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 Hi all! 

    As I stated in my Who is Miss Gordon? blog post, I currently reside on a farm outside of Canora, SK on Treaty 4 territory. In the last week, we have experienced quite a bit of rain. Unfortunately, our rain gauge is out of commission so I don't have an exact rain amount but believe me when I say, it's ALOT. With all this rain, my garden planting date has been pushed back yet again.

    While I wait until my garden plot dries up, I have started researching how to create flower pots. To begin I started searching on Pinterest. I have really enjoyed using Pinterest thus far in my Learning Project journey because it has a creative demeanor. After searching for a while, I realized my favorite flower pot arrangements have a thriller, filler, and a spiller. If you aren't familiar with flower pot arrangements, this probably sounds like gibberish but let me explain. A thriller is a plant that has some
pizzazz. Often thrillers are tall grasses or a climbing flower. Next, a filler is a plant that will fill the space between the thriller and spiller. This is often a flower such as Snapdragons or Begonias. Lastly, a spiller which is exactly what it sounds like. A spiller is used to spill outside the pot. This could be a vine. My favorite website I used throughout this research was the blog, Within The Grove. A realization I have experienced throughout this Learning Project is I enjoy reading articles from other bloggers rather than educational articles. I prefer the blogs to educational articles because it seems as if I am having a conversation with other gardeners and taking advice from them.

    I have attached a photo below of a before and after of my flower arrangement, which I created after some further research. The photo on the left is the pot I created prior to researching flower pot arrangements I liked. The photo on the left felt empty to me and I didn't love the look of the plants with one another. The photo on the right is after my research. In the back of the pot, I placed my thriller, a posted Black-Eyed Susan plant from a local greenhouse. On the left side of the pot, I placed a spiller of a vine Black-Eyed Susan plant. As my filler, I selected a Black Petunia plant to bring out the middle of the Black-Eyed Susan plant. After I created these pots, I chatted with a veteran gardener and she told me "Don't worry if your pots look empty at the beginning of the flower planting season. As the weather gets warmer the plants will fill out the pot beautifully. You just have to be patient.".

    So what have I learned from this experience? Research to find out what your preferences are and then make your flower arrangements to your preferences! Oh and, be patient!

    My grandma always told me, "You never plant your garden until after May Long weekend". So I am here, awaiting the days until my seeds and seedlings can move out of our office and into the garden.

Chat soon!

- Miss G

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