Working On The Little House In The Ozarks -- May 14

 So today I loaded up a bunch of dead bushes that I had

purchased from Lowe's last fall.  Even though they were

covered by leaves in south Missouri, they didn't make it through the winter.

(It was a tough winter.)

Note about getting a refund on dead plants at Lowe's:

-- having the receipt is super helpful (and I didn't),

but they manged to find the purchase because I had used a Lowe's credit card,

and knew the month that I had purchased them.

-- the "one year guarantee" is not good for clearance plants,

which are different than sale plants (which do have a guarantee).

I still managed to get $120 back

And I immediately spent $50 of the refund

on plants.  They were having a sale on perennials. 

So I bought (and planted the same day) six of these.

I watered them with my sweat.

And I bought three of lambs ears,

and three pink yarrow.

It is pretty fun to buy flowers for sun,

after thinking shade for 30 years.