@contentandwell I have only gone to a friend's greenhouse business, which typically has limited walk-in traffic, and it was wonderful. Our best local greenhouses have phone order/curbside pickup so will probably do that to get my remaining plants.I will probably call my favorite garden center after Memorial Day to ask for an early shopping time on a weekday for my self-isolated next door neighbor and myself - I often do volunteer teaching for them, so pretty sure they will accommodate us. Even though these places try to be careful, closed in, humid spaces with lots of people are NOT in my life right now.
I just came back from a very early trip to my (local) building supply/hardware/everything store - everyone in masks and distancing, workers wiping down carts & cashier stands between customers, masks mandatory - got most of my list so I don't need to do that again!
I have only hung a few planters and potted up my geraniums, the rest of my pot will be done now that I have potting soil. We have pretty good weather forecast, so not too worried about a frost - and if there should be one, my big pots are on rolling dollies and can go into the garage. The bigger matter is the veggies - I only plant tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers - no sense putting in early as they just sit and shiver until the soil is warm! As a rule, I put them in very close to June 1 and still get a crop about the same time as my nephew 2 miles away - who already has his in.
Now I'm off to walk my neighborhood and see what everyone else is planting today. And to figure out who was running chainsaws until dark last night. It won't be as pretty as the park yesterday, but it will be nice.
Sue
@sueinmn I really want to purchase some annuals but the nurseries around here do not have their inventories listed online so it would require actually going there and browsing which I would love in normal times. Hopefully, if I do, most of the flowers will be outside, not in greenhouses. I am not much of a green thumb so I need some plants that will do well in the sun besides geraniums and some that do better in shade. I do not care much for petunias. I used to have a lot of perennials but they didn't last.
For the last two days, we had a crew here moving some huge boulders out of the grassy areas on to the mulched areas -- we have mulched islands around some trees. We paid for it but I think it was really for the benefit of the grounds people - now the mowers don't have to circumvent the rocks. They also took out a huge bush that had been eaten away by deer. I definitely want to put some flowers in there.
@gingerw My legs hurt just thinking of walking up and down a slope. That's why we now walk most of the time on the HS track. The hill on our street was killing my bursitis hip.
JK