Gardening, anyone?
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Hello Ladies!
New to this thread. My dream of having 2 months off in the spring is finally coming true, so many gardens to plant! However, the dream comes at the price of a BMX...
I actually chose the March date, rather than Jan or Feb in hopes I may have some days of warming sun. Less depressing to be home on warmer brighter days. Now I don't think I will be out shearing topiaries (don't have any anyway), or splitting irises, or filling the empty raised bed, but I hope I might be able to tend some seedlings indoors for a few weeks, then perhaps transfer them to raised beds.
If all goes well I will have some late spring veggies, if not hopefully I gained a distraction and DH/ DD will just continuing buying them at the store!
I have read back of some of the posts and enjoyed the banter. The african violet above is beautiful. Haven't had them in many years. Neglect while working and raising my DD led to their dismay. Maybe sometime soon.
The gardening catalog will hopefully be the only "fever" I get while living this 2 month "dream."
---just looking for a silver lining
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Asante- welcome to our thread. Are you going to be getting your BMX in March? Be sure to take it easy after surgery.
We will be here for you as the gardens open up this spring and the new plantings begin.
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Thank you all for the welcome.
Yes 3-14 for BMX w recon. so perhaps some seedlings if I ever get to starting them can go into a cold frame before I head to the OR.... or left to grow a few more weeks under grow lights.
I have read concerns of doing too much and dealing w prolonged drain placements/ LE/ seromas. Definitely do NOT want to end up with any of those options.
Alas more than likely will not get around to doing anything then just sitting staring at the garden catalogs.
Green thumb, not really.... intentional neglect tends to work in my favor!
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Assante- Welcome and wishing you well through you sx and recovery. We will be here to remind you what you are getting better for!
Booklady- thank you for sharing your feelings. I'm glad your spirits lifted a bit. I have truncal LE too and just haven't recovered as fast or as well as I'd hoped. I'm going to take Jazzy's suggestion for a neighbor kid. Cancer tx has wreaked havoc with my finances and I really can't hire anybody. Though as I mentioned, there is a possibility a couple if bco sisters coming to help for a jump start.
Well I can't do anything today bc it's raining. I turned my back on an open screen door to the backyard for just a minute and the next thing I knew this innocent looking character, pictured below, had made short work of one of my precious little birdies. Feathers all over the house! She's an excellent mouse/ratter or I might give her to the ragman!
PTutti Frutti- aka Her Royal Bloodthirstiness!!!
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Jackiebird- she means business. Love calicos.
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JackieBird - she is beautiful!. Certainly majestic.
sorry for the little birdie. my little spaniel loves the litle fledgling in the spring time. good thing for them she has lost all her upper teeth.
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Naughty cat! Well, SHE doesn't think you need to mess with the perennial beds! I appreciate the ideas on getting help for the gardens. I live in a cul-de-sac and the neighbors admire my front yard and comment on how much they enjoy it, so maybe ....?? More likely it will be a long work in progress. spring has sprung early in Austin, so I better enjoy this before the 100 degree days hit.
Asante - welcome! This group is my silver lining. Where are you living? Linda
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The small ones in our yard are blooming. The normal ones are getting buds. Our anemone blanda has started to bloom. It's so cute. Blooms in the spring then disappears. We're afraid to weed in that area for fear we'll disrupt their life cycle. Most are blue but there are a few white.
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Spring blooms... finding those first little flowers brave enough to peak out into the cold searching for the sun, always make me smile. Certainly the promise of growth and renewal. Thank you for sharing Teka.
I will have to look this weekend to see if any of my crazy bulbs have bloomed. I say crazy since in late December our weather was so warm many of the bulbs starting throwing shoots above ground. My heathers and cherry tree even bloomed.
Book Lady1, I live just outside Philadelphia.
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I was at a fundraiser this afternoon and out on a deck for the sunset. I noticed some of the trees are starting to bloom, and it's TOO SOON! It has been in the 70s here all this week, like 20 degrees warmer than it normally is this time of the year. What is going on with this weather!
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Sunny and 51 here. Really beautiful day. So nice not to have gray and rain.
