An Early Spring Garden

I know that it is only February but here in Texas we are currently having lots of 70º days already, this is amazing, the sprinkling of 35º days stinks. Over the last few weeks it has been getting steadily warmer, where you can get away with shorts on the weekend, which is making it hard to not leap into Spring. When it is warm I want flowers on my patio. I decided that I would wait until I got back from San Francisco since it would be crazy to plant flowers when it is snowing. That is just crazy talk. But once I got home and it was 70 I couldn't resist anymore.

When I went to Home Depot to grab a few flowers I decided to give myself some ground rules:
-a budget of ~$10
-no vegetable or fruit plants
-nothing I will be sad about if it dies due to cold weather
-don't go nuts

Once I had set the ground rules I decided that I would go and see what I could find. I was pretty impressed with what they had and my ability to not go crazy. I spent $11.25, it was the last snapdragon that put me over (I couldn't resist... it was pink). The only thing I would be super sad to loose is the tulips but they are pretty hardy in the cold so that shouldn't be a problem.

So what did I buy:
-3 red tulips (they came as a pack, $4)
-2 pink snapdragons ($1.24 each)
-small yellow pansies ($1.24)
-small purple pansies ($1.24)
-pink petunias ($1.24)

Looks like spring

Dirt pots waiting for the veggies they will grow

I will be sure to keep you updated on their growth but for now I am loving them when I take the dog out everyday. I hope they it doesn't get too cold around here but I am sure that it will I just hope they survive. I didn't plant much so that I didn't have to carry all of the plant inside and then get bugs or frogs in my house. I can't wait for spring to get here so that I can plant more stuff.