Posted by Shawna on Friday, Sep 25, 2015
When my husband and I were looking for new places to live this past spring our top priority was finding a place with a fenced in yard for our pugs to romp in and enjoy. After living in our new location for almost three months now I have realized that the yard is almost as exciting for me as it is for the pugs.
Over the past few weeks I noticed mums being sold all around town and walked past them with longing. Then it dawned on me; I have a lawn, I can plant flowers! I immediately searched the Iowa City Public Library catalog and found some books to help me as I began thinking about what to plant and how to go about creating my first flower bed. I knew I wanted to plant mums because I love how they look and I read that they are pretty hardy so hopefully I wouldn't kill them. Additionally, I decided to plant tulips so I would have flowers to enjoy as soon as winter ends, as well as some hostas that I was able to split and transplant from an abandoned bunch in the back yard.
Now the flowers are in the ground and the mulch has been spread, but my new obsession has just begun! I am already scoping out other parts of the yard and wondering what more I can do. Luckily for me, ICPL subscribes to several home and garden magazines to keep me thinking about new and different projects I can begin. What lawn or house project have to undertaken recently with the help of library resources?
About the Author
As the Bookmobile Assistant, of course you can find Shawna often throughout town on ICPL's Mobile Library, but she can also be found at the Library's first floor Help Desk as well as the Children's Desk.She loves helping to answer questions and sharing information about all the ways the library can be used!
I first discovered this book on the shelves of the Bookmobile. I ended up making two of the patterns as Christmas gifts for family members. There is a nice mix of text and image patterns and many that are great for beginners! -Shawna