A little ahead of our garden here in middle England, but our 87 year old neighbour has been out there already; it already has a fine show of snowdrops and small daffodils, with large buds on our magnolia trees. Our Forsythia will fill one border with yellow, but it is the wild meadow I started four years ago that I am looking forward to seeing develop. My only contribution has been cutting back every September. My great innovation a couple of years ago was hanging troughs on one outside wall and a fence. A hanging vegetable patch which seemed to keep slugs at bay and reduce the number of snails. Best of all the frogs are out and about staking claims in our five ponds of varying sizes. I hope all goes well in your garden this year.
Finally, a question. When did you start thinking of yourself as 80? I will do a post later today, ‘80 days to 80 years’, which will explain the question. ❤️🐰
Isn't it a nice feeling when you see something that you planted last year rise from the ground again as spring begins! I too covered a few things with overturned boxes filled with shredded leaves during that particularly icy period. My yard looked like a snowy ransacked box factory. Some years ago, I used some used cat litter in some mole holes to chase them away. It worked and it seems to have also discouraged the squirrels from digging in those areas. Forsythia is fairly easy to start from a cutting. I have a big bush that is just starting to show color. Perfect for forcing! I also have a healthy bergenia with two pretty bright pink spikes! Some years it is just a healthy clump of fleshy leaves. Maybe it likes a blast of extra cold!?! We are getting more cold blasts from up north this week, along with quite gusty weather, so I will be spreading some seeds of a few things the like/need a shot of cold. Looks like March will be coming in like a lion, I hope it goes out like a lamb!
Gosh, I am so looking forward to planting our garden this year. You’re a bit ahead of us - there’s absolutely nothing blooming in Buffalo right now, though the potholes are growing fiercely! I am currently trying to teach myself to like eggplant, as that’s one of the things that grows well in our garden and I plan to put a few plants in this year.
Hello, Sandra! My "garden" is a sea of oxalis, which lies dormant in drought years and springs up triumphant after any sustained rain. It's as tall as the spikes of Iris, and its pale yellow flowers are surround the slightly deeper yellow of a few daffodils. Spring comes absurdly early in San Francisco, at least to this transplant from the northeast.
A little ahead of our garden here in middle England, but our 87 year old neighbour has been out there already; it already has a fine show of snowdrops and small daffodils, with large buds on our magnolia trees. Our Forsythia will fill one border with yellow, but it is the wild meadow I started four years ago that I am looking forward to seeing develop. My only contribution has been cutting back every September. My great innovation a couple of years ago was hanging troughs on one outside wall and a fence. A hanging vegetable patch which seemed to keep slugs at bay and reduce the number of snails. Best of all the frogs are out and about staking claims in our five ponds of varying sizes. I hope all goes well in your garden this year.
Finally, a question. When did you start thinking of yourself as 80? I will do a post later today, ‘80 days to 80 years’, which will explain the question. ❤️🐰
Isn't it a nice feeling when you see something that you planted last year rise from the ground again as spring begins! I too covered a few things with overturned boxes filled with shredded leaves during that particularly icy period. My yard looked like a snowy ransacked box factory. Some years ago, I used some used cat litter in some mole holes to chase them away. It worked and it seems to have also discouraged the squirrels from digging in those areas. Forsythia is fairly easy to start from a cutting. I have a big bush that is just starting to show color. Perfect for forcing! I also have a healthy bergenia with two pretty bright pink spikes! Some years it is just a healthy clump of fleshy leaves. Maybe it likes a blast of extra cold!?! We are getting more cold blasts from up north this week, along with quite gusty weather, so I will be spreading some seeds of a few things the like/need a shot of cold. Looks like March will be coming in like a lion, I hope it goes out like a lamb!
Gosh, I am so looking forward to planting our garden this year. You’re a bit ahead of us - there’s absolutely nothing blooming in Buffalo right now, though the potholes are growing fiercely! I am currently trying to teach myself to like eggplant, as that’s one of the things that grows well in our garden and I plan to put a few plants in this year.
Hello, Sandra! My "garden" is a sea of oxalis, which lies dormant in drought years and springs up triumphant after any sustained rain. It's as tall as the spikes of Iris, and its pale yellow flowers are surround the slightly deeper yellow of a few daffodils. Spring comes absurdly early in San Francisco, at least to this transplant from the northeast.