I was making my way toward the exit when I noticed a pot of mixed flowers, overwatered and dying. I sat it on the checkout counter and found it to be on sale due to their grand opening, so it was $25. My daughter thought it was awful when I told the cashier, “I’m taking it home so it’ll live”, but the cashier agreed.
I sat it in the hanger purchased last year and kept it watered, but it didn’t seem happy in it’s original pot, so I took it to my gardening bench and dumped it out. It was planted in cheap dirt! Grabbing my bag of potting soil by Happy Frog, I placed the flowering plants in a little larger pot, staying mindful that it still needed to fit inside the hanger. I have no idea what all was planted in the original pot but the next day it offered a new bloom, in gratitude for the good dirt.
I’m teaching my neighbor about dirt. She’d dig a hole, plop the plant in and cover it with the same dirt. I was surprised and she gave me an odd look regarding how much I’ll spend on a good bag of dirt. The success of the plant is in the quality of dirt. If you’re looking to grow and feel as if you’re sitting in dirt…make sure it’s the good dirt.
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