I put a call out to anyone thinning their hostas that I'll gladly take them off their hands. I've struggled getting them as well to grow, mostly because between DH carelessly mowing them down, or squirrels getting ot their roots, they just haven't made it. This year I want to try again. I believe my yard can support them with a bit more care as several neighbors have them surrounding their mail boxes, or lining the sides of their house. I'd put them in the front around the mailbox, and currently, unless we go ahead with the patio, the rocks around our deck. I had a very generous response for hostas and other perennials and some of us might even have a little digging party once this stay at home ends..
DD2 thought we should try wildflowers as well. There's a bare spot in the yard where a tree used to be. I thought I might just put grass seed down, but maybe a little patch could be for wildflowers. Seeing them grow would give us some joy. I'm almost picturing it now. A big grilled vegetable dinner, sitting on a new patio, bouquet of wildflowers in the center of the patio, still to be found, table. I believe that will happen.
For now, it's about 10 days after planting the seeds, and look! There are little green sprouts from the carrots and zucchini popping through. I guess I will have a tomorrow.
Yay! I'm so glad things are growing. I haven't been to the allotment for about 10 days or so, but my husband took a video of it for me at the weekend so that I could see how things were doing. He planted the onions and potatoes, and things are looking good. I'm missing it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you miss your days there. Thank you again for sparking that quote for me. It really does make sense.
DeleteEven though the squirrels always eat our veggie garden, we are optimistically trying again this year :-)
ReplyDeleteIf I get a couple decent vegetables out of it, I'm claiming success.
DeleteHappiness is when something sprouts....should be the motto for 2020!
ReplyDeleteI like that. I'm not seeing any silver linings-this might be it for me.
DeleteWhoo Hoo!!! I haven't really had a vegetable garden--just lettuce, onions, green beans and peas, but love flower gardening. I miss my fruit trees, though.
ReplyDeleteI think this year I may plant a pumpkin patch just for grins. We also need to get in raspberry canes (have to build a bed to contain them) and our fruit trees.
Most wildflowers usually bloom the year following the planting. To speed things up, you might try Forget-me-Nots--they're a perennial, but they only blooms through early summer. They like part shade, ditches, and spaces under trees. If you have a wall or fence, you could plants some morning glory vines--Heavenly Blue are my favorite flower of all time. (They won't grow here.) And, when all else fails, daylilies never disappoint. Other flower seeds that are very easy and rewarding are Sunflowers and Sweet Peas.
I have a shady strip in front of our front porch, which the contractor put in for me as a gift, and said "You could put some Hostas in there now." Little did he know I loathe Hostas. I have some Solomon's Seal in there, given by a friend--couldn't bear to see her compost them. Last year I put in Coleus which did well, but I try to use only perennials. I may just throw in the towel and plant creeping mint!
Thanks for putting a damper on my hosta excitement-just kidding! Well, I'm not sure what gardening is then if what you plant is not considered gardening. That's practically a farm.
DeleteOnly the flowers here so far, and not many of those yet, either. I have destroyed successive years of vegetable gardens in my old place with potato blight. Vegetables don't grow for me. Maybe it's payback, as believe it or not, I dislike most vegetables...except Romaine lettuce, green beans and onions!
DeleteI am determined too, though I hate gardening and have a black thumb!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I should like gardening-but like you, really don't . It just feels like giving it a go this year and if something grows, is a sign that things will get better.
DeleteThose first little green bits of life always thrill me. Good luck on the garden.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are already enjoying your greens.
DeleteSunflowers should grow easily, but you'll have to fence them or rabbits and squirrels will eat the the shoots. Squirrels wiil try to climb the stalks, breaking them down. I put up 3foot high fence to keep them out. Even then a squirrel or two gets over. Pests! Celie.
ReplyDeleteI do love a sunflower, but may be pest challenged as you say.
DeleteI so miss planting seeds; watching them germinate is one of life's greatest pleasures.
ReplyDeleteNothing on my peppers yet, but I'm hopeful.
DeletePeppers are probably the slowest growers. Even once they are in the ground, they need some warm nights for them to shoot up. So don't give up on your peppers yet!!! They truly do take more time than most everything else. Good luck!!
DeleteGood for you! I don't have enough sun here to grow much. One year, someone smashed a pumpkin by our back patio and we had all kinds of pumpkins grow from the seeds there. That was when we lived in Philadelphia and had a nice sunny back yard. The kids just loved those pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteI love that! Maybe I will give pumpkins a go. I don't have that much space, but they would make me smile.
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