With crossed fingers that the sun will come out and stay out, I plan to hit my local garden center at the end of this week. I’m notoriously bad about getting plants into the ground early in the season (somehow Massachusetts’ unoffocial gardening start date of May 15 always comes and goes without a second thought), but I’m not feeling so bad about it this year given the rain-induced plant mildew that seems to be appearing. Anyway, Real Simple’s list of 10 almost-impossible-to-kill “goofproof” plants will definitely come in handy as I put together my shopping list:
- Verbena (full sun, heat-tolerant, let dry out before watering)
- New Guinea impatiens (partial sun, partial shade, keep moist)
- Geranium (full sun, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant)
- Euphorbia (full to partial fun, partial shade, drought-tolerant)
- Purple fountain grass (full to partial sun, partial shade, heat-tolerant, let dry out before watering)
- Coleus (partial sun, partial to full shade, heat-tolerant, keep moist)
- Calibrachoa (full sun, let dry out before watering)
- Sweet-potato vine (full to partial sun, partial shade, heat-tolerant, let dry out before watering)
- Begonia (full to partial sun, partial shade, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, let dry out before watering)
- Lantana (full sun, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, let dry out before watering)
Image: Cabaret White Calibrachoa
Image credit: Real Simple.com
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One of the many surprises this new blogging adventure has offered me is a huge — and hugely supportive — community that I didn’t even know existed. In just the short time since I started The Mudroom, I’ve had the opportunity to connect with people from across the country, even across the world, whose work and opinion I find resonates with me, and mine with them. Such a moment happened just a few days ago when Amy from 
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Ever since I started this blog (a whole month ago) I have found myself even more inspired and determined to do things to my house than I was prior to my first post. So it only seems natural that one recent day when I was home with my kids, I became possessed with the idea of redoing our plain vanilla back door breezeway into something a little more welcoming. And here’s the thing: I decided I had to do it that day (my husband can tell you I have issues with instant gratification and sometimes it manifests itself in really odd ways).
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