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It is another nice day today, in the mid 60s and after getting through the grind of some tax work I am doing for my biz and self, I got out back to do some clearing and pruning in my back yard border gardens. Filled up the dumpster again with yard debris and watered in the back yard. We have not had any moisture in a month now, so I am back to watering again. I see my weeping cherry with some buds peaking out, and that tends to bloom in early March so not too worried, but also see my red oak starting to come out too (that does not happen until April).
It is going to cool down mid week with a chance of showers, but will be warming back up again.
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We got a break this weekend here in Ohio and had two days of 65 and 60 degree weather. What a change from 0 degrees last weekend! Dh had today off and we got our second apple tree trimmed way back. So very glad that"s done! Photos show the before and after.
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Still gotta buy my SEEDS! criminy.
Looking for lobelia erinus seeds in bulk, other than Territorial Seeds.
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I cannot believe it's not even March yet! A few pretty things to share, taken today:
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Katy: thank you for the cherry blossoms and the rhodies. Dragging me out of the Dark Pllace....
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oh QMC- so very sorry. That's where I was until I saw these. Really lifted my spirits.
Hold on, I'll grab you by the ankles!
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OK, now that would be really creepy to have in your yard
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Beautiful blooms! Meanwhile, we got a blast of winter and snow here again yesterday!
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Jackiebird: those blooms are beautiful! I have never seen that color before. Not sure a few of my neighbors would be happy with Dorothy, but I like it... may just have to look for that one - everyone passing by would have a good laugh.
60, 0, 60 alternating weekend.... hoping not 0 here again this weekend!
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My backyard crocuses are blooming right on time...usually by February 25th around here. From this point on throughout summer and fall, I will have one or more perennials in bloom, something I worked on over the years. I am also looking forward to buying a nice big hanging basket of flowers that goes on a hook next to the entrance steps, a welcoming sight for months. Looks drab out there now without it. I keep less than a handful of annuals in pots, relying o perennials do their thing to add color.
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Jackbirdie, the Alice going down the rabbit hole cracked me up! Perfect Spring yard decor. Austin and Portland both claim "keep it weird" as slogans, so I think I'll do my part. DD says she will help. Bluebonnets are getting ready here, but Texas Mountain Laurels, first. I will find a good one to photo this week but the smell is the best thing - the smell of grape kool-aid on the breeze! Thanks for all the hopeful Spring shots. ✌️❤️ Linda.
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Divine - I go with perrenials, too, and a big basket of color by the front door. I have a long shaded area by the front porch full of shade loving ferns and other greens, but can't keep color there, so that's where my annual pots go. If they can't make it, cheap to replace. Once it gets over 100 here, it's live or die, baby. What do you put in your big hanging basket? I have to have a pot of fuschia petunias in honor of my mom, but would like something different for a hanging color pot.
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"Tuberous" begonias do very well in not much sun and come in some pretty pastel colors, if you're into that. There are some hanging varieties that would be nice in a hanging basket. Do not over water these.
Edited to add this sweet old guy explaining how to from corms: (video link in blue above) and a beautiful one planted up below:
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I am inspired! I could listen to the sweet old guy all night, and I'm excited to try something that takes some thought. It is beautiful - thanks! Lind
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Keep those spring blooms coming ladies. Nothing here in Chicago to look at. I'm just waiting on my orchid to re-bloom.
I had a gorgeous dragon wing begonia in a basket on a north facing porch once. I would see people stop in their tracks when they saw it.
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Love those begonias.
Booklady, I buy a hanging basket of either red or orange flowers. It is both a shady and sunny spot. I've had the wave petunias and tried impatients. My house has white siding, I stay away from purple and blue flowers against it because it lookstoo drab. This year, I learned of a greenhouse about 45 minutes away that carries beautiful hanging baskets in the spring, I have never been there but will check it out in April. I bring the basket in at night when the temps drop down until about the end of May.
I look forward to see which perennials I planted last year made it through the winter. Not that we had a bad winter. But you never know about plants! I added black eyed Susan's, bee balm, a couple butterfly bushes and more knock out roses. I hope they all return!
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Damn pigeons are damn doves, here!
I love all these exotic, non- $5.99 grocery store ideas! Nothing wrong with that, beauty is beauty, I'm just excited to feel excited about gardening, again. I feared that part of me was gone. Thanks for helping it come back, y'all. ✌️❤️Linda
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